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    Rtv on a head gasket?

    how long do you wanna run before you have to change that head gasket again because of thar RTV dude it works gr8 for pretty much every thing BUT headgaskets.
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    BROKEN A/C ALT BRACKET NEED HELP

    yesterday was crusin around and next thing i no power steering and lost everything. thougth it was just the belt but turns out the bracket that holds the Alternator/ AC compressor cracked off the block just the crap aluminum casting not the iron block. but the dealer told me they cant get that...
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    SYE Install

    is this something i can do myself?? i work for a CATERPILLAR dealer as a Technician.. basically is this something i can do in my garage or am i gonna have to yank the transfer case out to do it?
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    How Difficult to do?????

    the plan is to lift my 01 Cherokee Limited.. and yes im gonna do the SYE but on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it to do.. I work on CATERPILLAR equipment foe a living so im always removing or installing X missions/transfer cases/ Drop boxes . is this something that can be done in my garage or...
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    lubricating rear upper shock mounting bolts for removal?

    YEah!!! they snap i had a 94 i went to put new shocks the thing and all 4 snapped off new tried to extract them but that did not happen so.. i know this is not what to do but it lasted the remaining 4 years of the jeep.. we welded the shocks in that puppy much better than some crappy bolts the...
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    Are Rough Country Offroad Products any good

    i think i found the lift kit i want i just wanna know if this comany is any good and if there stuff is reliable? thanks and fyi the kit is the 4.5" Series II Suspension Kit and yes im gonna do the sye kit
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    Inop window switches

    i know i've read a post on this b4 but now i can find it.. i have a 01 limited and all my passenger windows will not work from there switch it will work from driver door master switch. now sometimes they will work but breifly and only work when switch light is on.. now i've been told its the...
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    Beautiful XJ....Chinese??

    yeah its a big mix of new and old the heater/ a/c controls are what i had in my 94. but yet they drilled holes in the old style bumper for back up sensors, but i'd still rather have my 4.0 anyday... same guts doctored up body..so old saying 10 pounds of s&%t in 5lb bag
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    hitch saga

    i stole the hitch off my brothers 00 and put it on my 01 most of the bolts broke when i took it off so i bought two new welded nut strips and beefed up those poorly welded nuts.. since i work at a "CAT" CATERPILLAR Dealer i aquired some grade ten bolts which oil/ phosphate coated anti-seized the...
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    Brake rotors.

    yes there is a diffrence ive been down this road and it sucked the whole way.. i bought drilled and slotted rotors because of all the stop and go ... yea yea ive heard it why on a jeep well ive been known to warp a rotor or 4 but the drilled and slotted had the thin area hub and i didnt look or...
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    do you get what you pay for?

    well thats good to know it just looked like a deal but we all know about good deals im mean steals... well just thought id ask and see what you guys had to say right thats why this place is here.. 01 xj limited all the power we need and up is the only place to go..
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    do you get what you pay for?

    i was looking a lift kits and i found some company call rock krawler.. and they look kinda hookie so any one bought one of these and had problems.. or am i better off dropin the cash and buying the RE 4.5 inch lift.... thanks 01 xj limited we have power no where to go but up...
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    fuel from differing states

    ok this is how it is like it or not.. all gas/ diesel is genaric there are major pipe lines that span this great country for oil and fuel. its not till yor regional distribution plant for your gas comanys ie BP, Mobil , SHELL, PHILLIPS 66, Whoever.. where your "additives" are added to keep the...
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    Concerned about valvetrain noise

    it could but ive only seen it happen on engines with a true solid lifters ... the hydraulic lifters in your 4.0 are pretty much idiot proof but it doent mean they cant go bad and and pump up anymore causeing a noisy lifter/ ticking or your clunik sound is very possable with 160 k on it...
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    PART NUMBER FOR 4 SPOT SWITCH HOLDER

    I know it was on here no too long ago but now i cant find it i need the part number for the 4 spot.. its for a latemodel xj limited where fog lamps, rear defrost, and rear wiper switches stock has 3 spots i want the 4 spot police option .. thnks
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