What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by TwistedWrench
Lol ya its an assload of work, but it does save me a bundle being able to paint.
Not entirely sure what direction i wanna go in regards to paint on this one. Some variation on silver for the primary color. Lol, mostly out of laziness. I dont want to redo the door jambs.
Im thinking bout going a good bit lighter than the original gunmetal grey(hate that color). Then possibly doing a bedliner job from the high bodyline(just under the gay orange pinstripes) on down, ala Golden Badger. Not sure yet.
Not entirely sure what direction i wanna go in regards to paint on this one. Some variation on silver for the primary color. Lol, mostly out of laziness. I dont want to redo the door jambs.
Im thinking bout going a good bit lighter than the original gunmetal grey(hate that color). Then possibly doing a bedliner job from the high bodyline(just under the gay orange pinstripes) on down, ala Golden Badger. Not sure yet.
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From: San Antonio, TX
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L H.O.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by TwistedWrench
Lol, you sound like my boss and his Torino. What is this "we" Tonto? WE ain't doing a ****ing thing.
Hell man, drag it down here. Ill show you how to prep it. You prep it, ill spray it.
Hell man, drag it down here. Ill show you how to prep it. You prep it, ill spray it.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
I didn't do anything to my Cherokee because my Comanche was being a turd. I had planned on doing a trans cooler, unit bearings and doing some testing on the Cherokee, but when running some errands the electric fan in the comanche decided to self destruct. I ran to the junkyard and upgraded to one out of a 96, got a little tube for the blower motor, got the condensation tube for the AC (which fixed my passenger side river), and got 2 sentinel headlight things. Got home and installed my parts and she's better than ever
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From: Colorado...BAILEY,CO...BYATCH !
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Built new front long arms to replace the Claytons as they were too short for the 5 extra inches of wheelbase added to the front. I had mildly bent the driver side so these are 2.5 diameter tube upsized from the 2 inch . Built new uppers so I could set pinion correctly and not have 5 inches of shank out. .Cycled them out by inflating one side and fully deflating one side ...lol...that is a full 18 inches of ori strut travel used , so keep that in mind when you hear that radius arms do not flex.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by TwistedWrench
This is what happens when the backup for your Jeep is... another Jeep.
Just
Empty
Every
Pocket
Twice
LOL
Just
Empty
Every
Twice
LOL
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From: Tarpon Springs, FL / Denver, CO
Year: '98
Engine: 4.0 I6
New distributor because I snapped one of the distributor cap screws when trying to replace it this weekend.
Then 3 ish hours to get timing re-set properly and button everything up...
The old one had a bit of up/down play so it's not a total waste I guess.
Then 3 ish hours to get timing re-set properly and button everything up...
The old one had a bit of up/down play so it's not a total waste I guess.
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From: San Antonio, TX
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L H.O.
Lol, **** nothing wrong with that. But any day ONE of them is driveable... is a good day.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by investinwaffles
New distributor because I snapped one of the distributor cap screws when trying to replace it this weekend.
Then 3 ish hours to get timing re-set properly and button everything up...
The old one had a bit of up/down play so it's not a total waste I guess.
Then 3 ish hours to get timing re-set properly and button everything up...
The old one had a bit of up/down play so it's not a total waste I guess.
I don't know how it does it, but the oil pump drive messes you up going back in. Somehow it changes it's self while you have it out. lol
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6