Recent content by stockli

Insurance costs must be insane?

Just goes to show the BEST thieves are government agencies.

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Hypoid, do you have a way to remedy this? I have not worked on any alternators before, my buddy was really good with them though. I would imagine it would involve pulling th brushes out and cleaning with contact cleaner?

Thanks flores! I will go with the 136 amp then and rewire when I have some exra jing! Oh and mine is a 98.

Hey guys, I am looking to replace the harness that goes into the back of the alternator. Any of you guys have one laying around? These things are not easy to find!

So I have been having some electrical issues and they sim to be stemming from an intermittent failure of the alternator. So I am going to be ordering an alternator this evening to get it fixed. My question: How many amps can you run with the stock wiring? I have seen alts from alt builders...

According to rokkens link ford did not receive any money from Uncle Sam

Thanks for the reply. I am not good at reading statutes the legaleze makes me crazy!

I am going off camping again this weekend and was wondering if you kind LEO's could enlighten me on the rules concerning the transport of handguns in a vehicle. I have heard many different stories from so called "experts" but figured I would get the skinny from actual LEO's. From what I...

Update. Pulled and filed and made ground and grounding points shiny again. Boom all codes gone and jeep now runs better than ever at 250k. Just a reminder, keep the grounds spotless and shiny otherwise a whole slew of codes and issues can pop up. Luckily for me me diagnostic port was going...

Thanks Tim! I'm going through the grounds tomorrow and if that doesn't work ripping out the alt and battery to get tested Today the jeep started shifting erratically and the volt meter dropped to zero. I had an alt go out before and completely kill,the battery and shut down before I got it to...

After resetting code there were no issues yesterday or last night. Start up this morning on the drive in to work and CEL came on. Same 1698 but also a p0622 code. It appears this am the gent field is not switching properly? A regulator issue or a short not allowing the charging system to...

Yeah I saw those, however most are for a 97. Different than the 98 I think? Anyway, no one seemed to have an idea of how to fix in those threads Thanks though!

I have been having this code pop up every now and again along with a CEL. This code tells me that there is some kind of problem with the TCM or wiring? No CCD/J1850 Message From TCM. My jeep shows no problems shifting or anything like that at all, just the CEL. I have looked this up and it...