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Jeep Update
8 years ago
Yay! New journal is posted for all!
I figured it was time to let all you know, those that don't anyway, how things are coming along with repairs.
DONE
* Cruise Control fixed - this is possibly the thing I was most excited to have done, it's hard to keep your foot steady on the gas when you've worked a long shift or are just tired.
* Exhaust leak fixed - "Pearl", the name of my jeep, was getting a bit noisy, turned out she had a dime sized hole in the Y joint of the exhaust system.
* Header panel repaired and headlight adjustments done - my headlights point outward again, instead of one pointing down at the road!
* Heater control leak fixed - meaning I can warm my toes in the winter and my air conditioner works like it's supposed to!
* Driver side foglight fixed - turned out it was just the bulb and not the wire being corroded like I figured.
* Driver side door seal fixed - damn thing kept falling down, turned out it just needed to be pushed back to where it belonged.
* Rear wiper motor replaced - I can see out my rear window when it's raining hard or snowing in the winter again!
* Driver side wheel bearing replacement
* Brakes - pads and rotors, been a few years so it's time.
* Driver side window - won't roll up or down, motor sounds like it's still working though...just may be off track or the suction/plastic bar thing is broke. Turns out the motor was shot and I just decided to have the motor and regulator replaced, made more sense than doing half of the job.
* Passenger side mirror - just the glass part.
FUTURE REPAIRS
* Oil change, every 5000 miles
* Driver side/all speakers replaced - just the driver side doesn't work all the time, but if I'm going in for one speaker then why not a whole set for everything to match, right?
* Center console replacement/fix - my sister's dog somehow managed to make a hole in it and she's never going to have the money to fix it so I have to take matters into my own hands.
* Re-upholstering the seats - mainly the driver side as I was stupidly smoking at the time, a hot butt and not the good kind, got sent flying behind me. The still lit ashes landed in the upper back of the seat...as well as my own, fortunately I only got a first degree burn but it was a bit of a 'wake up' call to how dumb smoking was.
* Gas tank cover replacement - not necessary but just nice to have.
* Hitch receiver installed - so I can have a hitch on the back of my jeep, seems to be effective in stopping jerks from tailgating.
* Underbody repair - this is going to be next to the last thing, as long as I can help it...as it is going to be expensive and be time consuming.
ULTIMATE END GOAL
* Paint Job - I have no doubt that this is going to be the most expensive thing and will take the most time to complete, I don't know if I will ever be able to do it but it is a final goal for obvious reasons. When the time eventually comes, I do not know...as of now...whether I am going to just have her repainted to her stock coloring or get something more personal, to mark her officially as my own. Or, if I will simply have her repainted to something true to her name, or even something just to tribute to the aforementioned labeling.
I'm thinking or possibly will change my Ford Mondeo for a jaguar s-type tomorrow. Diesel to petrol since I don't do enough miles and slowly will kill the engine. Plus some reason a 3.0 litre v6 petrol is cheaper to insure than a 2.0 litre diesel o-o
And yeah, that is weird...but it's likely because of one being petrol and the other being deisel.
hehe i think its because there arnt many accidents involving them, since there mainly driven by sensible people, i guess we dont insure by engine size but more on the people driving them..like a small hatchbacks will cost more to insure..our stuff is odd :/