A few questions. I'd like to fix up my mosey tomorrow.

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Hey all. So I couldnt go get the MJ. I'm going to wait. Tomorrow I want to go to a U pull in new egypt. I'm going to grab a V8 tie rod. I want to source the dead spots and play in my steering. (Steering drifts). This problem has been the same even before the lift. I want to try and re-drill my trackbar as well. Unless someone has a spare drop bracket. (I feel safer with that. No moneys for a HD trackbar).

So I have a few questions for ya's.

1. I want to sand down my floors and apply rustoleom or something. But I have a mystery leak. When it rains or I go through a lot of water. Water starts to puddle in the passenger side. I have to take the drain plugs out so the water would drain out. It's not all that much but it is annoying. Explains why there is small rust on the passenger floor when I removed the carpet.

2. I want to do a tune up. I never bought tune up stuff before but I generally know what it consist of. I was thinking of doing Oil (definetly) plugs, wires, distributor. My 98 has 270k miles on the clock. I want to check the dif fluid and if I have to drain and re fill that. (never done it before). I think that's it. I just wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions or tips for me.

3. I was thinking of ordering the pinion seal from quadratec. Is there any guides floating around?

4. So my window is permanetly up now. My window motor I think is fine. I took my door panel apart and saw that the 2 plastic coil things coming from regulator. Well the one that goes into the bottom part of the door was broken off. I dont know if that would be the cause of the window not working. I used to have to punch the door to make it work. Then it died even more. Also is there a easier way to get the whole regulator and motor out of the door. It's really hard to get things apart. And the door is sharp.

Thank you
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does the water puddle seem to form in the back or the front. do you notice if the carpet is more wet in the back or the front. there are a couple of ways to find it but you need to find out if it is wet from sitting or wet from driving it. My wife always said her roof was leaking but it never did it when it sat still. just found water on the floor. turned out the seatbelt bolt in the rear was not in and when you drove the water splashed up and got the floor wet.
 
yea what he said ^
 
autism zone
 
well it is a auto parts store
 
Pick up stuff you need BEFORE you fix it not the day of. That way if you do need to order something you have time and don't have to leave anything half done. And most auto parts stores can order what you need so if you can't find it then ask.
 
I can tell you right now if you need to buy the ZJ tie rod from autozone, they'll probably have to order it in for you. So a day or so for that. They'll have the adjuster, and the driver's side tie rod...but not the long bar. My autozone used to stock them...but not anymore. So yours might have it.

Another KEY COMPONENT to getting what you need at Autozone is come in with part numbers. I can not stress this enough. JoeV and I used to work together at Autozone, and our store was amazing. We had older guys there, we all knew our crap, and we could order ANYTHING because we had NAPA style books for parts. Then the older guys left, and I left...and the next manager threw away all the books and they got rid of the useful parts. Made room for chrome lettering and spinner hub caps... Now its a mess. I wont even go in there unless I have part numbers and Joe is working. Its terrible. Nothing but useless kids working in there. UTI kids...

J.
 
Can I give you some advice ....

Get some paper and a pen. Make a list of all the things you want to fix on your Jeep.

Then, one at a time, research the heck out of each issue. I guarantee that each and every one of your issues has been covered at least a dozen times on NAXJA, JeepForums, BMJA, or one of the other dozen Jeep forums out there.

Take it one step at a time. Work on one thing at a time. Take your time.

And for the love of the internet, please learn to use the search function.
 
Some more advice...

Stop buying goodies, lifts, MJ's and the like while your Jeep is in need of routine maintenance.

Tune, oil change. With all the water you run through your diffs are probably looking like a milk shake, transfer fluid, ujoints etc. A lift and tires does nothing to help properly lubricate bearings.

As others have said, search and learn to use the OEM tech board. Stop being so hesitant to do something and dont rely on others to come assist. Theres nothing special about anyone here that makes them more mechanically inclined, except the willingness to learn. Start small, search how to check the transfer case fluid and diffs.. then how to change the fluid.

Take your time, read and ask questions in the proper forums. You can do this stuff, it's all basic.
 
yeah I found that going in with part numbers helps a lot. I had them confused for a sec because the counter troll asked me what kind of car it was for (I've been in there half a billion times, they all know I have a 96 4wd 4dr jeep cherokee with a 4.0 but ask out of habit) and I said "need the rear brake line for a 95 jeep wrangler"... for a sec the guy thought I actually finally dumped the cherokee. These days I've been there so many times that they usually just let me go behind the counter and find my parts myself...

further advice - procure yourself a parts catalog and an FSM for your model year. the parts catalog will help you greatly, between that and the various mopar reseller sites you can usually pick OEM parts up for 20-50% off dealer price.

Also Xwhatever on "get everything ahead of time" - aside from a brake line* I had everything required to do my lift on hand days before I did it, so I cut bolts with wild abandon, knowing full well that I had a poly bag with brand new replacements sitting next to me.

* the 95 YJ line I mentioned before... luckily I'm within walking distance of my local autozone and made it to the store 30 minutes before their last depot order went out. They stuck it on the order and I had my brake line *3 hours later*. They rock for that.

EDIT: Overland's got some darn good points too. I hadn't the first clue how to replace brake lines or bleed brakes when I first did it - I looked in my Haynes manual for the bleed order, the rest "just made sense". As I recall you're an engineering student of some sort - think jeep work through, most of it makes sense when you consider it!
 
I see. Well the lift is done. So I dont care about that. I just wanted to do a tune up? I was going to get the tie rod from a U pull lot... Anyway. I'm going to continue my day as normal. I already have my list of things to do. I'll post pics later....
 
MrSimon said:
Can I give you some advice ....

Get some paper and a pen. Make a list of all the things you want to fix on your Jeep.

Then, one at a time, research the heck out of each issue. I guarantee that each and every one of your issues has been covered at least a dozen times on NAXJA, JeepForums, BMJA, or one of the other dozen Jeep forums out there.

Take it one step at a time. Work on one thing at a time. Take your time.

And for the love of the internet, please learn to use the search function.
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This is very true!!! My Iphone has a notebook app and you better believe there is a My XJ to do list and a Her XJ to do list lol. Everytime I think of something I wanna do or look into I just throw it on the list, Works a lot better then waking up sunday morning to work on your jeep but then you forget all the thinks you wanted to do lol
 
Too many good points in these posts for me to quote.

To re-iterate...

1. Make a to-do list

2. Research each item on it if you don't already know what it entails

3. Get an FSM.

Haynes/Chiltons are better than nothing if you can't swing the cash, but the money I spent on my FSM paid for itself within weeks.

4. Track down part numbers for anything you wish to order, unless you have a mom & pops parts store around you like me that employs people who have knowledge.

5. Order anything you need the day before you plan on working on it.

I used to rip apart my Jeep Friday night and figure out what parts I needed. Saturday morning I called the mom & pops parts store near me to order everything right when they opened. They made warehouse runs up through 11 a.m., and would have everything typically an hour after I called.

6. Maintenance before toys

You'll learn this one the hard way. It's better to have a reliable, well maintained rig on 31s, then a barely running, vibe ridden, wandering rig on 35s.
 
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