What did you do to your Cherokee today?
02-19-2013, 08:35 AM
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I was getting a little movement in my front seat one night driving. Light turned green and I hit the gas and whoops I'm sitting in the back seat just about trying to grab brakes. The bolt hole got elongated from the rocking over time and finnaly gave out. I took a steel plate ,big fugn washer and patched it with the steel plate and mixed up some JB Weld and slapped where it contacts seat frame and 10,000 miles later holdings like a champ and seat still operates as it should. I'm a Huge fan of JB Weld lol. And the better you prep area the harder it grabs.
02-19-2013, 09:14 AM
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I was getting a little movement in my front seat one night driving. Light turned green and I hit the gas and whoops I'm sitting in the back seat just about trying to grab brakes. The bolt hole got elongated from the rocking over time and finnaly gave out. I took a steel plate ,big fugn washer and patched it with the steel plate and mixed up some JB Weld and slapped where it contacts seat frame and 10,000 miles later holdings like a champ and seat still operates as it should. I'm a Huge fan of JB Weld lol. And the better you prep area the harder it grabs.
02-19-2013, 09:42 AM
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02-19-2013, 09:44 AM
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02-19-2013, 09:55 AM
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Since I don't like how cool my xj runs now where should I get a 195 thermostat? I got the water pump and 180 at napa. Closest dealership is about 30 miles away
02-19-2013, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 89cherokee2gtmudy
Since I don't like how cool my xj runs now where should I get a 195 thermostat? I got the water pump and 180 at napa. Closest dealership is about 30 miles away
02-19-2013, 10:03 AM
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You guys realize the 180 degree thermostat does sweet **** all except make it run too cold in the winter and open you up to cheap aftermarket parts failure right? You aren't changing the temp the fans come on at, you aren't changing the fan's ability to move air, and you aren't changing the radiators heat capacity. If you want upgraded cooling ability get a 3-row rad and better fans. There's a reason the OEM tstat doesn't open til 195
High flow thermostat housing
3 row radiator
High flow water pump
All new hoses
Heater core bypass
91+ style open cooling system
Zj heavy duty clutch fan
Toggle switched electric fan
1" hood spacer
16lb radiator cap
180* thermostat
New CTS
Removed a/c condenser
A/C delete also
All parts have less than 2500k miles on them.
At times my jeep does run cool, but the only thing that would effect is my gas mileage correct due to the sensors adjusting for tempature? Brcause if im not mistaken it keeps the it in "cold" mode and uses more gas with an incresed idle to try to continue to warm it up. If thats the case im not worried about mine because my cracked exhaust manifold is having more of an ill effect than anything.
02-19-2013, 11:16 AM
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Out with the old and in with the new. Replaced the forward 2 O2 sensors this weekend. The idle smoothed out A LOT! and it runs quieter and smoother. The MPG seem to be up as well from the read out but time will tell better.
Also attempted to install the Rough Country Control arm drop brackets, but my the heads on the upper controls arm bolts on the body side are rounded real nicely. It seemed like there was enough to hold it while I worked the nut off on the opposite side but I didnt have enough time to deal with issue that might come up. Plus I figured it would be good to soak the bolts with PD blaster for a bit and go at it again.
Also attempted to install the Rough Country Control arm drop brackets, but my the heads on the upper controls arm bolts on the body side are rounded real nicely. It seemed like there was enough to hold it while I worked the nut off on the opposite side but I didnt have enough time to deal with issue that might come up. Plus I figured it would be good to soak the bolts with PD blaster for a bit and go at it again.
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02-19-2013, 11:26 AM
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Out with the old and in with the new. Replaced the forward 2 O2 sensors this weekend. The idle smoothed out A LOT! and it runs quieter and smoother. The MPG seem to be up as well from the read out but time will tell better.
Also attempted to install the Rough Country Control arm drop brackets, but my the heads on the upper controls arm bolts on the body side are rounded real nicely. It seemed like there was enough to hold it while I worked the nut off on the opposite side but I didnt have enough time to deal with issue that might come up. Plus I figured it would be good to soak the bolts with PD blaster for a bit and go at it again.
Also attempted to install the Rough Country Control arm drop brackets, but my the heads on the upper controls arm bolts on the body side are rounded real nicely. It seemed like there was enough to hold it while I worked the nut off on the opposite side but I didnt have enough time to deal with issue that might come up. Plus I figured it would be good to soak the bolts with PD blaster for a bit and go at it again.
02-19-2013, 11:29 AM
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LCA drop brackets lower the body mount side of your LCAs to reduce your LCA angle and, in turn, improve ride quality and down travel. It's a cheaper alternative to a LA lift, but you lose some ground clearance.
02-19-2013, 11:31 AM
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Sounds awesome, are they beefy enough to take some hits?
02-19-2013, 11:35 AM
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02-19-2013, 11:36 AM
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Yeah I'm not going that high anyways so I shouldn't be worrying about it lol jw what they were.
02-19-2013, 11:46 AM
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