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Our XJ is still pissing coolant. Apparently my fiance can't get the lower radiator hose clamped onto the water pump properly, so he said to hell with it, and he'll replace it all this weekend (He got a new water pump/thermostat with the hoses)
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Jul 12, 2011 02:55
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The only time I've ever seen something like that was an old/lovely worm-drive clamp bending and not holding consistent pressure around the whole fitting. If it's one of those drat spring clamps get that replaced already.
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Jul 12, 2011 04:23
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EightBit posted:The only time I've ever seen something like that was an old/lovely worm-drive clamp bending and not holding consistent pressure around the whole fitting. If it's one of those drat spring clamps get that replaced already. That's not the problem. It's a spring clamp that could probably strangle Goliath. Even with the airbox out he can't get his hand in there with the clamp held open with the vice grips to get it over the ... um... thing. (Sorry, lack of word there. The thing the hose goes on on the water pump. I just woke up a little bit ago, leave me alone.) The second he gets it nearly in place, it slips off. And then he swears at it for ten minutes and scares the neighbor kids (True story.) He's content with letting it sit until he takes everything apart this weekend I imagine he'll probably replace it with a worm drive clamp and if it ever breaks again he'll push it off a cliff. I know I make him sound like some sort of raging idiot but he just has very little patience with things that don't work right off the bat, and he never works on things with me around since I work days and he works nights, which means it's usually 2AM when he gets around to it on his days off.
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Jul 12, 2011 16:00
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Faerunner posted:That's not the problem. It's a spring clamp that could probably strangle Goliath. Even with the airbox out he can't get his hand in there with the clamp held open with the vice grips to get it over the ... um... thing. (Sorry, lack of word there. The thing the hose goes on on the water pump. I just woke up a little bit ago, leave me alone.) I would think taking the air box out would only help access to the lower radiator opening. Getting at the water pump end would surely be easier from underneath?
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Jul 12, 2011 17:15
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ornery owl posted:I would think taking the air box out would only help access to the lower radiator opening. Getting at the water pump end would surely be easier from underneath? I was thinking that he was already coming in from below. Just trying to imagine reaching down to the bottom of the water pump, past the fan, serpentine, etc.  .
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Jul 12, 2011 17:46
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I'm just reporting it as he said it. For all I know he has no idea what he's talking about and is just assigning names to things willy-nilly. It's the lower radiator hose on the end that doesn't connect to the radiator. It has a spring clamp that pretty much refuses to get to where it needs to go, and all he had handy when he was out there was a pair of needle nose vice grips from Harbor Freight and he gave up after about 20 minutes of frustration. He did mention he couldn't get at it from below because he can barely get his arm up there let alone do anything if he could. He's not a small guy. A lot of the times if there's something he can't do it's because his hands are too big, or his arm is too long to squeeze in somewhere, etc. Probably doesn't help that he could stand to lose quite a few pounds, either. Buuut as I said, he works nights and doesn't want to touch it until the weekend. Where he'll probably also not want to touch it, since our anniversary is Saturday and Sunday he'll probably claim it's too hot or he's tired... Whatever, it's his Jeep. I just drive it and occasionally give him a hand with stuff on it. And post here to get help with stuff he can't do. Edit: I've never personally been under the Jeep (or at least looked at that particular area). Is it really that much easier to get at from below? It's easy enough to reach from above, there's just not enough room to do anything with the tools at hand.
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Jul 12, 2011 17:47
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commissargribb posted:it's like 90F and sunny here today. FYI Your Droid 2 tagged your photo with GPS data. We're getting a record heatwave here in NJ as well. Definitely Jeeperday.
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Jul 12, 2011 18:33
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Zeo posted:FYI Your Droid 2 tagged your photo with GPS data. More importantly, photobucket doesn't remove those tags from the EXIF header 
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Jul 12, 2011 20:06
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My KJ's waterpump gave up saturday, ended up sitting in the heat off an off-ramp on route 3 in NJ... Fixed that sonofabaitch in short order. oh, and dear Chrysler, LOWER YOUR drat COOLANT PRICES, $20/gal is crazy.
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Jul 12, 2011 20:21
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"New" retreaded tires for my Wrangler arrive tomorrow! Upping from 29s to 31s! Cross fingers for no rubbing!
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Jul 12, 2011 22:47
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Let us know how it goes; I've got 31s mounted, waiting to be balanced and installed.
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Jul 12, 2011 22:56
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Try one of these on the spring clamp: http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00947390000P It is like magic.
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Jul 12, 2011 23:23
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PBCrunch posted:Try one of these on the spring clamp: I don't think he'd spend $40 on that... how's the return policy at Sears on tools? 
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Jul 13, 2011 02:14
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Faerunner posted:I don't think he'd spend $40 on that... how's the return policy at Sears on tools? you might be able to rent one at your autoparts store.
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Jul 13, 2011 19:55
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commissargribb posted:Post your topless pics here. As requested:  Bucephalus posted:I've got 31s mounted, waiting to be balanced and installed Current rubber (  ):
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Jul 13, 2011 22:25
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My Jeep is still in the body shop fixing it from the flop. I'm in a rental '11 Impala. I MISS MY GODDAMN JEEP SO BAD. I'm going to hug it and love it and if I get it back by Friday take it to a bikini carwash to try and make up.
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Jul 13, 2011 23:45
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Tossed_Salad_Man posted:My Jeep is still in the body shop fixing it from the flop. I'm in a rental '11 Impala. I MISS MY GODDAMN JEEP SO BAD. I'm going to hug it and love it and if I get it back by Friday take it to a bikini carwash to try and make up. Put a bikini top on it and then go to a bikini carwash. Bucephalus posted:
I was going to say with a stock setup you can go to the store and order 225/75/15s which are slightly larger without changing anything since they are one of the three factory option tire sizes (205/215/225 If I recall). edit: awesome YJ. That rocker panel looks like it needs some love but the blue color is sweet. Sandbagger SA fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Jul 14, 2011 00:29
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commissargribb posted:Post your topless pics here. It's not current (I replaced the fat A/Ts with skinny swampers), but it's the best topless shot I've got! 
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Jul 14, 2011 00:41
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commissargribb posted:I was going to say with a stock setup you can go to the store and order 225/75/15s which are slightly larger without changing anything since they are one of the three factory option tire sizes (205/215/225 If I recall). It had (horribly dryrotted) 30x9.50s on it when I got it, and it's 99.9% roadgoing, so hopefully 31s will fit with, at worst, flare trimming. commissargribb posted:That rocker panel looks like it needs some love It's already gotten some (WAFFLE  ):http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2773074&userid=148883#post386628794
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Jul 14, 2011 01:01
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commissargribb posted:Post your topless pics here. Not the most recent, but my favorite. and it's huge. 
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Jul 14, 2011 01:10
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Three perfect All-Terrain T/As were dropped off by FedEx today, accompanied by this.
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Jul 14, 2011 01:31
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Are they all the same tread, but with 1 oddball carcass?
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Jul 14, 2011 01:51
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 An older one, but it still looks the same. Topless since April.
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Jul 14, 2011 02:35
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Bucephalus posted:Are they all the same tread, but with 1 oddball carcass? Yeah that still looks like All-Terrain tread to me.
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Jul 14, 2011 03:13
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I have a 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 4x4. The rear leafs seem to be pretty well sagged out. What is the easiest and cheapest way to bring the back up to a stock-ish height and not affect the spring rate too much?
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Jul 14, 2011 03:26
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Bucephalus posted:Are they all the same tread, but with 1 oddball carcass? Correct. 
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Jul 14, 2011 03:46
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Boomerjinks posted:Correct. That sucks dude but it is kind of funny. Maybe you could just paint over those letters with black paint? Or put them on opposite wheels with the letters on the inside?
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Jul 14, 2011 03:51
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PBCrunch posted:I have a 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 4x4. The rear leafs seem to be pretty well sagged out. What is the easiest and cheapest way to bring the back up to a stock-ish height and not affect the spring rate too much? Find some junkyard S-10 leafs and make a bastard pack.
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Jul 14, 2011 03:52
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Any chance of getting it replaced with an AT, or was that the closest thing they had to a matching set of carcasses? Maybe cough up the dough for a real BFG AT and use the MT for a spare?PBCrunch posted:I have a 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 4x4. The rear leafs seem to be pretty well sagged out. What is the easiest and cheapest way to bring the back up to a stock-ish height and not affect the spring rate too much? S-10 bastard pack would be cheapest, lift blocks would be easiest. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Jul 14, 2011 03:53
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Rhyno posted:That sucks dude but it is kind of funny. Maybe you could just paint over those letters with black paint? Or put them on opposite wheels with the letters on the inside? Nah I'll be returning it. I specifically chose this retread place -South Dakota, FUUUUCK- because they would give me the sidewalls I wanted for the tires to be as close to accurate as possible (BFGs aren't stamped with "Radial" anymore). I was very specific with what I asked for, and they screwed up. Not a big problem, I was just really hoping to go up to Granby this weekend.
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Jul 14, 2011 04:11
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Let us know if the situation gets resolved to your satisfaction, as I am/was a possible future customer. (Where you got those tires is no mystery.  )
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Jul 14, 2011 04:17
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Kind of funny, you can mix and match sidewalls with tread patterns. I could conceivably get the BFG All Terrain stamping with a tread pattern that, I don't know, doesn't suck in snow? Or is better on fuel efficiency. I went with what's accurate, but I'll always wonder... Boomerjinks fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Jul 14, 2011 04:20
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PBCrunch posted:I have a 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 4x4. The rear leafs seem to be pretty well sagged out. What is the easiest and cheapest way to bring the back up to a stock-ish height and not affect the spring rate too much? If you're looking for a small lift, Old Man Emu springs and shocks are supposed to be nice and comfortable. I swapped out my sagging rear springs for some Skyjacker 2.5" lift springs--they're fine but kind of rough. I should have just gone with OME stuff all around I think. If you lift the back you'll probably want to put some spacers in the front to lift it too--and while you're at it you might as well replace front springs, shocks, etc. so it could add up to a decent amount. If you just want some stock springs I bet rockauto.com has a decent price.
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Jul 14, 2011 04:22
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Boomerjinks posted:Kind of funny, you can mix and match sidewalls with tread patterns. I could conceivably get the BFG All Terrain stamping with a tread pattern that, I don't know, doesn't suck in snow? Or is better on fuel efficiency. I went with what's accurate, but I'll always wonder... Can you say where you got the tires? I'll be curious to hear how well retreads hold up. I'll probably need a new set of 31" AT tires in a year or so.
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Jul 14, 2011 04:24
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Coincidentally, last fall I was weeding in the back yard of our lovely rental house and found that there was a giant bush growing through this.  It's sized for something like a tiny trailer, but it was interesting to actually see one. I asked TreadWright if they could create their own stamping or retread tires from the correct era, but they will only retread tires that are X number of years old. Understandable, but disappointing. edited for bold
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Jul 14, 2011 04:26
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mod sassinator posted:If you're looking for a small lift, Old Man Emu springs and shocks are supposed to be nice and comfortable. I swapped out my sagging rear springs for some Skyjacker 2.5" lift springs--they're fine but kind of rough. I should have just gone with OME stuff all around I think. If you lift the back you'll probably want to put some spacers in the front to lift it too--and while you're at it you might as well replace front springs, shocks, etc. so it could add up to a decent amount. If you just want some stock springs I bet rockauto.com has a decent price. I don't really want a lift, I just want the the Jeep to have the same wheel gap in the back as it does in the front. Right now the back is kind of sagging.
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Jul 14, 2011 04:35
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PBCrunch posted:I don't really want a lift, I just want the the Jeep to have the same wheel gap in the back as it does in the front. Right now the back is kind of sagging. Old Man emu has stock height springs. To properly fix it you'll have to replace the rear leaf springs, anything else is just a bandaid and will likely go back to sagging within a year or so. Maybe poke around on local jeep msg boards and see if anyone has a decent set off their rig, Possibly look for a set of "up-country" package springs, they're a heavier duty spring.
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Jul 14, 2011 08:13
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HOPEFULLY the last Jeep update for a while - He came in this morning covered in grease with a big smile on his face. "I feel a lot better... by the way I'm on my way to Advance. I just smashed that loving clamp with a hammer, going to go pick up some screw drive ones." So he got back, replaced it with a screw drive clamp, and took it for a 2 mile test drive without any leaks. I guess I'll be driving it to work this afternoon, wish me luck! Edit: Not sure if this is more humorous in the Jeep thread or the Saab thread, but he was trying to get it to warm up quicker, so he revved the engine a bit while parked next to our 9-3, and WEEEOOWEEOOWEEOOWEEOO... Set off the alarm. Faerunner fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Jul 14, 2011 16:48
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Just ordered 2" spacers and a cold air intake. i love working on jeeps  Now if i could only find some decent tires near here (fairbanks, ak) for cheap...
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Jul 15, 2011 06:20
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Replaced the exhaust manifold today on the Cherokee with a Dorman. Everything went fairly smoothly I guess, but those bottom bolts under the intake were a real pain. Took me about 6 hours total and 9 or 10 beers. Not bad for a first time. The ticking is gone and it is pretty great. My idle smoothed out too. I wanted to take more step by step pictures to post, but gently caress that. I only took 2.  
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