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I am happy to report that I finished up the reassembly today. I reinstalled the old heater core that I had saved, and now the heater blows warm air just as it should. I thought about removing the noodles and putting the new core back together. The one issue that kept me from doing it, is the way...

I don't drive the Jeep much in the winter because of the salt they spread on the roads here. Last month the wife and I decided to take a drive out to the west desert, along the old Pony Express Trail, to see if we could spot any wild horses. That's when we discovered the heater was not working...

I replaced my heater core in July of this year. The reason I did so was because I had to remove the HVAC box due to the fact that I could not get the air to come out of the vents in the dash, or the defroster. The air would only blow onto the floor. After removing the center vent bezel, I...

I am going to tell a story here about my first encounter with a Jeep. This took place as near as I can remember in the fall of 1969. I was in high school at the time. The neighbor that lived across the cow pasture behind our house, I say it was a pasture because we had bovines when I was a...

Chris, Thanks for moving this over to a new thread. I will apologize for getting carried away and posting things that were outside the intent of the Wrangler Fix thread. I did not set out to hijack the thread but that sure as heck is what happened. Please pardon my interruption.

Oops, we are currently waiting to hear back from the credit card company about the dispute of charges. I will hold off posting until I have something to report.

CONTINUED FROM POST #357 CHAPTER 17 Today's chapter will be a break from the normal dribble I drone on about. Or as was popularized by Monty Python....."and now for something completely different". The drivers seat in the Jeep has been showing some distress lately. Partly because I have...

The guys at ECU Team told me they had another customer that was experiencing the same issues we were. I wonder if that could have been you. I believe he mentioned that the guy was a police officer. We are very happy to have the computer problem sol-ved (as Inspector Clouseau would say)...

You are absolutely correct about the total loss scenario. The insurance companies do in fact try to settle as low as possible. Documentation is good to have in a situation like this. The more you can provide to substantiate what you figure it is worth, the better position you are in to...

Former auto insurance claims adjuster here. I do not know the exact laws in your state but in most across the country, the owner gets to decide which repair shop they want to have perform the repair. The insurance co. will try to steer you toward one of their "preferred" shops. You do not...

CONTINUATION FROM POST #354 CHAPTER 16 It took from the end of November until February 7th for them to get ECU 4 built and delivered. It has been just under a years time since we first submitted the order to ECU Team. I have to say at this point in time, my confidence in their ability to...

CONTINUED FROM POST #347 CHAPTER 15 I contacted ECU Team and let them know that I had been to the dealer and had the sensors and wiring checked and all passed just fine. They told me that they would build yet another ECU and send it out as soon as possible. I boxed up ECU 2 and mailed it...

Chris, First let me say thank you for this forum. It is a fantastic resource and extremely well put together and maintained. Kudos. I will become a paid member soon. I have been a bit nervous wondering if our story is getting too long or taking up too much valuable space. But is sounds like...

Juggernaut, I feel your pain. We have been dealing with Modulegods/ECU Team, which are in fact the same company. Without giving up too much of the coming chapters in this saga, it continues to get worse. We never did get a working ECU from them and their warranty ......well you will read...

CONTINUED FROM POST #345 CHAPTER 14 With the jeep loaded we set off toward the San Rafael Swell. We live just north of Salt Lake City, and had made a motel reservation in Green River, Ut. The travel distance is just over 200 miles. At the suggestion of the supplier, we left home with the...

CONTINUED FROM POST #344 CHAPTER 13 I realize that I have been jumping around a bit on chronology in our story. I probably should have started with an outline arranged in order of occurrence and used that for reference. Alas this has led me down a rabbit hole and I have gotten carried away...

CONTINUED FROM POST #341 CHAPTER 12 I apologize for the lag in my postings. I have not been feeling well and I had some other things to attend to, but back to the story. It was June 3rd when I submitted the warranty claim. I received a response on 6/20 explaining that they were waiting on a...

Jerry, Good to know that. Utah is typically pretty dry (low humidity) so it is a condition that I have not been familiar with. Thanks for the information, it's all part of the learning experience.

CONTINUED FROM POST #340 CHAPTER 11 Upon arriving home from our jaunt to Little Moab I immediately enrolled in another course on YouTube university. I quickly located a video showing how to diagnose problems with the locker controls and actuators. The video also showed me that when the axle...

CONTINUED FROM POST #338 CHAPTER 10 I stopped at the DMV after work. Armed with the paperwork given to me by the credit union, I patiently waited for my number to be called. A wee bit of anxiety was swirling around in my head. My number was finally called. I walked up to the counter and...