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XJ_ranger

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hey, im thinkin its about time to make list of all the lingo we use here. it would be cool to make it a sticky too... so this is what i have figured out:

IIRC - If I Remember Correctly

SPOBI- Stop Putting Out Bogus Information

HTH - Hope This Helps

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

CE - Check Engine

TC - Transfer Case

TPS - Throttle Position Sensor

NSS - Neutral Safety Switch

CPS - Camshaft Position Sensor

TIA - Thanks In Advance

BTW - By The Way

ROTFL- Rolling On The Floor Laughing

NHV - Noise, Vibration, and Harshness

BPE - Bar Pin Eliminator

LCA - Lower Control Arm

UCA - Upper Control Arm

CV/dshaft - Not a true Constant Velocity as it would seem, but actualy a near constant velocity, double-cardan-style universal joint shaft, commonly refered to as a CV joint.
there are no true Constant Velocity shafts on Cherokee's unless someone has gone way outside of themselves and made something to use one.

TSB - Technical Service Buliten

FSM - Factory Service Manuel

HO - High Output

VSS - Vehicle Speed Sensor

IAC - Idle Air Control - also refers to Idle Control Vavle

OBD-II - On Board Diagonostics (Type 2)

ODB-I - On Board Diagonostics (type 1)

welp thats all i got, feel free to comment and add more... just trying to help others out...
 
NAXJA- North American XJ Association (duh!)

NAC- North Atlantic Chapter

MWC- Mid West Chapter

SEC- South East Chapter

blah blah blah

SOP- Standard Operating Procedure

YMMV- Your Mileage May Vary

WRT- With Respect To

LH- Left Hand

RH- Right Hand

IB- Inboard

OB- Outboard

OTOH- On The Other Hand

DS- Drive Shaft

STFU- Shut the Funk Up
 
XJ_ranger said:
there are no true Constant Velocity shafts on Cherokee's unless someone has gone way outside of themselves and made something to use one.
Not true.

Once again, it's important not to extrapolate from your year and model to assume that the same specs apply to all years. Some of the very early Cherokees (and XJ Wagoneers) did use true constant velocity joints in the front drive shafts and front axles. Commonly referred to as the "beer can on a popsicle stick" drive shafts. This is the primary reason I wish people would refer to the double cardan drive shafts as "double cardan" drive shafts rather than as "CV" drive shafts -- to avoid confusion, since Jeep did use both and often the questions are asked without stating what year and model is being asked about.
 
Lawn Cher' said:
FUBAR- Funked Up Beyond All Recognition
and it took me this long to know what they were talking about in saving private ryan.
thanks
 
Ramsey said:
and it took me this long to know what they were talking about in saving private ryan.
thanks

BTW- By The Way... I would've liked to see that movie last night, grrr. :mad:

CYA- Cover Your Ass... like the TV stations did who were supposed to play the movie.
 
oh, and of course the Jeep designations:


XJ - Cherokee, duh 1984-2001
MJ - Comanche 1986-1992
YJ - leaf sprung Wrangler 1987-1995
TJ - coil sprung Wrangler 1997-present
ZJ - Grand Cherokee 1993-(1998?)
WJ - Grand Cherokee (1999?)-2004
WK - Grand Cherokee (IFS) 2005
KJ - Liberty 2002-present
 
Are those really abbreviations though?

Don't forget CJ, DJ, FSJ.
 
US Postal Service Abbreviation


US State, Possession or Territory


Capital


Old Style
Abbreviation

AK
Alaska Juneau -

AL
Alabama Montgomery Ala.

AR
Arkansas Little Rock Ark.

AS
American Samoa Pago Pago -

AZ
Arizona Phoenix Ariz.

CA
California Sacramento Calif.

CO
Colorado Denver Colo.

CT
Connecticut Hartford Conn.

DC
District of Columbia Washington

DE
Delaware Dover Del.

FL
Florida Tallahassee Fla.

FM
Federated States of Micronesia Palikir

GA
Georgia Atlanta Ga.

GU
Guam Hagatna (Agana)

HI
Hawaii Honolulu -

IA
Iowa Des Moines -

ID
Idaho Boise -

IL
Illinois Springfield Ill.

IN
Indiana Indianapolis Ind.

KS
Kansas Topeka Kan.

KY
Kentucky Frankfort Ky.

LA
Louisiana Baton Rouge La.

MA
Massachusetts Boston Mass.

ME
Maine Augusta -

MD
Maryland Annapolis Md.

MH
Marshall Islands Majuro

MI
Michigan Lansing Mich.

MN
Minnesota St. Paul Minn.

MO
Missouri Jefferson City Mo.

MP
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan

MS
Mississippi Jackson Miss.

MT
Montana Helena Mont.

NC
North Carolina Raleigh N.C.

ND
North Dakota Bismarck N.D.

NE
Nebraska Lincoln Neb.

NH
New Hampshire Concord N.H.

NJ
New Jersey Trenton N.J.

NM
New Mexico Santa Fe N.M.

NV
Nevada Carson City Nev.

NY
New York Albany N.Y

OH
Ohio Columbus -

OK
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Okla.

OR
Oregon Salem Ore.

PA
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pa.

PR
Puerto Rico San Juan

PW
Palau Koror

RI
Rhode Island Providence R.I.

SC
South Carolina Columbia S.C.

SD
South Dakota Pierre S.D.

TN
Tennessee Nashville Tenn.

TX
Texas Austin -

UT
Utah Salt Lake City -

VI
Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie

VT
Vermont Montpelier Vt.

VA
Virginia Richmond Va.

WA
Washington Olympia Wash.

WI
Wisconsin Madison Wis.

WV
West Virginia Charleston W.Va.

WY
Wyoming Cheyenne Wyo.

US Military "State Abbreviations"

Abbreviation


Military "State"

AA
Armed Forces Americas
(except Canada)

AE
Armed Forces Africa

AE
Armed Forces Canada

AE
Armed Forces Europe

AE
Armed Forces Middle East

AP
Armed Forces Pacific

Provinces of Canada

Abbreviation


Province


Capital
AB Alberta Edmonton
BC British Columbia Victoria
MB Manitoba Winnipeg
NB New Brunswick Fredericton
NL Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's
NT Northwest Territories Yellowknife
NS Nova Scotia Halifax
NU Nunavut Iqaluit
ON Ontario Toronto
PE Prince Edward Island Charlottetown
QC Québec Québec City
SK Saskatchewan Regina
YT Yukon Whitehorse
 
A. Acre; Auto house or private garage
A IN B Auto in basement
AA Automobile Assn.
AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration; American Automobile Assn.
AACR Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed.
AACCCM Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials
AAES American Assn. of Engineering Societies
AAG Assn. of American Geographers
AAGS American Assn. for Geodetic Surveying
AAG Assn. of American Geographers
AAPG American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists
AARLS Arkansas Assn. of Registered Land Surveyors
AARS Asian Assn. on Remote Sensing
AARSE African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment
AASG American Assn. of State Geologists
AASP American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
AB Air base
ABAG Assn. of Bay Area Governments (California)
ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
ABN American Bank Note Company
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABSM Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
Abzw Abzweigstelle
AC Aerospace Center; Air Corps; American Cartographer (journal)
A.C. Antonio Castro
A/C Aircraft
ACA American Cartographic Assn.; American Conservation Assn.; Automovil Club Argentino; Aerial Cartographics of America (Firm)
ACACC Assn. des cartoth`eques et archives cartographiques du Canada = Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
ACAPS Automated Chart Production System (C&GS)
ACC Assn. des cartoth`eques et archives du Canada = Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives; Academia de Ciencias de Cuba
ACC Association canadienne de cartographie
AC&C Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography (U.S.)
ACCDTS Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services
AccuDEM High-accuracy DEM
Accu-DRAPE High-accuracy DEM Draped Images
ACD Aeronautical Charting Division (C&GS)
ACDDS Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System
ACE Advanced Cartographic Equipment; Advanced Cartographic Environment (PCI Carto Inc.)
ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council
ACG Association canadienne des geographes; Address Coding Guides
ACI Assn. Cartographique Internationale = International Cartographic Assn.
ACIC Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.); Automated Cartographic Information Center (Univ. of Minnesota Library)
ACIU Central Interpretation Unit (Royal Air Force, Great Britain)
ACLS Assn. of Canadian Lands Surveyors
ACM Assn. for Computing Machinery
ACMGIS Assn. for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems
ACML Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries
ACMLA Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
ACMS Automated Census Mapping System
ACM-
SIGGRAPH Assn. for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics
ACOE Army Corps of Engineers (U.S.)
ACRES Australian Centre for Remote Sensing
ACRS Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
ACS Advanced Cartographic Systems; Agricultural Cooperative Service; Automated Cartographic Systems; Automatic chemical sprinklers; Attitude Control Subsystem (Landsat); American Community Survey (USBC)
ACSAD Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
ACSC Automobile Club of Southern California
ACSM American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
ACSTTO Assn. of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario
ACT Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie (Luxembourg); Australian Capital Territory
AD Administrative Division (USGS); Aeronautical data
A/D Analog to digital
ADAC Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club
ADAR Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (Positive Systems, Inc.)
ADC Alexandria Drafting Company; American Digital Cartography Inc
A-DCS Advanced/Data Collection System
ADDA American Design Drafting Assn.
ADE AutoCAD Data Extension
ADEO Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
ADEPT Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype
ADF Application Development Facility (GeoVision Corp.)
ADFG Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
ADI Areas of Dominent Influence (USBC TIGER)
ADK Arealdatakontoret (Denmark)
ADL Alexandria Digital Library
Adm. Admiral; Admiralty
ADM1 First-order administrative division
ADM2 Second-order administrative division
ADNR Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources
ADOT Arizona Dept. of Transportation
ADOTPF Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
ADP Automated data processing
ADPDP Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning
ADR Aerial Data Reduction Associates Inc.
ADRG ARC-digitized raster graphics (USDMA)
ADRGs Arc digitized raster graphics(USDMA)
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Ad. St. Aldolf Stieler
ADT Advanced Data Technologies, Inc.; Abstract Data Type
AdV Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
ADW Agricultural drainage well
ADWR Arizona Dept. of Water Resources
A/E Architectural/engineering
A&E Architect and Engineering
AEC Architecture, engineering and construction
AED Analysis and Evaluation Div.
AEF Alliance for Environmental Education; Accurate Environmental Forecasting, Inc.
AEG Association of Engineering Geologists
AEI Aerial Exposure Index
AEIDC Arctic Environmental Information Data Center
AEM Atmospheric Explorer Mission
AERS Advanced Earth Resources Satellite
AES Analysis and Evaluation Staff
AESE Association of Earth Science Editors
Aest. Aestuarium = Estuary
AFA American Forestry Assn.; Automatic fire alarm
AFB Air Force base; Aerial FotoBank (Firm)
AFCEA Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn.
AFFRC Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center (Japan)
AFI American Forest Inst.
AfRL Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung (Germany)
AFS Air Force station
AFT Ambiguity function technique
AFWA Air Force Weather Agency (U.S.)
AG Attorney General
AGC Assn. Geologique du Canada; Arkansas Geological Commission
AGCHO Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office
AGCO Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office
AGDS Automated Graphics Digitizing System
AGI American Geological Inst.; Assn. for Geographic Information (London); Analytical Graphics, Inc.
AGIC Alabama Geographic Information Council; Arizona Geographic Information Council
AGIO Arkansas Geographic Information Office
AGIS Automated Geographic Information System
AgRI-
STARS Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing
AGS American Geographical Society; Alberta Geological Survey
AGSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation
AGSS American Geographical and Statistical Society
AGU American Geophysical Union
AHAP Alaska High-altitude Aerial Photography (program)
AHCPR U.S. Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
AHDAS Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System
AHRS Attitude and Heading Reference System
AHS Automated Highway System
AI Artificial intelligence; Appraisal Inst.
AIA American Inst. of Architects
AI/ANA American Indian/Alaska Native Area
AIC Australian Institute of Cartographers
AICP American Inst. of Certified Planners
AID Agency for International Development; Aeronautical information data
AIH American Inst. of Hydrology
AILESP American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project
AIMS Airborne Integrated Mapping System; Automated Investigation Measurement System (Nikon)
AIPG American Inst. of Professional Geologists
AIPP Ambroziak Infinite Perspective Projection
AIR American Indian reservation
AIRS Atomspheric Infrared Sounder
AIREA American Inst. of Real Estate Appraisers
AIRS Atmospheric infrared sounder
AISH Assn. Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques = International Assn. of Hydrological Sciences
AJG African Journal of Geoinformation
AK Alaska
AL Alabama
Ala. Alabama
ALA American Library Assn.
ALAE Atmospheric LymanAlpha Emissions
ALARS Alaska Land and Resources System
ALI Advanced Land Imager
ALIS Automated Land Information System (TVA)
ALMRS Automated Land and Mineral Record System (US BLM)
ALOHA Aerial Locations of hazardous Atmospheres (model)
ALP Automated Lands Project
Alt. Altitude
ALTA American Land Title Assn.
ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (Optech)
ALTMS Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System
AM Automated Mapping
AMA Associacion Mexicana Automovilistica
AMAD Airborne Missions and Applications Division (NASA-Ames Research Center)
AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
AMC Assn. Mineralogique du Canada; Australian Map Circle Inc.
AME Aero-Metric Engineering Inc.
AM/FM Automated mapping/facilities management
AMG Australian Map Grid
AMI Applied Mapping Inc.
AMIE Airglow Measurements of Infrared Measurements Emissions
AMIS Aviation Management Information System
AMISAR Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar
AML ARC Macro Language
AMPS Automatic Mapping and Planning System
AMS Army Map Service; American Meteorological Society; Attitude Measurement Sensor; Automated Mapping System
AMSD Adjusted Mapping Support Data
AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (JPL)
An. Anno = year
A.N.A. Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica (Mexico)
ANA Area Navigation Approach
ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
ANTGS Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
ANMS Automated Notice to Mariners System
ANOVA Analyses of variance
ANRC Alaska Native Regional Corp.
ANSI American National Standards Inst.
ANV Alaska Native village
ANVSA Alaska Native village statistical area
ANWR Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
ANZLIC Australia New Zealand Land Information Council
AO Area of Operations
AOA Allen Osborne Associates, Inc.
AODC Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
AOIPS Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System
AOL America On Line
AOLS Assn. of Ontario Land Surveyors
AOML Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AOO American Oceanographic Organization
AOSS Ashtech Office Suite for Survey
AP Analytical Plotter
APA American Planning Assn.
APCA Air Pollution Control Assn.
APCM Aerial Photography Contract Management System
APD Automated Plat Design (ConneXt, Inc.)
A.P.D.R. Avec privilege du Roi = By license of the King
APE Allen Precision Equipment
APEGGA Assn. of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
APFO Aerial Photography Field Office (USDA)
API American Petroleum Inst.; Application programming interface
APIS Aerial Photography Information System
APMI Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System (USGS)
Apo. Apogee
APPSR Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report
APQF Aerial Photography Quad File
APR Airborne Profile Recorder
APS Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor
APSR Aerial Photography Summary Record
APSRS Aerial Photography Summary Record System (USGS)
APT Automatic picture transmission; Area proportional to
APTS Aerial Profiling of Terrain System
APWA American Public Works Assn.
APWWA American Public Water Works Assn.
AR Arkansas
ARA Address Register Area; Algemeen Rijksarchief (Netherlands)
ARAMCO Arabian American Oil Company
Arb. Arbeiter
ARC Ames Research Center (NASA); Appalachian Regional Commission
ARCC American Rivers Conservation Council
ArcFM Arc Facilities Manager (ESRI)
Arch. Architect; Architecture
ARG American Resources Group
ARIS Alabama Resource Information System; Arizona Resources Information System
Ark. Arkansas
ARM Administracion de Recursos Minerales (Panama); Airborne Remote Mapping
ARMIS Arkansas Resource Management Information System
Arr. Arrondissement
ARRSTC Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ARSC Australian Remote Sensing Conference
ARSP Applied Remote Sensing Program (Univ. of Arizona)
Artil. Artillery
ARZ AutoRestricted Zone
AS Anti-spoofing; Area source; automatic sprinklers
A-S Anti-spoofing
ASA American Standards Assn.
ASAP Advanced Scientific Array Processor; Agricultural Sciences Advisory Panel
ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
ASB. CL. Asbestos-covered frame building
ASC American Society of Cartographers
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCF Ames Satellite Communications Facility
ASCIE American Standard Code for Information Exchange
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCLA Assn. of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ALA)
ASCP America Society of Consulting Planners
ASCS Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (USDA)
ASDD Australian Spatial Data Directory
ASDI Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure
ASEE American Society for Engineering Education
ASF Alaska SAR Facility
ASFE Assn. of Soil and Foundation Engineers
ASFPM Assn. of State Floodplain Managers
ASGA Assn. des Services Geologiques Africains
ASHTD American Assn. of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ASI Analytical Surveys, Inc.
ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects
ASLO American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ASMC Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference
ASO Australian Survey Office
ASP American Society of Photogrammetry; Application service provider
ASPG American Society for Professional Geographers
ASPLS

Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors; Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors
ASPRS American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ASPS Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors
ASRL Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
Ass. Association
Assn. Association
AST Atlantic Standard Time; Automated Summary Tables
ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials
AT Aero-Triangulation
ATC Air Target Chart; Advance Technology Corp.
ATID Attribute ID
ATIS
Roads Arizona Transportation Information System (ADOT)
ATKIS Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem
ATM Adaptive triangular mesh
ATMET Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC
ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
ATR1 Automatic Target Recognition module (Leica)
ATS Advanced Technology Satellite; Applications Technology Satellite; Automated Technical Systems (Firm)
AU Astronomical unit
AURISA Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Assn.
AUSDEC
 
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