From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Fri Aug 7 06:11:12 2009 From: xj-digest xj-digest Friday, August 7 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3051 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes Re: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes Re: fsj: Re: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. XJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeep/xj/ Send submissions to xj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to xj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to xj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:22:47 -0700 (PDT) From: JeepNut Subject: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes Howdy all, Got a co-worker asking if I would change plugs on his '08 Dodge Liberty Jeep Nitro thing. 3.7l. Says it has some coil on the plug setup. Not familiar, but doesn't worry me too much. Just sparkplugs. But wondering if anyone knows of any caveats. I've only worked on the old stuff so there could be something like BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY on these things. Anybody? Thanks! JeepNut - ---------------------------------------------------------- '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's hers. '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in daily use... '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. '88 Grand Wagoneer - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 600cfm 4bbl, TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R -3:31- B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended brake lines, ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. - ---------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #287453 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:26:00 -0700 From: "Tesar Landon-R16884" Subject: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes Sounds a little expensive. But I guess you don't pay for plug wires. How many miles? - - Landon - -----Original Message----- From: owner-xj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-xj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of JeepNut Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:23 PM To: FSJ List; xj-at-digest.net Subject: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes Howdy all, Got a co-worker asking if I would change plugs on his '08 Dodge Liberty Jeep Nitro thing. 3.7l. Says it has some coil on the plug setup. Not familiar, but doesn't worry me too much. Just sparkplugs. But wondering if anyone knows of any caveats. I've only worked on the old stuff so there could be something like BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY on these things. Anybody? Thanks! JeepNut - ---------------------------------------------------------- '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's hers. '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in daily use... '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. '88 Grand Wagoneer - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 600cfm 4bbl, TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R -3:31- B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended brake lines, ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. - ---------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #287453 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:33:21 -0700 (PDT) From: JeepNut Subject: Re: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes He's saying its got a little over 40K on it and is rough at idle. He's not a "jeepguy" but I can't t/s it for him so I'm just "have tools will travel". He's making the call. ;-) JeepNut - ---------------------------------------------------------- '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's hers. '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in daily use... '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. '88 Grand Wagoneer - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 600cfm 4bbl, TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R -3:31- B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended brake lines, ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. - ---------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #287453 - --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: > From: Tesar Landon-R16884 > Subject: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes > To: xj-at-digest.net, "FSJ List" > Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 4:26 PM > Sounds a little expensive. > But I guess you don't pay for plug wires. > How many miles? > > - Landon > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xj-at-digest.net > [mailto:owner-xj-at-digest.net] > On Behalf Of > JeepNut > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:23 PM > To: FSJ List; xj-at-digest.net > Subject: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes > > Howdy all, > Got a co-worker asking if I would change plugs on his '08 > Dodge Liberty > Jeep Nitro thing. 3.7l. > Says it has some coil on the plug setup. > Not familiar, but doesn't worry me too much. > Just sparkplugs. But wondering if anyone knows of any > caveats. > I've only worked on the old stuff so there could be > something like BE > SURE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY on these things. > Anybody? > Thanks! > > > JeepNut > ---------------------------------------------------------- > '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's > hers. > '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in daily use... > '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. > '88 Grand Wagoneer > - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 > 600cfm 4bbl, > TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R > -3:31- > B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended > brake lines, > ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 > 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. > - ---------------------------------------------------------- > Registered Linux user #287453 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:00:29 -0500 From: David Bierschank Subject: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:06:17 -0400 From: Christopher Wilson Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. The insurance company didn't give you the option to buy back the car? Every car that I've had that was totaled they gave me the option of buying it back.. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM, David Bierschank wrote: > Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that > was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the > process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the > truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill > parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. > > David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:41:38 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes piece of cake, but expect a wrestling match if you haven't done 'em before. there is a tool to pull them off... if you do it manually be careful not to break them, if you do, I have the codes that you should be able to extract through the odometer by on-off-on-off-on... should be the same as the 4.7L V8, which is a superb engine, while the 3.7 is NOT. gutless... anyway, once you've got the coil assembly off, it's a regular spark plug, they started doing this even on the 4.0L I-6 half way through '99. no spark plug wires... very nice. the 4.7's electronics are amazing... I finally pullled the plugs on mine with 160,000 miles on it, not sure when they were last changed, but there was a whisker of electrode left and it still worked and ran just fine... way better than any 360 V8 boat anchor I've ever owned... enjoy... and no need to disconnect anything, just have fun... try to pull straight up... be careful, one of the ones I did was really miserable to get them off... john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, JeepNut wrote: # Howdy all, # Got a co-worker asking if I would change plugs on his '08 Dodge Liberty Jeep Nitro thing. 3.7l. # Says it has some coil on the plug setup. # Not familiar, but doesn't worry me too much. # Just sparkplugs. But wondering if anyone knows of any caveats. # I've only worked on the old stuff so there could be something like BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY on these things. # Anybody? # Thanks! # # # JeepNut # ---------------------------------------------------------- # '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's hers. # '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in daily use... # '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. # '88 Grand Wagoneer # - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 600cfm 4bbl, # TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R -3:31- # B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended brake lines, # ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 # 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. # ---------------------------------------------------------- # Registered Linux user #287453 # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:44:37 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes could be dirty injectors... check and read the plugs as you pull them, 40k might be plugs... verify the gap with the under hood label and use a small amount of anti-seize when reinstalling... the plugs should all be on top and easy to access, you'll have to remove the air intake plastic shroud and possibly one other bolt on thing, can't remember now... ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, JeepNut wrote: # He's saying its got a little over 40K on it and is rough at idle. # He's not a # "jeepguy" but I can't t/s it for him so I'm just "have tools will travel". # He's making the call. ;-) # # # JeepNut # ---------------------------------------------------------- # '04 Grand Cherokee # Laredo. Bone stock. It's hers. # '92 Cherokee Laredo, bought new, still in # daily use... # '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. # '88 Grand Wagoneer # - # '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 600cfm 4bbl, # TFI System # upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R -3:31- # B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop # pittman, stainless extended brake lines, # ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot # 33x12.5x15 # 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. # ---------------------------------------------------------- # Registered Linux # user #287453 # # # --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Tesar Landon-R16884 # wrote: # # > From: Tesar Landon-R16884 # # > Subject: xj: RE: OT: Liberty plug changes # > To: # xj-at-digest.net, "FSJ List" # > Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, # 4:26 PM # > Sounds a little expensive. # > But I guess you don't pay for plug # wires. # > How many miles? # > # > - Landon # > -----Original Message----- # > From: # owner-xj-at-digest.net # > [mailto:owner-xj-at-digest.net] # > On Behalf Of # > JeepNut # > # Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:23 PM # > To: FSJ List; xj-at-digest.net # > # Subject: xj: OT: Liberty plug changes # > # > Howdy all, # > Got a co-worker asking # if I would change plugs on his '08 # > Dodge Liberty # > Jeep Nitro thing. 3.7l. # > Says it has some coil on the plug setup. # > Not familiar, but doesn't worry # me too much. # > Just sparkplugs. But wondering if anyone knows of any # > # caveats. # > I've only worked on the old stuff so there could be # > something # like BE # > SURE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY on these things. # > Anybody? # > Thanks! # > # > # > JeepNut # > ---------------------------------------------------------- # > # '04 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Bone stock. It's # > hers. # > '92 Cherokee Laredo, # bought new, still in daily use... # > '87 Street Comanche #24/100. In storage. # > '88 Grand Wagoneer # > - '81 AMC 360 -.030 over- Edelbrock Performer/1400 # > # 600cfm 4bbl, # > TFI System upgrade, TF727 -mild kit- NP229, D44's F/R # > -3:31- # > B.J.'s Offroad 6" kit/ drop pittman, stainless extended # > brake lines, # > # ProComp 3000 shocks, Maxxis Buckshot 33x12.5x15 # > 14 Spoke OEM Wagonwheels, # IPF 65/55 lamps...and then some. # > # ---------------------------------------------------------- # > Registered Linux # user #287453 # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:47:02 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. yes... actually not sure what company it was... but up here in WA state you'll need to have it reinspected showing all the receipts for parts used, but if you are using it for parts, nothing will be needed... just retain the paperwork to recycle the remains... have purchased half dozen vehicles from insurance companies/auctions before, not hard... so they found your rig? what happened to it? john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, David Bierschank wrote: # Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that # was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the # process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the # truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill # parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. # # David # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:48:45 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. yeah... back when my '88 xj wagoneer limited was totalled, they offered it to me at an outrageous amount, like $1800! normally you can buy them back for $500 to less than a grand... so it went to auction, I was 2 cars too late in the auction to buy it back, it sold for $215. But I bought a '99 WJ theft recovery for 10k less than book... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Christopher Wilson wrote: # The insurance company didn't give you the option to buy back the car? # # Every car that I've had that was totaled they gave me the option of buying # it back.. # # On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM, David Bierschank wrote: # # > Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that # > was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the # > process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the # > truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill # > parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. # > # > David # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:33:37 -0700 From: Kevin Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. Copart IIRC requires you to have a dealer's or dismantler's license to bid. On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:00:29PM -0500, David Bierschank wrote: > Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that > was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the > process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the > truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill > parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:58:26 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. I think a business license is all that was needed up here. ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Kevin wrote: # Copart IIRC requires you to have a dealer's or dismantler's license to bid. # # On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:00:29PM -0500, David Bierschank wrote: # > Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep that # > was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the # > process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the # > truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill # > parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. # ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:10:15 -0500 From: David Bierschank Subject: Re: xj: Buying back a insurance claim car. No, I ask three or four people at the insurance company, and all of them told me no, which I thought was strange. David On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Christopher Wilson wrote: > The insurance company didn't give you the option to buy back the car? > > Every car that I've had that was totaled they gave me the option of buying > it back.. > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM, David Bierschank >wrote: > > > Anyone ever bought a car back with salvage title from Copart? My Jeep > that > > was stolen is going auction block at Copart. I was curious about the > > process. Don't know if it back but would like something back off the > > truck. The body is not too damaged... needs fenders and most grill > > parts..... hood is good. This Jeep had almost no rust..... what a shame. > > > > David > - -- David Bierschank Help me in reaching my goal on the MS Bike Ride from Tulsa to Oklahoma City http://tinyurl.com/OKMS150DavidB okc67mustang-at-gmail.com dbier-at-att.net ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #3051 *************************