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Yes, and fuse #18 (next to it), should be an 'always live' spare. The two spare feeds, that may or may not be there, are usually tucked behind the loom on the right hand side where it goes up toward the windshield.
Before you do anything with the fuse block make sure you disconnect the battery.
1. Military vehicles. Someone was looking for a military vehicle/trailer. Go to the Military Vehicle Preservation Association website www.mvpa.org and start there. It's a group of military vehicle collectors and they are always selling stuff.
2. Jeep colors. Solar Yellow is back. At least for the remainder of the 2005 production run which is going to be very short. As someone said, at least DC listens to its customers.
3. Delivery of new vehicle. For what it is worth, my (fairly loaded) new Flame Red '05 X with the Rocky Mountain package was ordered in mid-April and arrived at my east coast dealer in three (3) weeks. Don't ask how, but it sure surprised the heck out of me and my checkbook!
4. $$$$$. Also, for what it's worth, the dealer at that time sold me the vehicle for $100 over invoice, MINUS $1,000 Chrysler cash rebate, MINUS $1,000 for financing thru DC Financial (if I want, I only need to make four payments and then I can pay it off, satisfying the rebate requirements), and MINUS $500 for prior military service (in lieu of the military rebate, they had $500 off for law enforcement, fire, and EMS personnel).
5. Tuffy Overhead Security Console. I have one word to describe Mr. Bell's tutorial on installing it: AWESOME! Thank you.
6. Spot lights. Thanks for the help on wiring the windshield mount spotlights. It went smooth and I did not need to drill. Also, installed the RB1 Nav system and it works great (if you do this, order the special bracket ($20) designed just for Wranglers..I think it's a shock brace for off-roading).
7. Build sheet. I don't know what it is, but it is a long printout with a whole bunch of codes and I found it stuffed under one of the seats.
8. To our hosts: Thanks for a great site! Have a safe weekend everyone.
Steve
Don't reply to someone elses question with a question of your own, it just confuses things.
Does that help?
Oh, and reading through your message a couple of times before you post it will probably help you catch any unintentional errors.
Xlent advise!
tidester, host
P.S. Unfortunately, it doesn't pick up the intentional ones!
I am sorry I didn't make my self clear. I will try to be more decriptive.
What I ment to tell you is that a dealer gets around $250 on employee pricing. I did not mean it to sound as if that is what they made on ALL cars, cuz we all know that would be a lie.
Then regards to finance, I would go through your own bank. Your bank wants your money and business for life, and as for the finance manager at a dealership, he will probable only see you once in his life.
Thanks Tom and I hope I cleared it up and not made it even more confusing to anyone. :confuse:
CONGRADULATIONS, YOU NOW BE PIMP'N :shades:
MAKE SURE TO GET THE EMPLOYEE PRICING. DONT LET THEM TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE INELEGABLE BECAUSE OF YOUR ORDER DATE.
ALSO, KEEP US UP TO DATE ON ANY UPGRADES OR ADVENTURES.
Wait a second,
so do I. :surprise:
However my '98 Sport only has the swiched power source. That one usually has the Roady plugged into it - or the GPS if I don't have the Roady. I don't know what year they changed this.
Does the powerpoint still work without the ignition key on acc. mode. This is the first car I own the has the powerpoint still working without the ignition key. Anyway I made my Wrangler as my daily driver again, it is much more fun, especially with the occasional shortcuts and bad roads here in Riverside/San Bernardino, I only drive 35 miles rountrip everyday, mostly Canyon roads.
Well, the real bottom line is what the interest rate is. My bank could not come close to the 1.9 percent financing I got on my Rubicon. And we got 0 percent on our Grand Cherokee.
the salesperson told me that i had to keep it with chrysler credit for 90 days,,,
I don't have any idea what the 90 days was all about, i bet its just so you get into a routine of making those payments,, then forget or procrastinate about looking for a better deal.
I refi'd mine shortly after making the 1st payment. dropped to a 3.5% interest rate at my credit union.
jeff
After two years of reading this board and waiting to pass along my Camry to my daughter, I finally purchased a Rubicon this morning. The dealer says they have a lock that includes an ignition cutoff. No price on that yet. Would prefer just a lock as the dealer setup needs the key to start the car. Two keys to start just doesn't make sense.
You seem to have done a good job of diagnosing the problem. There's still an outside chance that either one of the CPS's are faulty and not issuing a signal to the PCM at the correct time, which would cause the PCM to suspend triggering on that cycle. However, you'd need the services of a competent tech with a DRB scan tool to check that, i.e. a trip to the dealer's service dept.
Sorry I can't be more positive.
However, they're easily defeated with a large screwdriver or small crowbar. Personally, I'd rather lose the battery alone, than lose the battery and get some hood or grille damage.
I was hoping for something more secure. Back when I drove '70 model cars I lost a few batteries. Was trying to avoid that again.
-Marcus
Nor is there likely to be...............you can read my opinion a few posts back.
However, negotiation is really up to you. If you accept the price quoted when you're told "We can't go lower", then there's no negotiation. If you say "I've done my research and I'd like to pay less than that, in fact I think $XX,000 is a fair price so I think I'd better talk to dealer X in the next town", then you've started to negotiate. If you have done your research, and the price you have in mind is an achievable one, I doubt that you'll reach your car. If they haven't phoned you in two days they were telling the truth, and they really won't move on the price.
You can check DCs pricing, including the 'employee price' which is just a discount like any other, by clicking here. You can check the invoice pricing both here on Edmunds, and at other well known pricing sites.
Then it's up to you and your friend.
I don't suppose you happen to make some of those "shortcuts" include some dirt roads, do you? Or happen to spend some Saturday mornings wandering around the mountains? A few years ago they were doing bridge work on I-5 around Gorman and it often had traffic backed up. It was great fun to take a couple of dirt roads and cut through Hungry Valley OHV area on the way home. And I had a good reason to do it - it was faster than spending an hour or more crawling through the backup.
Do you happen to know if the dirt road that goes from (more or less) Palm Springs up to Big Bear is open? I've never taken it - only seen it on the map, but I've always wondered what it was like.
I just finished "window-shopping" the Wrangler she's interested in on the Jeep website, and the employee discount price does indeed look good (good enough that I doubt she'll try to negotiate it down further). I will double-check the Edmunds TMV and compare it to the Jeep employee discount, though. She hadn't really considered the LWB until I mentioned it today, so she may come over tomorrow and give mine a good look-over (without the pressure of looking at one at a dealership), but I think a SWB will suit her needs well. Thanks again for the help!
-Marcus
My question is, how long will a rag top last if you leave it on year round and it goes through normal wear of somewhat mild winters and nice summers. I live in North Carolina so we don't have extreme weather really either way in either season. the reason i was wondering is because if i do end up and get this wrangler, i would like to know how soon i should invest in a hard top. but if a rag top will last a few years than most likely i will stick to that for a while...
Now I'm looking forward to finding the 4 x 4 roads in my neck of the world.
If you like trail/tavel guides, there are a couple of books about the Sierras. You might want to pick up "High Sierra SUV Trails Vol. 1" which covers the east side. I also like Tony Huegel's books, though they are a little older (don't know if they've been updated recently or not). He's written several on various parts of California. One of the SoCal books I've used is "Backcountry Adventures Southern California" - not only does it have good write-ups on the trails, it also gives lat/lon coordinates so you can download waypoints to a GPS ahead of time (this seems to be the current new trend for trail books). It is amazing how many trails and beautiful places there are within SoCal.
I've used the SoCal Auto Club county maps for navigating - they have many dirt roads on them with accurate mileage indicated. Until I got my GPS I used them often as my only source of information (hey, there's a dirt road indicated there that parallels Hwy 58 and will avoid the mess at Four Corners! Let's try it...). Another good source of information are the National Forest maps (Las Padres has a free map that specifically identifies the 4x4 and dirt bike trails). BLM also has excellent maps if you are wandering around the desert.
And there's always driving on the beach near Pismo - I think it's about the only place left in California where you can drive on the sand.
Have fun exploring all those new locations!
HTH,
Chris
Is there any hope of welding something over this? I'm thinking not give the angle but am curious as to whether anyone else has welded theirs and how long it lasted. Picture is at http://home.nc.rr.com/scrosson/IM000114.JPG
Depends on your welding skills (I've repaired them successfully
Or you could get a new one, designed not to crack, for $65 on eBay.
We are going to need more info in order to help ya.
1. Jeep info. Year and model. Auto or manual?
2. What kind of lift?
3. What kind of problem? (egine runs, but Jeep won't move???)
Tomster
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Here are some pictures of my Unlimited first real off road trip to Pittsfield IL courtesy of fellow member jeff62301 who invited me to join there group TRJC. She now is a month old and has 3100 miles on her. I got her real dirtied up and had a blast doing it. All in all she performed great, I see some mod's in her future, found myself a little low for some areas.Tom, I getting my feet wet before we head to Turkey Bay.
Ron
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By the way, it cost us $800 to get the exhaust manifold changed on the Sport several years ago, and I considered myself lucky - the dealerships were all asking over $1000 for it. There's a TSB out on the manifold bolts - I found that out when I went looking for something on it.
I have definitely found out that our good gas mileage is due to our all highway, big elevation change commute. This past week I was in Vegas did enough driving there to have a tank of gas that was more than half city driving (first time ever). I got 13 plus mpg. Am I ever glad our commute is almost all highway!
tidester, host
I didn't air down my first time out with my new tires (33's) , later found out that Sam's put 40 lbs in them when they were installed. I'm a believer in airing down now, Nicole climbed hills alot better this time
jeff
Well, you've been wheelin' once, and that's usually all it takes to get a guy hooked for life. Now, was that the most fun you've ever had with your clorthes on, or what?
Yeeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!
So, when are you coming down to Turkey Bay? It would be cool if you could work out something with Jeff and the two of you convoy down here. Don't wait on Jeff, though, if you have a chance to come down. Last I heard from Jeff, he was very busy and might be able to make it down here sometime in 2015 or thereabouts.
I love it that the whole family was with ya. Did they all enjoy it? This Jeep thing is ideal for families, and it promotes family togetherness.
I'm proud of you, Ron! Bring it on down here!
Tomster
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
You are welcome! We have received tons of comments about what we have done so far relating to the Jeep Wrangler, so we are dedicating a coverage section to it. I have a Q&A up there that covers a lot of the questions we are being asked about the project Jeep.
TCTR Jeep Wrangler Coverage
http://www.commtechreview.net/jeep
I am putting a few final touches on a tutorial covering the Tuffy TJ Center Stereo Console that can be found there, and we are looking at winch accessories and synthetic ropes now. I also have a write up on RAM MOUNTS that will be completed by this next weekend.
Let me know if there is anything the group would like to see reviewed.
James Bell Jr.
LE/Security (and now Jeep) Editor
TCTR
www.commtechreview.net
I was referring to the deals today w/ the employee pricing. I did want people getting confused with what was out there and what is out there.
I dont think they can match what you can get at a bank. If any one else has any good financing ideas please let us know.
Thanks
Did you get 31s? How about some pics of Rosie? Just snap some pics and scan them or save them to disk and take them to Kinkos and scan them! How do those steelies feel on the road? I hear they're much different.
Btw, I don't think anyone actually makes black head light bezels, though I don't know why. I would buy some in a second. What most do is take them off, scuff them up with some sand paper and paint them with Krylon black.
This weekend I gave my 12 y.o. boy a couse in soft top removal. He did one side all by himself. I think he's thinking when he turns 16 he might be driving it! But I keep telling him, no way. I don't believe Jeeps or any true SUVs are safe for young drivers. So, then he asks about our old 300z sitting in the garage. Nope, won't be driving that either! I told him we'll get him a nice 4 cylinder Honda Accord in any color he likes. :P
tidester, host
Has anyone ever successfully gotten DC to cover the exhaust manifold? I just got off the phone with them and they gave me the cold shoulder. Told me there's not even a TSB about it. Cracked manifold? On the Jeep 4.0L? Never heard of that before. Are you sure? Well, denied anyway, your mileage is too high.
I'm gonna call and bug them again. I reckon they want my next car to be a Honda.
DC have certainly replaced them under warranty, mine was done at around 30K, and as there's nothing unusual about the repair there's no need for a TSB.
I hardly think the failure of an exhaust manifold after all this time warrants the purchase of a Honda. :confuse:
...just want to make sure I have enough people.. so far I've got 2 helping me. Last thing I want to happen is to find out it's too heavy and we drop it.. :surprise:
jeff
I was in a bad mood with that earlier post, had just gotten off the phone with them. I wouldn't expect a cracked manifold to be replaced on a 7 year old Jeep if it were a unique circumstance. But it's not. It's every single Jeep with the 4.0L engine made before 2000, be it Wrangler, Cherokee or GC. Everybody gets it eventually. That is very, very lame and I do feel DC should have done something about it, much like Ford did with the 3.7L V6 head gasket meltdown, which both I and an ec girlfriend suffered. Instead they blow everybody off and deny it's a problem.
I am PO'd enough I doubt I would buy another DC product anytime soon.