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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
How deep of water can a stock XJ go through without problems?
What could I easily shore up to prevent any problems from water crossing? Breather tubes for diffs and stuff? What about electronics and the air box?
I'm about to drive to Colorado and a few trails have creek crossings. They're not very deep, like up to the bottom of the doors maybe.
What could I easily shore up to prevent any problems from water crossing? Breather tubes for diffs and stuff? What about electronics and the air box?
I'm about to drive to Colorado and a few trails have creek crossings. They're not very deep, like up to the bottom of the doors maybe.
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L OBD-II
Where's it leaking from?
How deep of water can a stock XJ go through without problems?
What could I easily shore up to prevent any problems from water crossing? Breather tubes for diffs and stuff? What about electronics and the air box?
I'm about to drive to Colorado and a few trails have creek crossings. They're not very deep, like up to the bottom of the doors maybe.
What could I easily shore up to prevent any problems from water crossing? Breather tubes for diffs and stuff? What about electronics and the air box?
I'm about to drive to Colorado and a few trails have creek crossings. They're not very deep, like up to the bottom of the doors maybe.
Axle, transmission, and transfer case breathers need to be relocated up. You should take apart every electrical connector and make sure dielectric grease keeps water out of it. Be careful putting grease in the tiny pins as it will stop them from working. Distributor should get same treatment. Your may slip when wet, alternator may short out, TPS may short out, and so on. Up to the doors is REALLY pushing it, you're going to need to change pretty much every fluid afterwards, most importantly the axles. A cowl intake will help you avoid water contamination in the intake.
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Litre I6
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
The age doesn't help. Most people don't even maintain their engine. Not many rigs still have fully functional water crossing capabilities. Hoses dryrot, clamps get loose, grease dries, things don't get hooked up correctly over 20+ years of maintenance and repairs. The best route is to look over everything before attempting a water crossing
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Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
It was never designed to do the crap we do with them. Sheesh.
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Year: 1996 Limited
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96 xj cluster
96 xj signal high beams not show cluster Accelerate the turn signal lights up, help guide how to repair it.
" thank you sir "
No, I don't lick fish.
so which wire on the relay would I run the switch off of? Like what color? the kill switch was my first ever electrical job. And that was with brief instructors from someone out of town. So I'm clueless about most of it. Did it anyway so I could take more pride in my jeep and say I built it to what it is.
The pink and black is power. The black is ground and the middle for the gauge on the connector. Attach it to the black then since it's ground?
3/4 full = 1/4 empty = post was made by Kneal = obvious troll is obvious
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
That poor truck. I'm still mad at kuzican for not getting video of my Wrangler going 3.5ft up in the air
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She was good to me, though. I drove the truck 9 hours back to Ohio the next day and then brought my Kawi back to Maryland
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She was good to me, though. I drove the truck 9 hours back to Ohio the next day and then brought my Kawi back to Maryland