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canister in the bumper

when did jeep (chry/dodge) start putting them in the dang bumper?? my 89 has it mounted under the coolant res. next to the firewall on the passengers side.

thanks for the link Begster.
 
cracked-butt said:
when did jeep (chry/dodge) start putting them in the dang bumper?? my 89 has it mounted under the coolant res. next to the firewall on the passengers side.

thanks for the link Begster.
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In the XJ it's been behind the bumper since at least 87 from the factory. 89-91 had ABS under the pressure bottle.
 
guess they forgot to add the abs to my limited? or is that WHY it's called a LIMITED? :laugh: it is VERY limited as to what it does have!

as much as i've been under the front-end of it, i've never noticed any bottles in the bumper. just the air-intake on the drivers side & the battery on the pass. side.
 
hey begster, thanks for the link! i'll go to my local pick&pull tear one out and maybe see about creating a smaller one to stash in a better place, know of any links to clean up my relay fender or tricks, i hear of people doin it, im doin my first XJ and its gonna be a while to get things my way in her!
 
cracked-butt said:
guess they forgot to add the abs to my limited? or is that WHY it's called a LIMITED? :laugh: it is VERY limited as to what it does have!

as much as i've been under the front-end of it, i've never noticed any bottles in the bumper. just the air-intake on the drivers side & the battery on the pass. side.
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Your better off without that crappy ABS they offered in those years.

It's supposed to be there. There are 2 holes in the bottom of the front bumper on the passengerside that one of 2 different vacuum reservoirs mount to.
 
MJR said:
Your better off without that crappy ABS they offered in those years.

It's supposed to be there. There are 2 holes in the bottom of the front bumper on the passengerside that one of 2 different vacuum reservoirs mount to.
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i know all to well how crappy ABS realy is. had it on my 92 z34 lumina... hated it then & hate it now.
 
And a reservoir for the HVAC to hold the position you select (defaults to defrost) when the engine has low vacuum like climbing hills or accellerating.
 
cracked-butt said:
when did jeep (chry/dodge) start putting them in the dang bumper?? my 89 has it mounted under the coolant res. next to the firewall on the passengers side.

thanks for the link Begster.
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Relocating the vacuum reservoir to the engine compartment is a common mod, it eliminates the crack-prone plastic vacuum line by the battery. It is nearly always done when an aftermarket bumper is installed.
 
funny thing. a few years ago before i knew a whole lot about cherokees, i had a professional offroad/fab shop build and install a bumper on my jeep. i never knew about any vaccuum cannister. the cruise control and ac stopped working and i never knew why. they didn't even tell me they removed it.
 
bosco01xj said:
funny thing. a few years ago before i knew a whole lot about cherokees, i had a professional offroad/fab shop build and install a bumper on my jeep. i never knew about any vaccuum cannister. the cruise control and ac stopped working and i never knew why. they didn't even tell me they removed it.
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Nice! Mines still in the same place with my aftermarket bumper.
 
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