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Replacing the Steering Gear in My 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Part 2

Posted on 2012-12-27 by dgilbert

Before return­ing to the steps for the repair, this bit could be effec­tive­ly sub­ti­tled, “Repair failed, Pause for Christ­mas.”  At the very last step of the re-assem­bly, we stripped a fit­ting, so we’ll be re-remov­ing the Steer­ing Gear and re-installing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Replacing the Steering Gear in My 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee — Part 1

Posted on 2012-12-23 by dgilbert

Of course some­thing­has to go wrong with the truck in the few days before Christ­mas.  This is the first of two arti­cles that will deal with the replace­ment of the Steer­ing Gear in my 2000 Jeep Grand Chero­kee.  Here we’re … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Tailpipe Repair for the Jeep Part 2

Posted on 2011-12-23 by dgilbert

With much grunt­ing, the jeep­’s tailpipe is final­ly repaired.  I had to use my rotary tool to buff down the excess rust from the old clamp before I could force the new sec­tion of pipe onto the muf­fler side of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Tailpipe Repair for the Jeep

Posted on 2011-12-21 by dgilbert

The jeep is up on a jack stand again and it’s not to start in on the pin­ion bear­ing fix.  When we fixed the oil pan, we had to cut the exhaust and while that repair is still good, it … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Taurus and Jeep “No Start” Round 2

Posted on 2011-07-22 by dgilbert

My father and I regrouped the next day (Mon­day) to try again.  I had pushed the Tau­rus out onto the dri­ve­way the pre­vi­ous day, so the Jeep was still on in the garage — to be tack­led first.  Since there … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Taurus and the Jeep: No Start.

Posted on 2011-07-18 by dgilbert

This is just a quick note to update the Jeep and Tau­rus “no start” sit­u­a­tion. We start­ed the day focus­ing on the Tau­rus sit­u­a­tion.  For those that remem­ber, we got the new com­put­er for the Tau­rus as that was the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Canadian Tire Makes Good on Repair Problem.

Posted on 2011-04-28 by dgilbert

Cred­it where cred­it is due.  After much cajol­ing, Cana­di­an Tire made good on its repair to my jeep (before it was my jeep). The issue was a repair that a Cana­di­an Tire in down­town Toron­to had done for the pre­vi­ous own­er … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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I Can Has Jeep.

Posted on 2011-04-27 by dgilbert

I real­ized that I’ve been remiss in post­ing and even the low hang­ing fruit of easy posts about my life in gen­er­al haven’t been done.  I’ve been so depressed about the elec­tion… but that rant is for lat­er. I Can Has Jeep. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Spring Cleaning.

Posted on 2011-04-02 by dgilbert

That last post was a lit­tle heavy.  I still think about it.  Any­ways, this post is just about life and what­ev­er.  We final­ly arranged to get our­selves rid of all the crap in the build­ing — so no more repo­man … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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