They say never lock your doors when you have a soft top.
At some point yesterday someone thought it would be a good idea cut the plastic window on my Jeep and have a look at what treasures I had stowed within.
I guess my police books and $10 sunglasses weren’t worth stealing since it appears nothing is missing.
This will be testing my MacGyver repair skills over the weekend.
Repair pics forthcoming.
We’ve all changed the oil in our engines and automatic transmissions but I was more than a little hesitant when it came to messing with my differentials.
I wanted to change the fluid myself since the local stop-n-lube wanted $80 to do the job but I didn’t want to open those gears up quite yet. Luckily my reservations were quickly squelched when I watched Zach change out his spider gears after destroying them at URE (not lucky for him). So, after he demystified the differentials I went to work on them armed with a great article from 4×4xplor.com.
Since I still remain garageless, Philip was kind enough to let me use his garage and tools.(Sorry about the mess by the way.)
We had everything done in no time. The only set back I had was trying to fill the differential without a pump. I had actually wondered why Zach was so adamant about me using one when from what I could tell, it wasn’t necessary . After about 2 seconds I realized he was right and that I would need the pump. There is no way to fill the diff without using a pump.
Anyway, saved me 60 bucks doing it myself. Nothing has fallen off yet, so it must have been a success.
Here is a picture off the diff cover After cleaning, with new RTV.
Scary gears
I’m writing this to help any other automotively challenged Jeep owners that may be suffering from this problem.
A few weeks ago I noticed my air conditioning was only blowing from the defrost, both windscreen and feet had air but nothing else.
No matter what I put the dial on all I got was defrost.
I read somewhere that this might be a loose HVAC hose so I tracked them down. It was in an obscure place so I thought I’d document it in case anyone else had the same issue.
This is for educational purposes. If you have a problem with your automobile please see a qualified mechanic.
No matter what the dial was on; defrost only.
Dirty jeep :)This picture was taken while standing on the front , driver’s side wheel.
The arrows indicate some of the HVAC hoses.
The hose on the right had come off, once I plugged it back in and secured it with a zip tie the A/C performed normally again.
