What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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Sprayed Fluid Film underneath to help retard rust. There was already a pretty good coat left from last year but I applied more, the stuff seems to work well. I've had this Jeep about 4 years now and while rust isn't terrible for a 20-year-old vehicle in the salt belt there is some. There has been no further deterioration with the yearly application of Fluid Film.
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Sprayed Fluid Film underneath to help retard rust. There was already a pretty good coat left from last year but I applied more, the stuff seems to work well. I've had this Jeep about 4 years now and while rust isn't terrible for a 20-year-old vehicle in the salt belt there is some. There has been no further deterioration with the yearly application of Fluid Film.
Then I drive around and love the looks I get.
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That stuff is one of those very rare "does what it promises" products.
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Replaced front valve cover breather fitting with the correct one (returned incorrect one). Still can't find my plain heat shrink tube so using a clamp to keep hose on that end. BTW, on a 1996 XJ 242 it is hard to find that breather tube assembly. I used 17" of 9/16" rubber hose that fits good and snug on the air box and needs a little help on the breather fitting.
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A pair of side cutters makes short work of it. Easy peasy. I can't imagine trying that with a utility knife. That's doing it the hard way.
Edit: Soaked the remnants of the old grommet in WD-40. The inner ring portion that the fitting seats against. Still hard as PVC. Silicone spray didn't seem to help either. Not sure if anything softens that material up.
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Replaced front valve cover breather fitting with the correct one (returned incorrect one). Still can't find my plain heat shrink tube so using a clamp to keep hose on that end. BTW, on a 1996 XJ 242 it is hard to find that breather tube assembly. I used 17" of 9/16" rubber hose that fits good and snug on the air box and needs a little help on the breather fitting.
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A pair of side cutters makes short work of it. Easy peasy. I can't imagine trying that with a utility knife. That's doing it the hard way.
I did mine on the '96 I used to own with a utility knife. Sharp new blade, little at a time, and it maybe took 5 minutes.
Thinking using dykes would be awkward.
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And the hard plastic line with just one rubber end I found in a later model in a junk yard does not fit 1996. It has a bend in the hard line and a bend in the air box rubber end. Mine was a straight hard line, bent rubber end at valve cover (still have that rubber part) with a straight rubber end at the air box.
Stopped in a dealer a few years ago and the only part they had did not resemble what was original on mine at all.
9/16" hose works fine if clamped at the valve cover end. Still hunting for my regular heat shrink tube to put a layer of it on that fitting and have a snug fit each end. Guessing Teflon tape might work for that but not the best solution imho.
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Yes.
And the hard plastic line with just one rubber end I found in a later model in a junk yard does not fit 1996. It has a bend in the hard line and a bend in the air box rubber end. Mine was a straight hard line, bent rubber end at valve cover (still have that rubber part) with a straight rubber end at the air box.
Stopped in a dealer a few years ago and the only part they had did not resemble what was original on mine at all.
9/16" hose works fine if clamped at the valve cover end. Still hunting for my regular heat shrink tube to put a layer of it on that fitting and have a snug fit each end. Guessing Teflon tape might work for that but not the best solution imho.
And the hard plastic line with just one rubber end I found in a later model in a junk yard does not fit 1996. It has a bend in the hard line and a bend in the air box rubber end. Mine was a straight hard line, bent rubber end at valve cover (still have that rubber part) with a straight rubber end at the air box.
Stopped in a dealer a few years ago and the only part they had did not resemble what was original on mine at all.
9/16" hose works fine if clamped at the valve cover end. Still hunting for my regular heat shrink tube to put a layer of it on that fitting and have a snug fit each end. Guessing Teflon tape might work for that but not the best solution imho.
Just shows you.
I used a fresh set of these:
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-12-i...ers-63814.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-12-i...ers-63814.html
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After seeing pictures on here of people's heater core area and all the debris that gets in there, I checked into a cabin air filter but didn't really want to spend the money they were asking, so I grabbed a roll of filter media we use for refrigeration equipment coils. Cut it a little bigger than the louvered cover under the outside cowl and reinstalled the cover over the filter. Now that Fall and falling leaves has arrived I thought I'd check to see if it is doing it's job. So far so good.
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After seeing pictures on here of people's heater core area and all the debris that gets in there, I checked into a cabin air filter but didn't really want to spend the money they were asking, so I grabbed a roll of filter media we use for refrigeration equipment coils. Cut it a little bigger than the louvered cover under the outside cowl and reinstalled the cover over the filter. Now that Fall and falling leaves has arrived I thought I'd check to see if it is doing it's job. So far so good.
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