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Offline CAP1

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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #30 on: January 28, 2011, 08:18:24 PM »
hey......'nother question for you jeep guys. a customers husband gave me a catalogue for quadra tec

 they're an online jeep parts supplier. any of you ever heard of them? good? bad?
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Offline RichardDarkwood

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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2011, 09:20:15 PM »

my jeep wrangler's acting up a bit.

89 2.5L 4 cylinder, 5 speed manual, 4x4, no a/c.

this morning on the way in to work, she started acting up a lil. headlights flashing, radio won't stay tuned, etc.

 i took a look at basics, and thought i had it, as she was near perfect on the way home...then it started again.

 i figure it has to be a bad ground, or something shorting. gonna pull her in the bay tomorrow and find it.

 have any of you guys had this type of problem? what i mean, is there a common problem like this with the older wranglers? this is my first one, and i've not worked on many.

 thanks doods@!!

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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2011, 09:34:35 PM »
Get a tester light.......famous last words of one Jeep owner to another.

know what's funny about that? ever since i got my power probe, my good old test light has been relegated to testing ignition wires.
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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2011, 09:41:34 PM »
I'm looking at a 1977 CJ7 golden eagle on craigslist.

I call the kid up that has it. In the pics on CL there are no head lights. When I ask him where they are he says and I am quoting him:


"I think it's the light switch "

I had a 77 CJ5 that was a nightmare to deal with.




Look what I found near my house...I am gonna nickname this Jeep Lazurus...... :x


1964 Jeep wgoneer



RARE 230 cubic inch tornado engine:

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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #34 on: January 28, 2011, 10:24:25 PM »
hey......'nother question for you jeep guys. a customers husband gave me a catalogue for quadra tec

 they're an online jeep parts supplier. any of you ever heard of them? good? bad?

I buy from Quadratec often... No complaints. They stock just about everything you could possibly need for your YJ.

My old YJ (1992) was largely trouble free, except for a loose ground behind the dash, which caused the instruments to go wacky. I found it, installed a new lug and the problem went away. I completely rewired my '63 Willys CJ5, but that wasn't much of an ordeal. Not much to rewire in a Jeep of that vintage. I was able to find new harnesses in catalogs, and for those I couldn't find, I made myself, using modern connectors spliced where needed.

My '08 JK Wrangler has been absolutely gremlin free, despite everything but the steering being routed through the computer... Needed a reflash to enable the tranny temp idiot light. For some reason, the '08s and '09s didn't have it enabled via the original factory software. Required a recall to get them all done.

With about 58" of snow on the ground since Dec. 27, the Jeep has been in the snow quite a lot. Now, they are predicting another 1 to 2 feet next week... I have no idea where to put this new snow. The piles along our driveway are already 6 feet high, and the plows have pushed snow two feet higher than our mailbox (had to shovel it out to get mail delivery). Today it reached 37 degrees (tropical heat wave!) and I was finally able to wash the JK... Useless in some respects, as a short drive will get it covered with dirty snow again, but I needed to get the salt off and sand/repaint some minor rust on the passenger side rock slider/rail.

Here's a few shots taken on Jan 12, after we had 20.5" on top of the 18" two weeks prior (Yesterday, we got another 16" after 4" on Friday).





Yesterday morning....







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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2011, 08:25:18 AM »
I bought my glove box and trunk through them. No complaints.   :aok
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Re: jeep guys.....
« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2011, 06:26:53 AM »
I bought grab bars from Q-Tech so SWMBO doesn't fall out on the trail when the doors are off   :noid
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