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7 years 4 months ago #3143 by Andy.MacFadyen
:( As many of you will already know Paul's project Jeep burned out in what looks to me like a wiring harness short. I have never had a car burn out although in 45 years of driving I had a couple of minor fires both due to carbuerettors leaking on to starter motors :woohoo: but anybody who has had any car they owned destroyed by any kind of accident or theft knows the angst it causes.
I lost a project car when I hit a hidden patch of black ice on a back road 4 years back and I still beat myself up about it.
So guys the search is on find Paul a rust free replacement.

" We're trying to plug a hole in the universe, what are you doing ?. "
(Walter Bishop Fringe TV show)



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7 years 4 months ago #3145 by Noah
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I just saw the video this morning.

It could have been much worse! At least he was driving and not his wife or one of the kids.
And it was the project car, not the Silverado or God forbid, even the house!
Very lucky in my eyes.
I saw a customers Jeep burn in a similar way. He was having electrical issues and wanted me to look at it. Something with the turn signals I think. Glad I didn't touch it, or he would have been after me like Paul said in the video!

And if course there was my own 96 white Cherokee I rolled over....

I'm done with Jeeps, (Cherokees specifically).
Not trashing them or anyone who likes them, I just don't feel compelled to own another one.

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7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #3146 by Tyler
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Yeah, just saw this, too :( Sucks, but at least it was only the Jeep that caught fire, and nothing else.

I'm done with Jeeps, (Cherokees specifically).


:lol: After working on enough customer Heaps, I decided the same. "It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand." You're right, I don't!
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7 years 4 months ago #3160 by Ro-longo
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Well we can take some positives out of this. I am sure we will all be more observant of the vehicles we work on. And most of all Paul will have another vehicle to make repair videos.

But I can feel his pain, I wrecked my 67 Mustang back when I was 19 and I regret doing it to this day.

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7 years 4 months ago #3163 by matt.white
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As already mentioned, glad no one was hurt.

And also, as a fellow mechanic I try to keep an open mind about makes and models and fix what comes in the door, but I too have zero fondness for any Jeep product.

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7 years 4 months ago #3203 by ScannerDanner
Thank you guys so much! There is a reason I used this model Jeep for flat towing. It will be explained in some upcoming videos where I install the baseplate and show the Jeep being towed.
Two main things you need to flat tow.
1. A 4x4 with a transfer case that can be manually placed in neutral. - a manual trans works too but the wife can't drive that :-)
Most automatic transmissions cannot be flat towed due to lack of lubrication, unless you buy an auxiliary transmission pump.
2. I wanted as light of a curb weight as possible due to laws regarding auxiliary braking systems.
In PA the maximum you can tow without auxiliary brakes is 3000lbs. The Jeeps curb weight was 3058. Minus the rust and I think I was good :-) Even though my RV can tow 10,000 lbs but I still wanted to be as light as possible.
3. You need to pay attention to the manufacturer recommended maximum tow speed. Some are as low as 55 mph. The Jeep is good for whatever.

Do your research and the Jeep is the most popular flat tow vehicle because of its manual transfer case and light curb weight and stability being towed.
So yes, I am staying with a Cherokee.
Tyler, this is where you come in. You live in a non rust belt area right? Find me a 93 to 2001 Cherokee (not a grand cherokee) that is rust free and I'll drive out to you with the RV to pick it up. We will make a video out of the trip.

Don't be a parts changer!

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7 years 4 months ago #3205 by Noah
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I do have a soft spot for a manual transfer case and solid front end. With a good locking differential, those things will go anywhere.

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7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #3212 by Tyler
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ScannerDanner wrote: 3. You need to pay attention to the manufacturer recommended maximum tow speed. Some are as low as 55 mph. The Jeep is good for whatever.


News to me! Never knew there was such thing as a tow speed :huh:

Tyler, this is where you come in. You live in a non rust belt area right? Find me a 93 to 2001 Cherokee (not a grand cherokee) that is rust free and I'll drive out to you with the RV to pick it up. We will make a video out of the trip.


Hey man, I'm a moderator, not a used car salesman! :P
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7 years 4 months ago #3224 by Dylan
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ScannerDanner wrote:

a manual trans works too but the wife can't drive that :-)


You should teach her :P

Tyler wrote:

Hey man, I'm a moderator, not a used car salesman! :P


Come on, I'd love to see you on camera! :lol:

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7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #3227 by ScannerDanner
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Hey man, I'm a moderator, not a used car salesman! :P[/quote]

Lol nice. Come to think of it, if I'm driving 20 hours (which is what it would be to Kansas), there will be an ocean at the end of the drive, not a flat plain with cows. :-)

Don't be a parts changer!
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7 years 4 months ago #3257 by Tyler
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Dylan wrote: Come on, I'd love to see you on camera! :lol:


Haha thanks, but that's never happening :P Hate watching myself on video, hate hearing my own voice even more. Anyone else like this?

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7 years 4 months ago #3259 by Ro-longo
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Tyler wrote: Hate watching myself on video, hate hearing my own voice even more. Anyone else like this?


Ditto here, I just made my first attempt at a repair video the other day. I watched a little of it and it is hard to listen to my own voice.

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7 years 4 months ago #3268 by Noah
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I have an embarrassingly heavy Boston accent and hate to hear myself speak on video!

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7 years 4 months ago #3270 by Dylan
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Think we all have that feeling when hearing our own voice on video. But you get used to it. I think! :lol:

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7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #3282 by Tyler
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Ro-longo wrote: Ditto here, I just made my first attempt at a repair video the other day. I watched a little of it and it is hard to listen to my own voice.


Truth! I took a phone video of my Modis causing a fuel trim issue, but can't bring myself to do anything with it :lol:
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7 years 4 months ago #3291 by Dylan
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Truth! I took a phone video of my Modis causing a fuel trim issue, but can't bring myself to do anything with it :lol:


I think you should post it :P

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7 years 4 months ago #3295 by Noah
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Wait, the scanner was the cause of a fuel trim issue?

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7 years 4 months ago #3300 by Tyler
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Noah wrote: Wait, the scanner was the cause of a fuel trim issue?


Yep! No one at my shop believed me, either :lol: I don't wanna thread jack... Maybe I'll start a new thread about it.

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7 years 4 months ago #3305 by Tyler
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Dylan wrote: I think you should post it :P


scannerdanner.com/forum/off-topic-sectio...blem-with-video.html

There, happy?! :lol:

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7 years 4 months ago #3355 by Dylan
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Definitely!

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