Drahcir495

Well I had a bad fuel pump and a leaking return line. Not happy about the leaking fuel line as I drive my son around in the Jeep. I paid another mechanic to go through and make sure everything was safe. Maybe it something new but so thankful I brought it to this new guy! Jeep does run better now and safe which is the most important

Oh boy . . . on way to work and the Cherokee just died without warning. In center of turn lane and acted like running out of gas?? After a few attempts to get it to start, and it sounded like it was going to, I gave up and called AAA. They brought 5 gallons of gas and still wouldn’t start - dayeem. After I just got the interior all put back together this happens. Had it towed to my mechanic and just waiting to see what is wrong. How great, a buddy just happened to see me and take an incriminating picture ->

The swing-out tire carrier on my JCR Vanguard bumper is giving me trouble. When I go to shut it, the tire carrier hits the left side (by the latch) and bounces up into the locked position . I called JCR and they said I should have another person lift up on the carrier while I torque down the spindle but to 65 ft pounds. If that does not fix the problem there could have been a misalignment during the manufacturing process. They said they would take care of it if the torquing of the nut does not help. That’s good to know, but I still will have a scratched up bumper-> I have not gotten around to trying to fix it yet – the damage has already been done.

Nice 👍🏻

Soon after picking up the XJ I decided that I just had to replace that dented chrome bumper asap! It was an eyesore, and chrome . I asked the owner about the dented bumper and he proceeded to fill me in on what went down. He admitted that he had been in a fight with his old lady and left her behind at the Rebar lounge. He ended up swerving to miss a “dog” and found himself going through a barb wire fence backwards. He left the Jeep in the pasture for the night. When he returned the next afternoon, he found the owner of the property trying repair the damage he caused to the barbwire and fence post that was snapped off a few inches from the ground. The farmer said the post dented the panel behind the drivers side door, but he had an idea on the reason for the dented bumper. The man said he saw his bull lifting up the end of the Jeep by the bumper! He must have seen his reflection in the chrome and thought it was another bull moving in on his turf. Angry bulls; just another reason for avoiding chrome . The dented bumper-> I am really surprised that the bull did not damage anything else on the Jeep. Now, I watch a lot of YouTube videos and find quite a few ideas for the Jeep. I watched a video from Bleepin Jeep, and the host Matt was putting the Vanguard rear bumper and Adventure tire carrier on his XJ. I really liked how many features the bumper offered and it was nice looking. Got the maxed out package and maxed out my credit card! They love their stuff $$$, but it is really well thought out and built. I first had to get my rear bumper off the Jeep. I started by attempting to pull the bumper out by the unbolting it. It was not going to happen. Everything was rusted in and too difficult to remove with the limited room. I just took the sawsall to the brackets - they weren’t going to be used anyways - and it saved a lot of time removing it -> After I had it free, I went to work on the bolts and what was left of the brackets. What a . I snapped off 3 of the 8 bolts. I figured I could just use my snap on drill kit to back the broken bolts out. Ended up breaking two of my bits and really screwing it all up -> I managed to drill out the bolts for two of them, but the one with the broken bit in it was a lost cause. After removing the brackets I Got my little buddy to help me wash the area up before we put on the new bumper -> Ah yes, after getting her all bolted up (not even close to how easy it looked in the video) the bumper with the LED KC lights -> Then the boy and I put on the tire carrier and accessories-> I am really a fan of the JCR Off-road products, even if this one was a REAL challenge to get on. Best part of this two day ordeal was having my son say “ IT Has A Tire On The Back Now!!” His smile made it all worth while TBC

Good point. I had it come in for a split second then back to one speaker. I am going to clean up all the connections on the amp and see what that does.

I am starting to believe that there is something wrong with the amp itself. I am going to try out another amp that my buddy has and see what happens with the system then. I will report back lol

I will try that tonight

it was mislabeled. Put my volt meter on the remote wire and it only came on when tuner was selected 🤬. The other power antenna wire was activated on all options. I still have issues though. I have the rca cables on the rear at both ends but I only have one speaker working?? Technically 2 if you include the overhead speaker paired up with it. Not sure what is going on now. It does sound pretty darn good though. I can only imagine how it will be if I get the other four working. I appreciate everyone’s help on this.

I will check that but it was labeled “amp rem”. Could be mislabeled

Oh, if I didn’t mention it the other amp did the same thing.

Ok here is what I have in pictures - I will be changing the ground cable before I power anything up. i definitely have the amp wired to the amp remote line coming from the radio.

Minuit - I will answer all your questions when I get home tonight. Thank you

I need the luck 😏

I don’t want it to burn down! I will upgrade the negative grounding wire first; one came with the amp kit to begin with. I will give you all a little more information. I have a kicker amp. I have six speaker - 2 overhead , 2 front and 2 in lift gate. I have the remote wired to the amp remote lead labeled on the radio. I had the same exact problems with the other amp. I will update the ground wire and try the power antenna wire. Then I will report back. Thanks for all the input so far

No subwoofer, just speakers.

Oh no, my ground goes to the front where I have a dedicated post that is wired directly to battery. Definitely not the same gauge as power cable

I will try this too. Thank you

This thing is . One spot works but only on the radio setting. CD and USB have nothing. Amp is turned off on these inputs. I am going to try another amp and then take it to a audio store if I can’t get it to work. I can do a lot of things but this isn’t one of them

Thank you both! I will try it and let you know.

Lol yes - Xander His guilty look -> Ok, maybe he’s not mad look lol ->

$300! I am selling mine

I need help.I am trying to get my stereo to work with an amp. I have never had an amp in any of my Jeeps before. I think it will let me clearly hear the radio over the tire and road noise. I have gotten the radio to tur the amp on, but nothing from speakers?? I have tried all combinations of the rca cables and speakers wire but nothing 🤬. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Where the cables are supposed to go? Here is what I am working with-> Thank you. What are thes two black connectors for?? Have not tried those

More power! I am adding in cab a dedicated ground point, fused constant power point, and a ignition switch power point. I went with a Painless power block for the ground and ignition point. The Painless part came with two isolated threaded posts. They had a had wall built between them, but it came in black. I figured it was only designed for ground only, so I painted the one side with red paint. My goal was to run a direct line to the battery and a positive ignition powered line to the other side. The Ground was easy to set up. The ignition powered point was not as easy. I thought I had a empty spot on the fuse panel, but it turned out to be live . After find a loose plug, I found out that it could use it by asking CC members what it was used for. I ended up drilling and taping out holes to mount the block up behind the drivers side kick panel -> Did this on my Comanche and was very happy with the location. I then moved on to the fused constant powered block -> It has 6 connections all directly wired to the battery. Like in the MJ, I decided to put it under the steering column. I marked the two hole locations and drilled out them out with a piece of thin flat steel behind it to prevent me from hitting anything that I shouldn’t. I then started to tap out the holes for the stainless steel bolts. I was about halfway in the hole when my furry helper decided he wanted some attention . He nudged up under my arm causing me to break off the tap in the hole . I could not get the broken piece out but I just drilled and taped out a new hole below it -> I got the block mounted in place and ready to hook up my lockers to -> They both work very well and I could not be happier.