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#3,075 ·
sixfoot9psu said:
any idea why these don't work as turn signals in my jeep? they don't light up at all...is it bc of the resistors? i thought the resistors would just help it from blinking too fast like the description says
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250979807970?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
May sound dumb but one side is a positive and one side is a negative, try turing it around, it's not like regular bulbs where u plug them how I want them and they work
 
#3,076 ·
Sorry I should have noted that I tried them both ways and tried both bulbs to no avail...I know leds can be put in backwards bc I think I put them in wrong every single time and have to flip them haha
 
#3,079 ·
omelet said:
Did you instal resistors?
No the resistors are already in the bulb housing
 
#3,081 ·
It seems too simple. Is this basically all this entails?

 
#3,082 ·
^^^Yes - both front and rear diffs are very easy to do yourself. The transfer case as well.
Personally I have done the rear diff both the "cheater" method in the video and pulling the cover off and doing a complete drain/refill. I would recommend pulling the cover. It is a much more thorough service and you can inspect the gears, clean inside the pumkin with brake cleaner, reseal your diff cover, just a better way to do it and it isn't any more difficult than wrenching a few bolts.
 
#3,083 ·
Damn. Fear of the unknown. Looks like an easy afternoon project. What's this usually run, cost-wise?
 
#3,084 ·
omelet said:
Oh I didn't see that. What size? We need 3ohm.
Not sure...I just saw it was the right size bulb number and thought I'd try it...I wanted a completely clear bulb that lit up yellow bc I don't like how the stock yellow bulb makes the whole lower housing look yellow from the reflection
 
#3,092 ·
so i had my local shop install my front bilsteins (bc i didn't want to lose an eye using a spring compressor) and while they were in there i had them put on my new spring isolators and my rocky road front leveling spacer (which is supposed to equate to 9/16" lift)...and i ended up with 2" of lift (i had measured before and after from the ground to the wheel well in line with the axle)...i'm assuming that my rubber isolators were so worn out that replacement of those gave me that much of a lift? now my jeep isn't even level bc the front is higher than the rear :laugh: the gap from the top of the tire to the wheel well is .5" greater in the front than the rear...do you think i should replace the rear spring isolators to get more lift in the rear to level it out????
 
#3,094 ·
Finally replaced my egr valve. It took me the better part of 2 nights on this pos. for an encore, I attempted to replace the pcv valve and ended up seizing it

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#3,095 ·
sixfoot9psu said:
so i had my local shop install my front bilsteins (bc i didn't want to lose an eye using a spring compressor) and while they were in there i had them put on my new spring isolators and my rocky road front leveling spacer (which is supposed to equate to 9/16" lift)...and i ended up with 2" of lift (i had measured before and after from the ground to the wheel well in line with the axle)...i'm assuming that my rubber isolators were so worn out that replacement of those gave me that much of a lift? now my jeep isn't even level bc the front is higher than the rear :laugh: the gap from the top of the tire to the wheel well is .5" greater in the front than the rear...do you think i should replace the rear spring isolators to get more lift in the rear to level it out????
You just went from worn out stock shocks to pressurized shocks, so that is also some of the lift.
 
#3,097 ·
omelet said:
You just went from worn out stock shocks to pressurized shocks, so that is also some of the lift.
I have the bilsteins on the rear too and they didn't lift it at all when I put them on a couple weeks ago...I think the front looks too high for the rear now so I guess I'll try replacing the rear spring isolators to see what affect that has on the stance
 
#3,098 ·
omelet said:
Dude that sucks! What's your game plan now?
90grandoneer has given me some good tips but I haven't freed it yet. The jeep is getting inspected tomorrow so I might just let them handle it. Can I do any damage driving it 5 or so miles like that?
 
#3,099 ·
I surgically extracted my seized pcv valve

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#3,100 ·
Oh an I also did the throttle body ground mod. Big thanks to omelet on this mod :2thumbsup:

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#3,105 ·
I thought it did, but I hadn't driven the car in like 5 days so who knows.

I will say that replacing the egr and pcv appears to have upped my mileage. I got close to 16 city yesterday. That's by far an improvement with the lift and tires... heck that's a sizeable improvement over stock! :2thumbsup:

I'll see what the hwy mileage is today.
 
#3,102 ·
i did this mod too but didn't notice any clear difference...i didn't use as heavy duty wire though so maybe that's why. i used what i had at the house which was like 16 gauge stranded wire if i remember correctly
 
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