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    Bad starter?

    Slapped a new starter in it. All is well. I took the front driveshaft out and it made it real easy to chsnge the starter. About an hour job total.
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    Bad starter?

    So it just got dropped by the tow truck in my driveway. It's been about 45 minutes, and the darn thing started right up like a champ. Still starter?
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    Bad starter?

    I have a 2004 liberty that was acting like a bad battery, now it will go "whoom" once when you try to start it and then it stops. Checked battery with a load meter, checks good. Think it's a starter? .
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    2004 Electrical Issues

    So my 2004 is giving me headaches with some electrical gremlins. I have been having an intermittent driver side brake running lamp, new bukb fixes it then nothing. None of the contacts are loose inside the housing. Tonight, my wife said she was driving and lost the dash lights and the ability to...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    I know its long overdue, but my driver side balljoint was bad. It had slop in it and the boot was torn and lots of grit in there. Fixed the issue!
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    Trailer only has running lights

    Used a tester, it worked but seemed dim. I suspect the 7 to 4 pin adapter.
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    Trailer only has running lights

    2004 liberty with factory tow package. I found the 20 amp fuse #19 was blown on the inside fuse panel. Fuse underhood is good. My trailer only has running lights, no stop or turn. Trailer lights work fine on other vehicles. Could it be the taillight bulbs or the 7 to 4 pin adapter? I searched...
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    Bad oil leak- burning and smoking from exhaust headers

    Yep got it all buttoned up. Just need some hoat coolant to replace what came out when I removed the heater hoses. Those hard plastic lines suck on the jeep, I'm going to replace them with some gates rubber vac line.
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    Bad oil leak- burning and smoking from exhaust headers

    Found a replacement t connector made by gates at oreilly. Also managed to destroy the PVC valve so I got a new one. Start to finish, with two trips to the parts store and a lunch break it took 4 hours. Probably less than 2 if I powered right through it. I torqued the covers to 105 inch pounds I...
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    Bad oil leak- burning and smoking from exhaust headers

    I got the fel pro gaskets with all new grommets for 35 at advance auto. Came with a gasket for the oil filler too.... What is the torque specs for the valve cover bolts? I don't have a service manual. And I destroyed a vacuum connector, the t from the air box line. Where can I source that...
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    Bad oil leak- burning and smoking from exhaust headers

    I've got plenty of tools and beer! I'm about to order the gaskets from advance auto for 35 bucks with a discount, anywhere cheaper?
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    Bad oil leak- burning and smoking from exhaust headers

    Mine just started to smell like crap the other day. I can see oil leaking on the manifolds and pooled on top of the passenger side head near the spark plugs.
  13. M

    Liberty Electric Problems (Advice?)

    I'm willing to bet you took out some very fragile components. Your battery is probably a weak link now.
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    I just moved so all of my tools are packed up. I'll be digging in to it by Wednesday for sure. I'll probably start with the rack bushings, they are destroyed. It doesn't feel like a rear steer type of thing, but what about that tri-link?
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    Well I drove it to Illinois today, put just under 700 miles on it. The freaking thing started it's bs bump steer shit again. I will have to put it up on jack stands to get under there. I did grab the tie rods, is it normal to be able to roll them front to back easily by hand? I couldn't feel any...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    In that six months I have put almost 20k miles on it. I has them check the tie rods, ball joints, steering rack and everything to verify nothing was broken, bent, worn, etc. I'll keep an eye on it and see how it goes. They did say the caster was off and the toe was a smudge off, but mostly the...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    Well they finished and it drives great now so problem solved. As far as a 100% discount goes, I wouldn't think that's right considering it needed the alignment originally, this wasn't a problem they caused, it just took them an extra try to correct the issue that was originally there. So I feel...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    Well my alignment is under way. I brought it to a different branch of the auto store this time to see if I would get different results. The guy is halfway through and he said the passenger side was almost a half inch out and the driver was bad too. Manager is giving me half my money back on it...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    Hopefully this alignment fixes it this time. I'm having them check the ball joints and tie rods and associated components as well. I would fix this myself if I had time, but I'm doing a pcs move tomorrow and all my tools are packed up. Shouldn't have anything bent, it never goes off road more...
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    04 Liberty is wandering on the road

    Well I have a 6 month warranty on the alignment so I am at the shop now having them do it again and I will request a printout this time. Could ball joints cause an issue like this? The passenger side joint has a tiny tiny tear in the boot.

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