What did you do to your TJ today?
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At that age, there were quite a few things he wasn't using: parking brake, common sense, good advice, savings account . . .
I was just grateful that one of the few things he was using back then was contraception.
I had little success troubleshooting why my Bank 1 Sensor 2 O2 sensor is showing "N/A" on my scan tool. I'm just not savvy enough with the multi-meter to diagnose it. I see voltage going to it, but I'm not seeing its data change on my scan tool. I didn't see any frayed wires, but I didn't dig real deep.
So instead I decided to do a little internal carbon cleanup with some distilled water. My jeep logs lots of short trips at relatively low RMPs so the valves have prime conditions to develop excess buildup.
I removed the air handler from the top of the throttle body, ran the engine up to temperature, and used a pump sprayer to trickle in distilled water. I never let it bog down, just sprayed a few seconds then opened the throttle by hand up to 2200-3000 RMP. I did that for probably 15-25 minutes. I then took the Jeep for a spin. I purposely shifted at higher RMPs and it felt better going to higher RMPs than previously. Idling at lights also felt smoother than before.
Great success? I don't know, but it did feel better.
So instead I decided to do a little internal carbon cleanup with some distilled water. My jeep logs lots of short trips at relatively low RMPs so the valves have prime conditions to develop excess buildup.
I removed the air handler from the top of the throttle body, ran the engine up to temperature, and used a pump sprayer to trickle in distilled water. I never let it bog down, just sprayed a few seconds then opened the throttle by hand up to 2200-3000 RMP. I did that for probably 15-25 minutes. I then took the Jeep for a spin. I purposely shifted at higher RMPs and it felt better going to higher RMPs than previously. Idling at lights also felt smoother than before.
Great success? I don't know, but it did feel better.
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Today I changed the Serpentine belt, tensioner/ idle pulley. Seems to have gotten rid of the squealing. Also went through a little bit of mud yesterday. (first time with a proper 4x4 and All terrain tires.)
Someone here posted a link to a nifty little strap-on LED "dome lite", I bought one and got it installed:
Tapped in here - LEDs already in these foot-well lites.
Dim green helps finding it in the dark.
Blaze of white lite when on.
Put LEDs in the overheads while I was at it - the clips need to be squeezed a bit tighter for the smaller LED barrel diameter.
Side-to-side comparison, LED on left.
Overall view with the new rear lite turned off...
Overall view with the new rear lite turned on.
Pix are a bit smeary, thanx to super high humidity, couldn't keep the lens steam free!
Tapped in here - LEDs already in these foot-well lites.
Dim green helps finding it in the dark.
Blaze of white lite when on.
Put LEDs in the overheads while I was at it - the clips need to be squeezed a bit tighter for the smaller LED barrel diameter.
Side-to-side comparison, LED on left.
Overall view with the new rear lite turned off...
Overall view with the new rear lite turned on.
Pix are a bit smeary, thanx to super high humidity, couldn't keep the lens steam free!
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Waiting for my new battery so I cleaned and painted the tray. I purposely piled it on thick. BTW is the battery jacket OEM on these?
Yes - for your 2000, it was an available option to have a battery jacket...
From the Service Manual for 2000-2001:
Not likely needed in AZ....
They have been great Zack. They have been wheeled hard, ran all over the place - reasonably quiet and drive and ride very good for the type tire they are.
Welp didn't do much to my Jeep other than drive myself and my dad to a few spots to celebrate his birthday today finished the day off to cooking out some Steaks,Chicken baked potatoes etc.
Went to the googuys cars show and saw some beautiful cars but this little fella caught my eye cause of hoe cool it is in my eyes,Might have to ruin a perfectly good jeep LJ OR......my buddies dads 49' Willis that's been sitting for too long since both of our births
to do about the same but slapping a mean Stroker of a jeep 4.0 and doing some sort of longtravel IFS
Also.....Look at this beautiful rig man
Talked to the guy that helped build this thing and I closely assumed that it was about 450k invested......guy said 600k with labor which is ridiculous but it's a work of art man,you gotta see it in-person to just admire and appreciate the work done to it 
Oh.....it's also got a hellcat
Alright alright just a few more pics
Both the international and this jeep cherokee have food grade sanitary grade cleanliness on the undersides man !!!! But the International has a higher grade
Alright that's enough,this may not even be the right thread for this but still awesome to see eitherway!
Went to the googuys cars show and saw some beautiful cars but this little fella caught my eye cause of hoe cool it is in my eyes,Might have to ruin a perfectly good jeep LJ OR......my buddies dads 49' Willis that's been sitting for too long since both of our births
to do about the same but slapping a mean Stroker of a jeep 4.0 and doing some sort of longtravel IFSAlso.....Look at this beautiful rig man
Talked to the guy that helped build this thing and I closely assumed that it was about 450k invested......guy said 600k with labor which is ridiculous but it's a work of art man,you gotta see it in-person to just admire and appreciate the work done to it Oh.....it's also got a hellcat
Alright alright just a few more pics
Both the international and this jeep cherokee have food grade sanitary grade cleanliness on the undersides man !!!! But the International has a higher grade
Alright that's enough
,this may not even be the right thread for this but still awesome to see eitherway!
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I have my six monthly inspection due in a couple of weeks and they gave me a warning with the surface rust on my tow bar…. So gave it a quick once over with the grinding wheel and a lick of paint.
Your inspection guys would blow a gasket here in the northeast USA!
my jeep sits outside unprotected from the weather so the soft top has gotten dirty and has spots of what I assume are black mold stains. I spent time this morning scrubbing with diluted vinegar (1:3) and baking soda using a nylon brush. it made a noticeable improvement. doesn't look new but at least when you see it, you don't think "that needs to be cleaned".
My old golf cart had a white soft top and white vinyl seats. It was bad about getting mold and mildew stains. I found this stuff call Mean Green Mildew Destroyer at Dollar General. Worked great, couldn't believe how easily it removed the mold and mildew.
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