What did you do to your Cherokee today?
07-15-2012, 04:58 PM
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Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Stood in front if it and whined like a spoiled brat.... Now my radiator is leaking. 
So this week I blew a freeze plug, oil sender, and radiator. Gotta bandage this up while I build my donor motor and upgrade my cooling system.
So this week I blew a freeze plug, oil sender, and radiator. Gotta bandage this up while I build my donor motor and upgrade my cooling system.
07-15-2012, 05:52 PM
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: Rebuilt 4.0L I6
Started putting my newly rebuilt engine back in. If anyone is doing this take your time and make sure the torque converter is properly seated or you will pulling the engine multiple times (me)
07-15-2012, 06:12 PM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Changed out the passenger side caliper and new front pads. Froze up yesterday on the way to my parents. Guess thats what I get for not driving her for 3 weeks. Also upgraded to a ZJ tie rod. The stock one was bent.
07-15-2012, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by armymedic120
Got shocks ordered and all the parts i need for a 2 inch lift, and a can of pb blaster, so looks like I'll be spraying nuts and bolts for the next week to make it a little easier
07-15-2012, 06:46 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by BadazzXJ
You're going to need a sawzall with hardened steel cutting blades and get to cutting. I only got 1 out with an impact and it was a miracle!
07-15-2012, 07:23 PM
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
Originally Posted by snopro700
Nonsense. Just get good penetratin oil...Areo Kroil is the way to go. Makes PB look like water. I only broke 2 bolts When I did my short arm lift. One was an LCA frame end bolt, the other was a rear upper shock bolt. oh, and I have a northeast XJ, so you know all that salt and mud did wonders for the bolts in the last 15 years.
07-15-2012, 09:26 PM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
Got done with drill early (or battle assembly or whatever the eff we're calling it this month) and had enough charge on the rechargable dremel to grind the "JINGDINGDACHENG" off the Chinese snorkel. I still need to work on some of the gouges I put on there (three of them are probably too deep to sand out, but the rest are pretty shallow) and then it's ready for painting and installing. 
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07-15-2012, 09:32 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by Ian96XJ
Got done with drill early (or battle assembly or whatever the eff we're calling it this month) and had enough charge on the rechargable dremel to grind the "JINGDINGDACHENG" off the Chinese snorkel. I still need to work on some of the gouges I put on there (three of them are probably too deep to sand out, but the rest are pretty shallow) and then it's ready for painting and installing.
07-15-2012, 09:36 PM
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07-15-2012, 10:14 PM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO