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Is it possible I'm really chugging down 4.75 gallons in 20 miles? The engine seems fine.. doesn't feel like it's got a fuel problem.
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ethanol posted:Is it possible I'm really chugging down 4.75 gallons in 20 miles? The engine seems fine.. doesn't feel like it's got a fuel problem. Go fill it up again and see.
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Jul 31, 2008 17:19
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sanchez posted:Go fill it up again and see. Oh man, way to make me feel stupid... 
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tonedef131 posted:Nothing was different between the MJ and the 4 door XJ from the cab forward. Behind the cab nothing was the same. Most MJs came with bench seats and a pedal parking brake. Thanks for the info on the cluster, I was able to find a free one (same year as my truck even- score!) and will hopefully be getting that and doing the swap this weekend. As for the lift, one or two inches is all I really want, and I definatly wouldn't go above three inches. Unrelated question- My 87 Comanche (4.0, AX-5 transmission) has a really bad fast idle condition that occurs only at startup. It occurs hot, cold, when its wet outside, when its 90 degrees and sunny, but it doesn't do it every time I start it. I am stumped, any help? Also, if it makes a difference, I've already cleaned the throttle body and all sensors in it, so that shouldn't be the problem. russ6570 fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Aug 1, 2008 |
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Aug 1, 2008 13:52
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russ6570 posted:Unrelated question- My 87 Comanche (4.0, AX-5 transmission) has a really bad fast idle condition that occurs only at startup. It occurs hot, cold, when its wet outside, when its 90 degrees and sunny, but it doesn't do it every time I start it. I am stumped, any help? Welcome to the world of RENIX (87-90) ECU's.. Almost every post I see about an idle problem has the RENIX era XJ/MJ. I'm not sure what causes it, but I get the same problem randomly. It's very embarrasing to start your engine up and have it rev to 3000 RPM's and have to restart it about 3 times before it comes down. I believe it could be the relay that keeps power to the Jeep after it gets shut off, or it could be the IAC or wiring to the IAC. It can also be a TPS..
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Aug 2, 2008 22:42
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Just a reminder for all the new Wrangler owners out there. Last night I had the spare stolen off the back  I feel like such a jackass for not getting a wheel lock sooner. Learn from my mistake, if you havent gotten one get one!!
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Aug 4, 2008 17:56
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Finally got to the top of my mine trail to retake this pic with the Ruby Show us your Roobies! 
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Aug 5, 2008 00:21
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I don't have a ruby but I'll take yours. Some guy at the gas station told me my sport was a "nice rubicon" though on my trail ride yesterday. Trail pic before hardtop from last weekend: 
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Aug 5, 2008 00:55
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If anyone is in the market for a ZJ, my '97 Laredo will be going up for sale around Cape Girardeau, MO within the next couple of weeks. I'm having my parents sell it for me while I'm overseas.  2" BB, homemade intake, magnaflow exhaust with no cat, aftermarket speakers, leather, etc.. It's been babied and has just over 100k miles. Hoping to get $4k from it.  I'll post it in the marketplace thread as soon as my step-dad puts new front shocks on it.
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Aug 5, 2008 01:40
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russ6570 posted:Thanks for the info on the cluster, I was able to find a free one (same year as my truck even- score!) and will hopefully be getting that and doing the swap this weekend. BTW, if you have a 4.0 you don't have the AX5, that was only used in the 2.8 and 2.5. Since yours is an 87 you most likely have the Peugeot BA10, the only way you would have the AX15 is if someone swapped it out of an 89 or later. A lot of people talk trash about the BA10/5, but mine has been good to me for many years. I sort of look at it like the Dana 30, if it goes out I will replace it with the AX15/D44, but it has taken quite a bit of abuse so far and still works great for me.
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Aug 5, 2008 16:33
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MrZig posted:Welcome to the world of RENIX (87-90) ECU's.. Almost every post I see about an idle problem has the RENIX era XJ/MJ. Mine just started doing this after I took it offroading and camping. I went through a lot of very large puddles to get to my camp site, so I was thinking I may have fried the TPS. What does everyone think? How hard is it to swap a TPS?
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Aug 5, 2008 23:33
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Atticus_1354 posted:Mine just started doing this after I took it offroading and camping. I went through a lot of very large puddles to get to my camp site, so I was thinking I may have fried the TPS. What does everyone think? How hard is it to swap a TPS? You have a pre 1991 Jeep? It's not too difficult. I've done it. All you need is a voltmeter and the required torx tools to set it up right. I think it might have to do with a weird ground. If I check the voltage with the TPS ground, it's something like 8.12 volts, yet if I use the battery ground with the voltmeter it's 8.7 volts or something similiar. Yet using the ohmmeter, the resistance is perfectly fine. Also, resetting the computer seems to put it off for awhile. The RENIX system is very strange.
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Aug 5, 2008 23:47
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MrZig posted:You have a pre 1991 Jeep? It's not too difficult. I've done it. All you need is a voltmeter and the required torx tools to set it up right. It is a 1990 cherokee and I haven't had a chance to buy the guide yet as this is the first major problem. Should I get Chilton or Haynes for the cherokee?
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Aug 6, 2008 05:43
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Atticus_1354 posted:It is a 1990 cherokee and I haven't had a chance to buy the guide yet as this is the first major problem. Should I get Chilton or Haynes for the cherokee? A Chilton/Haynes is always good to have but I'm not sure that they talk about adjusting the TPS. You might want to do a search at NAXJA (http://www.naxja.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=44) and search for "Throttle Position Sensor adjust*" or something along those lines. It's been brought up many times before. Basically at idle position, you want the A & B terminals (I think it's A & B) to read 0.8 volts.
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Aug 6, 2008 05:46
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Anyone here deal in jeep parts? I wouldn't mind tracking down a OEM source for: P/N 5AE50KY6 aka. Pull handle for a Jeep XJ. Tan or Grey, it's probably long out of production. /edit found one source that has them for $11, now to check to see if they stock it.
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Aug 9, 2008 00:18
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All the Jeep fans probably hate me for this reason but I'm not a big fan of the old jeeps. The modern ones though, will have me on my knees. My uncle owns a new SRT-8 Cherokee. I've never driven something quite as fun as it, but then again I haven't driven much in my life time. I do know for a fact though it can get up and go.
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Aug 9, 2008 01:22
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grzydj posted:Bonus picture of my clutch pedal, which is really a bicycle pedal. For a total ghetto fix, it works quite well and feels good under boots, even in the winter. To be honest, I was laughing at the haphazardly discarded fuses on the floor before I noticed the wire. "Uh, I pulled these out and it started again. I dunno.." But the pedal is hella sweet.
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Can you guys list some good jeep forums. I love pirate but I'm not about to boatside my yj and dovetail the rear end end while doing a 3/4 elliptical suspension in the rear. I'm looking for a nice mid level base of posters, above YO DESE FLATPANELS IN MY DASH ARE TYTE BRAH but below I BUILT THIS JEEP FROM SCRATCH.
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Tossed_Salad_Man posted:Can you guys list some good jeep forums. I love pirate but I'm not about to boatside my yj and dovetail the rear end end while doing a 3/4 elliptical suspension in the rear. I used to frequent jeepforum and still look at NAXJA from time to time, but in all honesty, everyone who starts off on places like Jeepsunlimited or JF ends up at Pirate anyway. Look for local jeep club sites like nc4x4.com, usually they have good message boards with a lot of diverse stuff, not to mention people who are local to you that can actually help you.
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my Jeep threw a check engine light. 263662 on the clock, and its a 96 Cherokee with the 4.0 H.O. I checked the trouble codes with my Auto Xray, none were found which seems odd. But timing was alternating from advancing from a range of 12 degrees to 23 degrees. No coolant or fluids are leaking to my knowledge, oil is the right colour, and the coolant temperature is/was 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Both oxygen sensors appeared to be working, the clutch isn't falling out of the transmission. And well, I can't quite tell anything is wrong with it other than reduced gas millage and the engine seems to be running poorer.
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Jack_Handey posted:I used to frequent jeepforum and still look at NAXJA from time to time, but in all honesty, everyone who starts off on places like Jeepsunlimited or JF ends up at Pirate anyway. Look for local jeep club sites like nc4x4.com, usually they have good message boards with a lot of diverse stuff, not to mention people who are local to you that can actually help you. I use to frequent the local jeep boards till I was askin about the drivers door on my cherokee, if anyone had experience fixin em, possibly willin to help etc. I was curious as its starting to have the typical cherokee door hinge issue and water was starting to leak in due to the doors misalignment. I was flat out told by a member that if I didn't want to get wet, then I shouldn't have bought a jeep, and that I wasn't "jeep" ownership material. I've not gone back to either local boards since, it kinda knocked the wind out of my sails. I've since decided that the jeep will stay stock..
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Most Jeep forums are terrible. I don't even go to any of them anymore. I used to be a somewhat prolific poster on JU a few years ago, before it got really bad. AI does spoil us.
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It doesn't help you Wrangler guys but Comancheclub.com is a pretty great forum. I hate Jeep forums, but the people on Comanche Club are just a bunch of good 'ol boys who love their old trucks and know their poo poo. Most of what is said over there applies to Cherokees too and a lot of the posters either do now or have at one time owned Cherokees also. There is some DIY and Project sections that are fun to look through even if you don't own one, some pretty creative stuff going on. I think Wranglers are cool, but it seems that their owners are always the ones to bring snobbery to Jeep culture. It's nice to not always have people telling you that your truck NEEDS to be lifted and that H1s and Unimogs got nothin' on a Jeep.
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Veeb0rg posted:I use to frequent the local jeep boards till I was askin about the drivers door on my cherokee, if anyone had experience fixin em, possibly willin to help etc. I was curious as its starting to have the typical cherokee door hinge issue and water was starting to leak in due to the doors misalignment. I was flat out told by a member that if I didn't want to get wet, then I shouldn't have bought a jeep, and that I wasn't "jeep" ownership material. It's hard to find a good forum. Armchair wheelers make things worse, and I never understood the X vs Y mentality. Especially the guys who believe you got to bob your jeep, lift it and remove most of the body panels. I mean it's one thing to have a dedicated trail truck that gets beat up, but if your jeep doubles as a daily driver, you don't want it beat to poo poo, and theres nothing wrong getting body damage repaired. Besides I'd like my trail rig to be street legal as well .I think thats the problem with off roading in general, some guys just slam the door shut on new people. You get someone who takes their brand new FJ, H3, or JK off road , and it's not likely that person is going to want to do the 100% damage hard core trails. If I was driving a brand new rig I'd be a bit cautious as well. Good luck trying to explain that on some of the forums, theres a real alpha dog / pack mentality that goes on. The best bet is to find a good local group, I find the smaller forums more interesting, especially if they're more responsible and take part in local trail cleanups. I find the clubs that just want to tear poo poo up automatically become rear end in a top hat magnets and their forums reflect that.
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I think AI does spoil us. Maybe that's it. SAN DIMAS HIGH FOOTBALL RULES!
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My power steering system poo poo itself all over my engine bay today. I'm having great luck with cars right now.
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I managed to finally have time to get my APN header installed. Its odd, it doesn't seem like a jeep with out an exhaust leak.
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Sindow posted:This is the main reason I want to get a Jeep. I don't want to go to courses everyone goes to and try to skillfully go over a mile of terrain with a bunch of other people. That sounds fun, but what I really want to do is just go wherever the hell I want and camp out in the middle of nowhere. Planning out a trip, rationing out supplies, learning survival aid and all of those things combined with driving out in the middle of nowhere sounds like the best thing ever to me. It's like "oh, here is someplace that even in this day and age nobody ever goes to. there is nobody for miles. this rocks, time to bust out a guitar and a campfire." Im going to say Guller Gulch near Garlock. N/m similar places in different areas. I've been to those spots before though. Pretty cool. Frag Viper fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Aug 14, 2008 |
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I'm having some electrical gremlins. Every time I turn the lights on, the gas and temp gauges peg. I had replaced the cluster when the old gauges weren't working, but it looks like they burned out from the same issue. God drat it. At least the new gauge cluster has cooler lettering.
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I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L. Last Friday I was changing my oil and poking around under the car.. I noticed some red filmy liquid up underneath the radiator, and along the frame area of the front drivers side of the car. The liquid is reddish/pink in color (I think it is only pinkish due to there not being much), and is about as viscus as a 10W-30 oil. The only things I could think of it being are A) Brake fluid, but brakes are fine. Or B) Tranny fluid, which I dunno how I would tell on that.. If I am not mistaken the transmission fluid runs up to the radiator for cooling, correct? I just got the radiator replaced about a month ago, so its possible my mechanic did't seal, hook-up, do something properly? ..might turn this Jeep into a project car and get something newer soon.. this fucker is costing me a lot.
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Do you have a tranny cooler? On my Wagoneer, the cooler lines go from the tranny to the radiator then to the cooler. You can see the lines at the bottom of the radiator plain as day. I had a leak once that was really easy to spot. Just crank it up and see where the fluid drips from. Red liquid could also come from your power steering.
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 One down, one to go. These are some fenders I bought for 30 dollars and worked up a little bit. These are not true tube fenders, these are regular fenders cut up with some tube added and some diamond plate. For 30 bucks I figured what the hell. 30 bucks for both fenders. 35 bucks for diamond plate. 40 bucks misc paint and supplies. I am loving too tired to finish so I'm driving around with 1 regular fender and 1 sexy fender.
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Herro! Thats my 08 Rubicon, 2.5 inch lift with 35 inch Baja Claws and lots and lots of mud.
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I'm torn about my '08 Rubicon. On one hand, it's a really, really nice Jeep. On the other hand, it just doesn't seem to be as good off-road as my old TJ Rubicon, and I just don't have that personal *click* with it that I did with my TJ. Part of me is somewhat glad that I've leased it, since I may just hand the keys back at the end of the lease and walk away. It's really the most underwhelming Jeep I've owned, which is a shame since it's (on paper, at least) an excellent vehicle.
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ZippySLC posted:It's really the most underwhelming Jeep I've owned, which is a shame since it's (on paper, at least) an excellent vehicle. Ive heard people split on this. Some have said what you have and others who've said its even more capable than the TJ Rubi...
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So I had my first off-roading experience in my friends 4runner and it was fun as poo poo; he has me convinced that I should sell my 2003 Nissan maxima and buy a jeep wrangler. What year/model should I look for with the best off-road capability, priced around $9k?
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sw0cb posted:Herro! What kind of lift do you have on there? How's the ride? Is it still as cushy as the stock ride. I've been thinking of lifting my JK Rubi but really love how cushy it is on the road and don't want to put on a stiffer suspension.
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spiralbrain posted:Ive heard people split on this. Some have said what you have and others who've said its even more capable than the TJ Rubi... I think part of it is that it's so computer controlled, I feel so disconnected from everything with it. To me it doesn't feel like a real Jeep. *shrug* It may be better on rocks than the TJ Rubi, but in loose sand and tight trails, my TJ seemed to do better. At least that's how I feel about it anyway.
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Agrocrag posted:So I had my first off-roading experience in my friends 4runner and it was fun as poo poo; he has me convinced that I should sell my 2003 Nissan maxima and buy a jeep wrangler. If you can, keep your Maxima and buy a Wrangler as a fun/weekend/wheeling vehicle. They're not the greatest daily drivers, especially when you're only getting 15 mpg tops. I get about 11 tops with mine. 9k should get you into a nice used TJ with a 4.0 inline 6, but the thing is, you won't keep it stock for long, and the mods never end.
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