What did you do to your Cherokee today?
11-15-2011, 08:59 PM
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11-15-2011, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by iHarvey
I like it, not too noisy and i just today did a lot of highway. I have considerable more low end torque which i was hoping for.
I don't like how the I6 breathes and farts, too constrained. Anyone have any solutions for intake plenums and headers.
11-15-2011, 10:13 PM
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Put a battery back in the 95 and started it and gave it a preliminary once over.
Its running on 4 or 5 cylinders. Barely.
This is the one I loaned to my mom and she bbq'd the engine.
I had to have it towed home that day.
I was expecting to overhaul it but not quite sure now.
No excessive blowby even at 250k mines.
So maybe its just a cracked head.
It comes back out of the shop tomorrow and the wifes car goes in.
Alternator went out on it today arrrggg $190 alternator in an SHO.
Its running on 4 or 5 cylinders. Barely.
This is the one I loaned to my mom and she bbq'd the engine.
I had to have it towed home that day.
I was expecting to overhaul it but not quite sure now.
No excessive blowby even at 250k mines.
So maybe its just a cracked head.
It comes back out of the shop tomorrow and the wifes car goes in.
Alternator went out on it today arrrggg $190 alternator in an SHO.
11-15-2011, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by CBR III
Oh, by the way, does anyone with an ax-15 have a weird gear whining/grinding in reverse?
11-16-2011, 12:54 AM
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Yeah, I think I'll be doing that tomorrow. It's not leaking that bad, but it's only a matter of time.
11-16-2011, 01:04 AM
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Got the engine steam cleaned today (pics to be taken tomorrow) and then went to the local Marine Corps base and used their auto hobby shop to do a quicky valve cover gasket replacement. I don't know why I never used it before! I think I am going to live there for awhile!!! Lifts, all the tools I could ever need, and ASE mechanics to give free advice...all for $6 a day!
11-16-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by MINI XJ
Ordered 33x12.5x15 GY Duratracs on Cragar soft 8's and some brake lines to complete my lift!! Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBaYVo89mmY
11-16-2011, 08:29 AM
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Went out to start my XJ just now, I always give it a few to warm up before I leave. I crank the wheel 90 degrees left so the heat blows on it where I hold it. For a few seconds I couldn't turn it at all, then the power steering pump made a noise like Chewbacca singing opera with tonsillitis.
11-16-2011, 09:40 AM
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11-16-2011, 10:09 AM
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gonna spend around 45 minutes at the wawa filling up my tires cuz theyre so low on air and the one leaks :/ maybe go to my girl friends and use her dads air compressor lol
11-16-2011, 10:31 AM
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Went out to start my XJ just now, I always give it a few to warm up before I leave. I crank the wheel 90 degrees left so the heat blows on it where I hold it. For a few seconds I couldn't turn it at all, then the power steering pump made a noise like Chewbacca singing opera with tonsillitis.
11-16-2011, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by michaelbrandonw
Excellent choice. My Duratracs have been put to the test and haven't let me down yet. Same size as well.