Recent content by Wesla

I drove it the other day while there wasn't much traffic, last time before parking it, and yeah it was kind of "wandery" on the highway. Super heavy steering at slow speeds but still manageable. Just sitting - there are no noises whatsoever, not a whine/peep from the power steering pump. I don't...

-45C coldest place on the planet killed my power steering :( Plugged it in (battery warmer & block heater) and it started and drove around like normal for most of my 30 minute drive to work. After a bunch of highway driving I made a turn off to exit highway and noticed the steering wheel...

Search function came in clutch. This thread saved me. I have spray-tack stuff for gaskets, meant mainly to hold it in place for easy install. I thought I would need RTV for this. Guess I'll just give it some light sprays of that aerosol spray-tack instead and bolt it up in a star pattern sequence.

Thanks all! I yanked anything cooling related out that I could replace, and drained all the coolant. Got the old water pump out. Crap plastic impeller shredded itself. It had a ton of play, no wonder coolant gushed out. No bearing whatsoever. Also changing thermostat, hoses. I got a water...

I have a 2005 Renegade Edition with close to 200k miles. I think it has the heavier duty transmission and going strong, can probably still do some towing. 4x4 works good. 3.7 with an exhaust sounds mean. Its pretty rusty. But its been trusty. And I love it. Probably wouldn't pass smog or safety...