So...
Radiator was leaking bad, many other things I wanted to know if they were bad or not, so I took it to a dealer.
Paid $515 with labor for a new Raidator.- figured it would be around 150-200 to do it myself, but lack of tools and experience, combined with a cold apartment complex parking lot as a service area led me to the dealer.
Mentioned that I was getting a lot of road noise: humming from the front, clunk in the rear-
they advised an overhaul of both diffs, original RTV on the covers.- apparently jiffy lube only likes to suck the old oil out the fill hole, instead of unbolting the covers and cleaning out the metal shavings.- new bearings clean everything up.- $990 rear- damn LSD, $655 front.,
After I gave the go ahead, the service guy I talked to called me up, and told me they could replace a bad u-joint, along with a busted tail light for cost of parts only- I agreed. $55+$75
I'm going on a 700 mile trip this thanksgiving- I'm pretty confident I could have done the Radiator myself, but didn't want to risk the Jeep being out of service for a week while I figured out parts and snapped rusty bolts.
I figure my lift and tires is gonna have to wait now...
what are your thoughts on this?
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Radiator was leaking bad, many other things I wanted to know if they were bad or not, so I took it to a dealer.
Paid $515 with labor for a new Raidator.- figured it would be around 150-200 to do it myself, but lack of tools and experience, combined with a cold apartment complex parking lot as a service area led me to the dealer.
Mentioned that I was getting a lot of road noise: humming from the front, clunk in the rear-
they advised an overhaul of both diffs, original RTV on the covers.- apparently jiffy lube only likes to suck the old oil out the fill hole, instead of unbolting the covers and cleaning out the metal shavings.- new bearings clean everything up.- $990 rear- damn LSD, $655 front.,
After I gave the go ahead, the service guy I talked to called me up, and told me they could replace a bad u-joint, along with a busted tail light for cost of parts only- I agreed. $55+$75
I'm going on a 700 mile trip this thanksgiving- I'm pretty confident I could have done the Radiator myself, but didn't want to risk the Jeep being out of service for a week while I figured out parts and snapped rusty bolts.
I figure my lift and tires is gonna have to wait now...
what are your thoughts on this?
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