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incredibull posted:Tahuya ORV park, outside of Belfair. Great day wheeling spot if you don't really want to break anything, though it still requires some effort of course. Most of the trails are pretty tame, even the advanced areas - though they are pretty heavily rutted by buggies, so rollovers are a real risk on some of the hills due to deep rutting. I live 20 minutes from the trails, hit me up on here sometime if you decide to go. Wow, they blocked all the trails? What a bunch of tools, that mud pit isn't THAT much fun. I've been up to Tahuya a few times, and most of the time it's exactly as you describe - full of drunk assholes in full size trucks tearing apart the trails, that is when they're not making their own or trashing the trees so they can fit. It's amazing that place is still open, honestly. If it were in Oregon it would have been closed years ago. If you've ever been to Tillamook State Forest, the difference in trail conditions and the people in general is pretty dramatic.
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gently caress that mud pit any way. When it's full of water it only serves to destroy vehicles. I've seen it swallow a FS truck on 44s. Mud breaks poo poo, I don't have the money or time to deal with that. The one time I went to Tillamook, I drove all the way down from Seattle, met the group I was wheeling with, and blew my radiator open ten minutes into the trails while getting pulled out of a ditch - the guy hooking the tow strap hooked it to the radiator support, split it wide open when they pulled me. Spent the rest of the day repairing it so I could get home in the morning. Never got to wheel at all 
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Jan 6, 2011 07:44
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Looks like my brother just picked up a 94 Cherokee (guess that makes it a ZJ) for his new daily driver and project vehicle. Knowing what is available in the area and the crappy sell phone pic he sent me the thing is going to need some work. I'm still jealous because I've always wanted a jeep to beat the poo poo out of. His Birthday is coming up so other than a haynes/bentley shop manual what would make a good gift for a new jeep owner?
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Jan 7, 2011 14:04
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NitroSpazzz posted:Looks like my brother just picked up a 94 Cherokee (guess that makes it a ZJ) for his new daily driver and project vehicle. quote:His Birthday is coming up so other than a haynes/bentley shop manual what would make a good gift for a new jeep owner?
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Jan 7, 2011 14:27
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It is a Cherokee Sport, ordered a shop manual and a CD so he should be in good shape for fixing it and keeping it running. Will look around and see if there are any active off-roading spots or clubs in the area. Thanks for the map idea, hadn't thought of that.
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I like the Benchmark series of road and recreation atlas like this: http://www.amazon.com/Benchmark-Washington-Road-Recreation-Atlas/dp/0929591984/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1294424061&sr=8-3 Big maps, lots of trails shown (although they don't really say much about difficulty), and pretty cheap. Also that reminds me, are there good front seat covers for XJs (with the simple non adjustable headrest seats) which add pockets or storage? I want to keep my maps in the car and think a pocket behind the seat would be perfect/ mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jan 7, 2011 |
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Jan 7, 2011 19:15
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While you're at it, buy him a gun so he doesn't get jacked up when he ends up on some hick's property or someone else's "secret" wheeling spot.
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Bucephalus posted:My question: anyone have experience with the Rampage Cab Top? Where are my manners? Before I jump in asking questions, I believe an introduction is in order. Abused and neglected '91 YJ, purchased from my sister for $400. From the "What did you do to your ride today?" thread, back in August: Bucephalus posted:Under previous ownership, my Wrangler met a tree and was left with a bad impression. Bucephalus posted:Continuation, with slightly more sophisticated tools... Since then, the inner rocker has been lined with 1/4" steel plate, welded to 1/8" steel lining the floor. The inner body supports/seatbelt retractor anchors have been replaced with 3/16" 2x3 C-channel, also welded in place. All seams were sealed and the whole mess sprayed with rubberized undercoating, top and bottom. Good enough for now, but I'm afraid a replacement tub is in order. Today:  The rust holes pictured earlier were cut out and covered with aluminum diamond plate, RTV, and stainless steel bolts. Doors with factory mirrors and good uppers were a $100 Craigslist find. Driver's side rear corner hung ~3/4" low, so I pushed the top of the cowl forward with a Hi-Lift. Door alignment is now perfect.  Tires, for now, are P205's. New sending unit, new aftermarket fuel gauge...and still no semblance of accuracy.  New dash panel, Autometer gauges, and decent tunes are in the works.Spring will bring S10 bastard packs, Daystar 1" body lift/mounts (stock mounts are shot), and a set of 31s.
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I guess I've just joined the community of Jeep owners. I bought a 1996 Cherokee Sport, tan/gold with 66,310 miles on it. It has some cosmetic flaws, and it's obviously a 15 year old vehicle, but the guy had paperwork for every oil change, every repair, every maintenance item. Aside from the "old car" smell, it was a perfect way to get rid of $2200. I don't plan to do much to try to break it, as it's now my daily driver, as well as sole source of transportation. Anything I need to be on top of from the experienced Jeep gurus here?
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brickswereshat posted:I guess I've just joined the community of Jeep owners. I bought a 1996 Cherokee Sport, tan/gold with 66,310 miles on it. It has some cosmetic flaws, and it's obviously a 15 year old vehicle, but the guy had paperwork for every oil change, every repair, every maintenance item. Aside from the "old car" smell, it was a perfect way to get rid of $2200. I don't plan to do much to try to break it, as it's now my daily driver, as well as sole source of transportation. Anything I need to be on top of from the experienced Jeep gurus here? It only has 66k miles? That is awesome!!
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brickswereshat posted:I guess I've just joined the community of Jeep owners. I bought a 1996 Cherokee Sport, tan/gold with 66,310 miles on it. It has some cosmetic flaws, and it's obviously a 15 year old vehicle, but the guy had paperwork for every oil change, every repair, every maintenance item. Aside from the "old car" smell, it was a perfect way to get rid of $2200. I don't plan to do much to try to break it, as it's now my daily driver, as well as sole source of transportation. Anything I need to be on top of from the experienced Jeep gurus here? Just make sure that when you go to put a lift on it, you don't do "stages". Figure out how large you want your tires to be and plan accordingly. Don't look at me like you won't lift it 
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Bojanglesworth posted:It only has 66k miles? That is awesome!! I was amazed when I saw it, and I was lucky to have cash in hand for it. It's not the prettiest, but it's mechanically perfect. How often will I have to change the transmission fluid / differential fluids, are the front and rear diffs seperate, etc?
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I just picked up a 2000 Wrangler with 83k on it a few weeks ago. I spent the entire Christmas weekend underneath it sanding off all the rust and undercoating it, but it's still going to need a new top pretty soon. I think a sunrider top might be cool, but I've heard that they tend to leak. Which ones should I avoid? Which tops are good?
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I drove my Jeep around in five inches of fresh unplowed snow this morning. I have never had a 4x4 in snow before and it was pretty awesome. Though my wife got around just as well in her Honda Accord coupe with Blizzaks on it.
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Jan 10, 2011 19:45
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brickswereshat posted:How often will I have to change the transmission fluid / differential fluids, are the front and rear diffs seperate, etc? Don't know if you have a manual or auto trans, but I like to change diff oil and trans oil the same time on my manual trucks at every 20k, so basically it gets changed once a year. I think it's probably overkill, but on the other hand gear oil gets abused by extreme pressures with no filtering and no cooling. An automatic transmission I would probably change out fluid/filter every 50k or every two years. I also have Lubelocker reusable gaskets on my D30 and D35, have used them twice now with no seal issues. I hate sealing diffs with RTV. Theoretically so long as you don't overtorque the cover bolts, these gaskets should be reusable quite a few times.
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Picked up a 1999 XJ for a steal. It's got problems though. No heat, rattles and shakes everywhere. Blown out speakers. So so interior. Good news is, the motor is silent, no knocks or ticks. Drivetrain is solid. 4.0 231 4x4. 130k miles. Tomorrow I'm grabbing the speakers, hatch struts, and rims/tires off our 95 plow rig, along with trying to flush the heater core to get heat back. If flushing it doesn't work, I get to replace it which is a pretty  jobCome spring I'm welding on new floor pans and rockers + POR15. Probably going to try and find a ford 8.8 with disks and LSD too....
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So far my XJ has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Fist it was $2200 for a 66k mile Jeep, HOORAY! Then it was 17 miles to the gallon, driving like an old person? BOO! Then it's DEATH RATTLE omgwtfohno! Then it's "haha, I'm just your power steering pump!" Hooray! Just waiting for the next ohshit. But I like it.
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brickswereshat posted:17 miles to the gallon, driving like an old person? BOO! Drive it like you stole it. You'll still get 17.
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brickswereshat posted:So far my XJ has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Fist it was $2200 for a 66k mile Jeep, HOORAY! Then it was 17 miles to the gallon, driving like an old person? BOO! Then it's DEATH RATTLE omgwtfohno! Then it's "haha, I'm just your power steering pump!" Hooray! Just waiting for the next ohshit. But I like it. We get about 12 miles to the gallon driving like old people. Consider yourself blessed.
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Both my car and Jeep average 13mpg, sometimes the Jeep does a little better. I spend $200 a month on gas.
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incredibull posted:gently caress that mud pit any way. When it's full of water it only serves to destroy vehicles. I've seen it swallow a FS truck on 44s. Mud breaks poo poo, I don't have the money or time to deal with that. That blows. We always manage to have something stupid happen out there. The last two trips have resulted in radiator failure as well. This most recent time one of our group put a branch all the way through his S10's radiator (it was just a matter of time, he thinks it's hilarious to drift every corner on the gravel roads). It was part of a poker run event so we towed him the rest of the way, and he ran his engine only during the checkpoint challenges. The same basic thing happened the year before at the same event, my buddy's XJ blew its radiator (not with a branch) and we towed him through. The time before those I blew up the spider gears in my D35. Then another time my buddy's dad busted his axle on Little Rubicon (think I posted a pic of it in this thread but I can't find it on my computer). I don't think we've ever gone out there without breaking something.
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Faerunner posted:We get about 12 miles to the gallon driving like old people. Consider yourself blessed.
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I use my jeep for work, so alot of 10mph crawling around sites. I get 10-11mpg on average. Right now my jeep isn't running as it has eaten yet another starter. I'm getting good at replacing them. This spring its gonna get an electrical overhaul. Veeb0rg fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Jan 16, 2011 |
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Jan 16, 2011 03:41
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Yeah. OMW to work I hear a "thunk" and my temp gauge goes hot, my electric generation drops to about 4v, and my windshield wipers slow to a crawl. The power steering pump poo poo it's guts, and the shaft the pulley attaches to fell out. So far, not impressed with my Jeep, lol. Edit: Serpentine belts suck.
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It's a Saginaw pump. Don't hate Jeep, hate GM. So when the pump fell apart, were bricks shat? 
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mod sassinator posted:Both my car and Jeep average 13mpg, sometimes the Jeep does a little better. I spend $200 a month on gas. People don't believe me when I told them my old jeeps get worse mileage than my H1. On the other hand the H1 is a diesel so that helps a little (not really).
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Bucephalus posted:It's a Saginaw pump. Don't hate Jeep, hate GM. Just squirted a little concrete. Too much coffee in my diet.
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Got working heat in my 1999 xj again without replacing the heater core. Ran radiator flush through it. Didn't do squat. Ran CLR through it. Didn't do squat. Let CLR sit in it over night, then blasted it out with an air compressor. I now have working heat again. It's weak to medium, but good enough for the week. I'll let it sit with CLR again next weekend and flush it more, along with doing a full coolant system flush. Also fixed my drivers side speaker. The door opening caused the wire to fray. Fixed it and put on some heavy duty loom. Swapped in my kenwood speakers out of our 95 XJ. Also swapped the wheels/tires off our 95 onto my 99. Dunlop Radial Rover A/Ts which are infinitely better than the steal belted rear end tires that came on the thing. Things left to fix/todo immediately:
Once all that crap is dealt with, I'll be junkyard hunting for upgrades and fixing up lower priority stuff.
It's a pile of poo poo but I love it.  I plan to keep it stock height with armor. It's just a DD/back up ride for when I break my subaru. Might be pulling out some stuck subarus or jeeps, maybe some mild offroad stuff.
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brickswereshat posted:Yeah. OMW to work I hear a "thunk" and my temp gauge goes hot, my electric generation drops to about 4v, and my windshield wipers slow to a crawl. sell it to me, problem solved p.s. I'm serious sell me your XJ incredibull fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jan 18, 2011 |
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So there is definitely a distinctive thunking noise from my rear differential. That thing is going to be a mess when it is opened up. I am also starting school so I guess it is going in to the mechanic since I don't have the time for this. Just have to keep remembering the good times so I don't go crazy and push it off a cliff.  weyland 073 by atticus_1354, on Flickr  Cherokee Dashboard by atticus_1354, on Flickr Atticus_1354 fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Jan 16, 2011 |
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Atticus_1354 posted:
I miss doing poo poo like this. Awesome pic, how far in there did you go?
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incredibull posted:sell it to me, problem solved I need my XJ for another 3 months or so, but after that, I'd be willing to contemplate offers.
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Anyone know if P0107 (MAP voltage too low) is a common issue for XJs? My friend's 2000 threw it tonight. I inspected near the MAP sensor and saw nothing out of the ordinary. We cleared it with a scantool and will see if it pops up. I only found this: http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/99-cherokee-sport-map-sensor-indicator-codes-bucking-surging-841921/ e: We tightened up the procedure to reproduce it. Put it into reverse (it's the Command-Trac auto), then engage 4WD Hi. As you back up, the check engine light will come on, you'll hear a chatter from the transfer case / tranny area, and the engine will sputter. After a few seconds, the chatter goes away, the engine revs up a bit and then settles into a normal idle. I don't know much about XJs -- is the 4WD actuation vacuum-based? I'm guessing the chattering noise was it having trouble locking the diff? How much risk is continuing driving, and what next steps to debug should he take? kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Jan 19, 2011 |
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incredibull posted:I miss doing poo poo like this. Awesome pic, how far in there did you go? That is at Big Bend National Park. I did not go very far since I was alone and the weather turned the next day. I went camping with my sisters and stayed an extra two days after they left. The mountains in the distance are the Chisos Basin and have some very nice hiking. My flickr has a few more pictures HERE. Next year I should be living within a few hours of there and I am really excited about it. However I will have sold the Cherokee in favor of something a little more mild and better on the road but still 4x4. Probably a Tahoe or Chevy truck  weyland 064 by atticus_1354, on Flickr  Old ore Road by atticus_1354, on Flickr Atticus_1354 fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jan 19, 2011 |
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kimbo305 posted:Anyone know if P0107 (MAP voltage too low) is a common issue for XJs? My friend's 2000 threw it tonight. I inspected near the MAP sensor and saw nothing out of the ordinary. We cleared it with a scantool and will see if it pops up. Strange issue. In a 2000 XJ, it is NOT Vacuum actuated. I can't think of a reason why it would throw that code though.
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Oh damned jeep... I got my jeep back from the shop after having the power steering pump and one of the coolant hoses replaced. At 65 (not 60 or lower) the front end vibrated pretty hard. Then it "bucked" for about 2 seconds, then went back to just vibrating. I'm taking it to an alignment shop Friday (I can't afford to take more time off for this loving thing), but I'm not optimistic.
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brickswereshat posted:Oh damned jeep... Maybe a u-joint going bad? Shouldn't be an expensive part although the labor might be moderately high.
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On my way back from work last night, I got to a stoplight, and there was a soft "thunk" as I was pulling away, like the 4hi was turning off, and then the drat thing drove fine. 1) Is there a way to determine that the 4x4 is actually NOT engaged by external inspection? 2) If the 4x4 is not disengaging properly, is there a way to permanently disable it (mechanically) and not affect the rest of the driveline?
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brickswereshat posted:Oh damned jeep... The vibes you describe are more likely related to tire balance - maybe a tire lost a balance weight or was just never balanced well in the first place. The multi-link setup used by Jeep is susceptible to resonance, with even the smallest vibration enough getting things started. I would also suggest if you have a torque wrench, get a chassis torque chart (Jeepforum and NAXJA likely have these, TJ charts are there) and torque down all bolts on the front suspension to spec. My TJ had loose track bar mount bolts on both the front and rear when I got it, the rear was loose enough to knock. kimbo305 posted:Anyone know if P0107 (MAP voltage too low) is a common issue for XJs? My friend's 2000 threw it tonight. I inspected near the MAP sensor and saw nothing out of the ordinary. We cleared it with a scantool and will see if it pops up. Are you sure the chattering noise wasn't the engine pinging under load as it bogged down for whatever reason? This doesn't happen if you put it in reverse while in 2WD?
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Quick question. Is there a company that makes the half hardtop for a JK? I've seen the half hard tops on TJs, turning them into essentially a pick up, but I'm thinking of picking up a JK Rubi when I come back to the states and the availability of one of those would really push me towards it more.
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