cheapJeeper

Man.....Glad you're OK! This has been a bad week for CF'ers and their XJ's...
Hope things get better for you!

hubbazoot

Jeeps are tough in the way trying to break a metal-plated rock is.

aircruiser

drove it to school, drove up some big snow banks with some friends and one kid drove his cutlass up and cracked up his air dam and another friend of mine floored it with his neon and got stuck. on the way in to school, the parking lot lady came out and started yelling asking who had the red truck (friend's dakota) and started calling in parking pass numbers. i parked infront of my friend's neon and she didnt see it until like 5 minutes later and the look on her face was priceless.

she didnt say anything about me but i got called down to the office midway through my class. some black guy gave me the ticket and started saying somehow, one of our trucks could have slid off and ran over a little kid or something and i guess the bank across the street started calling over and complaining. the lady that came out started trying to calm down the dude and he stormed out. she started saying she knows we are kids and i was being nice too saying i understand and we live and learn and yadda yadda.

ended up getting a $20 ticket and i can't park on either campus until winter break (2 weeks). ill just have to park behind the back parking lot and in the free parking ramp across from the senior campus. anywho, cell phone pics of the neon.







lady said no students from the school couldnt tow him out due to liability issues so he had to call his neighbor and they used my tow rope..just slid out.

hubbazoot

It's good to be 18. That stuff just kinda takes care of itself then. You could have played negligent and just been like "oh okay then" and hopped in and drove off, as soon as you 'realized' your tow strap was still on (and the neon back on loving tar) you could have sincerely apologized for your misake and been on your way

I enjoyed the hell out of my sway bar disconnect. here's some b/a photos taken at the same location, the rock in front of my jeep is the same one in both photos.
before


after



for anyone wondering how your ride changes, I'll describe it as best I can. The back pitches a little more around turns, takes a little getting used to. Overall, the ride gets quite a bit smoother. I've also noticed it's a little harder to do donuts, both wheels are sticking a little better. Other than that, I've been able to drive it just fine (I know I know, all the guys that were telling me to do this are like "I FRIGGIN TOLD YOU SO!!")

cantab27

[IMG][/IMG]put thi s on

tecumsehXJenthusiast

i worked on my heater system again today, blew a heater hose yesterday morning so i had to replace that, then the system got vapor locked so i had to fix that. 2 hours later i finally got the thing fixed and guess what, no heater again. and it had been working so good up until the heater hose ruptured!!!!!!!

MichaelMaxim

I drove mine to pick up the wife's Acura at the marina in our neighborhood because my Jeep won't fit in my parking garage at work.

double_ot_xj

isn't that a good thing?

MichaelMaxim

It is when I don't have stuff to do at the office... :-)

BuckB91XJ

I got home from my work trip to Vegas, last night. I put in the new Vibration Dampener. Amazingly enough the serpantine belt stays on like a champ, now...LOL. I still can't believe that we all have a 2 piece dampener with only a microscopic thin piece of rubber between the pully and dampener which is subject to separating after the rubber piece starts to wear. Oh, and I replaced leaking gaskets on the water neck and water pump, as well. I'm betting a constant bath of hot water and anti-freeze contributed to the rott of my rubber pieces in the pulley system. Tis the season for gaskets to shrivel and rubber pieces to harden and crack.

Belto

drove mine for 50 mile trip and came back home

hubbazoot

Drove on a little dirt service road that turned into a sidewalk about 1/2 mile down...had to back out (good fun).

Bought some d-links $10 each.

Talked to the 4-wheeling shop guy about lift kits. He can get me a good deal on them.

matejcekautoworks

changed, CPS, put oil in and hooked up starter and crappy battery and started the ol' girl, as she roars with no cat or muffler, now time to get the driveshafts rebuilt, and get the front end put together

taythegibs

i fiddled with mine and then drive it arround a bit

REWSTER

not relly to my xj but for it
ordered 3" rustys lift kit my x mas gift to the wife, she got me a spa package............i think we will trade