Mistakes Were Made.. Amateur Hour in the Junk Yard - D&E in the U-Pull 30
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- I tried to take the family on a road trip... I should have known that I would have to stop at a u-pull and make some crucial repairs to our 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7 along the way.
While at the junk yard I found some Mopar, Dodge, and Jeep guys who also suffered from AMATEUR HOUR
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New belt for $22 or a used belt for $5! You were puckered on the trip up but a used $5 belt will cure that? Spend the cash and drive unpuckered. Just my thought on buying a used belt. A bad idea from the ground up.
Damn golden find son! Those snow rollers will last you another three frosty cold ones, provided you don't burn them up like some of those amateurs who have no idea what the difference between a summer and winter tire is.
Haha.. I hear you. These snow rollers (that is a damn good one by the way) will go on after thanksgiving and come off around St. paddy's Day
Finally got a 02 4.7 H.O, I appreciate all the 4.7 videos, Martinbuilt is my best friend now.
Big difference from a 99 4.0 Wj Laredo.
MartinBuilt is the OG for the 4.7. Love his vids
You're right about those seats. I have a pair of bright red 93 ZJ seats in my TJ. Love them
You won’t regret getting an impact. So handy.
My daughter bought me a little dewalt impact and now I wonder how I lived without one
357 bullfrog I have a Kobalt and it’s phenomenal.
The Kobalt is what I have been considering! Glad to hear someone who likes it
@@bearallen852 kobaltvmakes good tools. That's whatvi was gonna buy for myself but the dewalt was free lol
LOL!! Puckered up! I call it " butthole in my throat". I know that feeling dude!!
Enjoy the vids! Keep them coming!!
Thanks!
At 2:10, your upper rad hose is swollen. Hose can rot from the inside out. Squeeze it on the end, if it feels soft, it's internally rotted, and can blow. Hoses can look perfectly fine from the outside, but be junk inside.
Dang... you really eagle eyes that. Thank you for the suggestion. I will certainly be looking in that when I get home tonight
Two yard trips in one day. Damn son if you ain't livin the dream.
Morrrrrreeee junk yard viddddssssssss
Can do! Will do!
In Maryland you put duct tape over the rust because that’s what you need to do to pass inspection. They use a paper towel and if it catches on the rust then it has to be repaired or covered. So duct tape passes the safety inspection.
That is wild! Not an issue here in Jersey, so I had no idea
I have a 94 zj love my seats funny thing is I’m in it rn relaxing watching this
The date code of the DOT on a tire is only stamped on one side. The other side will just have the manufacturers spec and location.
Damn... and as these are directional, only the driver side would show the code on the outside! Hilarious. Wish I had thought of that
a lot of people duct tape rust in pa. its to pass inspection since technically you can pass as long as theres no holes.
Also it is not good to have rusty sharp metal sticking out the side of your car/truck could be nasty if you got to close to someone walking or just standing at least if it is covered with tape it may not cut so badly.
weaton25 thats true as well. could definitely cut someone
That Polish cheapness kicked in and you knew you couldn't leave without going back for those tires. My Polish cheapness gets the best of me sometimes too!
Is that what it is?? Another symptom of being a Pollock??
The tape is for inspection, it covers “Jagged edges”... keeps the old girl running for another year.
I tell you what my back is hurting just watching you pull those tires out of the yard. Been there done that...
Don't go cheap when you get the impacts. Go pickup Mikwaukee m18 high torque 2767, the mid torque and the silver head milwaukee ratchet. You won't regret it!!! You will never go back to doing car work the hard and frustrating way.
Yea? I think it must be time... it is getting ridiculous
I'm so glad I wasn't there , how could anyone let , even a smog era road runner 's life end ? I'm not even a mopar guy but I have tremendous respect for road warriors such as road runners . 😢
Yea, that one hurt a bit
been watching your videos..me & my son.
Aw man that niner grill.......add it to the list my brother!
The tape just keeps you from cutting your self on the rust
Hmm.. fair enough
@@DEInTheGarage just a guess. i dont live in the rust belt :)
Love watching all of your shenanigans and entertaining antics! There are so many great new catch phrases, sayings, and slogans in all of your videos, i cant keep up. thank you !
Frig off, Barb!
I think that bleeder port is part of the timing cover
1999 WJs came with the normal mechanical fan. Great way to simplify and make more reliable.
You had to have those tires didn't you???!!! Ugh! I was planning to take the wife and run up there... The exact size we need for her Corolla!!!... Good find and just know that we aren't friends for 10 mins
HAHA... Sorry bud.
I love it up in the thousand islands. And I've been to that boat museum, it so interesting.
The museum was definitely the highlight of the trip
Replace the plug with the blue sealer, not the red. I'm still trying to remove a plug with damaged hexbit inner walls. Waiting for the jb weld to dry with the bit in it. Will purge radiator and replace the oil with mopar power hydroulic fluid. My fan is not moving fast enough
Good job on fixing your overheating problem, I am having the same issue , please comment.
It takes a WHILE to get all the air out of the system, but that is the key to keeping these cool
I use teflon tape on mine. Been using it for 4 years now and it doesn't leak at all anymore...
You should check out the yard we have in Binghamton NY big yard
You know I usually stop in Binghamton on my way home from Utica for some BBQ at Spiedie's.. maybe I should checkout the u-pull as well!
Seeing that roadrunner made me sad... My first car I ever bought was a 1970 dodge super bee. Not original as it was a 383 but it had a 440 in it and I loved that car unfortunately being young I just couldn't afford to keep it but I did have it for 7 years give or take. 727Tf. 8 3/4 posi. Couch behind the steering wheel! The car was older then me but I was a mopar fan all my life
That shadow is actually a dodge engine
Liberty tow hooks sell. Jeep KJ tow hooks work on the newer KK Liberties as well. You should always pick those up
If you go back to the niner pull the grille. They sell for $160 alone
Really?! I wish I knew!
You could definitely pull that plug and put it back with teflon tape. The teflon just lubricates and allows a little more tighter. The plug should be a tapered thread like pipe.
I picked up a set of 4 almost new Cooper Trendsetter all season tires and wheels at the pick a part last Saturday for $140 with all the center caps too for my 87 Ranger....can't beat the price, looked up the tires online and they're $90/ea, so hell I got free wheels and center caps and tires for about 1/4 of the price of new tires LOL. They'll go on the truck when I wear out the Nokian tires that are on it...I assume they're supposed to be snow tires but they aren't studdable so I'll finish wearing them out then throw the other wheels and tires on it. Still have to finish repainting it, maybe with the weather cooling down next week I'll start tackling that....then decided that instead of the midnight blue along the bottom of the sides of the truck I'm going to go with black, so it matches the bumpers, then the rest will be plain white. Can't wait to get it all painted up, then maybe I can see about tackling the cracked dash issue...yeah typical Ford problem I guess every Ranger and Bronco 2 I've had and have seen have cracked dashes LOL.
That 98 ZJ 5.9L Is exactly like all the ones I find here in Idaho, beat to crap and interiors destroyed....someday I hope to find one in good enough condition to buy, I'd love to have one, sadly being a one year only model it makes them harder to find, I see the ZJ's all the time with the 5.2L (318's) and they're usually all in about the same beat to hell condition too. People here just destroy stuff it seems.
Same yard twice in one day, sounds like my Saturday. I saw those wheels & tires and thought well I'd love to have them but didn't have enough money with me....drove 35 miles back home, sat around for a bit and thought about it, grabbed some money from the savings and went and grabbed them, those 14" wheels and tires are getting harder to find, especially in the design that I got which are exactly like these center caps and all....www.wheelsandcaps.com/Ford-Ranger-1988_p-18833-aluminum-alloy-wheel-rim-14x6-1592.aspx?variantid=18833&ref=g-pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu7fPsLK36wIVxRd9Ch3l9QGXEAQYAiABEgJrLPD_BwE
Yes the fan will work but get the doorman 11 blade fan it's a lot lighter and moves a hell lot more air. You'll also have to change your power steering pump to an earlier year pump like 99 or 2000
A little RTV on top of your bleeder should do the trick. Also, my 2000 4.7 WJ has a mech fan on it. You should be able to swap it out without a prob, except for some busted knuckles and drained beers.
Nice video
WTF?! Seeing that 5.9 Cherokee in the yard brought a tear to my eye.
Me too... shame
That shadow has either a Chrysler made 2.2 or 2.5 pretty good engines if maintained
Wasn’t the 2.5 a Mitsubishi?
the mech fan on the WK/XK was added only if you had the tow package. there's a regular fan on the radiator and also that mech fan for extra cooling. considering the 4.7L in the 05-07 WK/XK is pre tune up 4.7L it should bolt right up to the WJ 4.7L
Thanks bud!
Yes yes I want the winter tires!!!! Lol
Next time you are digging through the junkyard, look for a wj 4.7 with a rounded fan shroud rather than the squared upper. That will have the mech fan if you are looking to swap over. Just need fan, clutch, shroud and maybe the steering hoses. There’s a bunch of forums on the swap including ones with Ford fans and clutches that offer better cooling.
Thanks bud! I am going to do some more research and then tackle this
D&E In The Garage sent you a message on IG with a pic to show the difference on the shroud. Makes it easy to spot in the junkyard.
Recently joined the jeep fam, proud owner of a wk lol. Where my wk guys at?
The belt on mine was on wrong when I bought it. It took me way too long to realize that was the reason my ac compressor was screaming like crazy.
Same was happening to me. It was screaming when I clicked it on, but then quieted down and I am lazy so I ignored it all summer
@@DEInTheGarage i din't realize it until I was about to swap out the compressor clutch..I'm glad I didn't have to do that!!
vinces u pull it is awesome ... i live in the area so its quick and easy to get there
Blue RTV my friend. Throw some on there and jimmy jam that bad boy back in there and move on with life.
Thanks bud! That sounds like the plan now!
Good tire score
Right?? a come up all day
Talk to me about the "remote start, worst thing you can do" comment. My son wants to install one on his WJ.
I would love a set of hood vents and grille from a 5.9 ZJ
Your not the only one. Been looking for a set for a while.
@@Veeb0rg Theres a 5.9 ZJ for sale in NJ right now, great shape. If I had some cash id go pick it up today.
@@theunibodywheeler8721 I've seen grilles sell for over $500. I think i need to hit the junkyard soon..
@@brossovitch expensive way to get a grill and hood vents though
@@Veeb0rg yea, but meanwhile theres a 5.9 ZJ for $2k with only 114k miles in new Jersey in good shape right now. Even if it's got rust on it, my '97 has zero rust I wouldn't hesitate to swap everything over to my perfect ZJ and have a full rust free niner. And have a winter beater ZJ at the same time. If only i had another $600 on me...
tstat plug just needs thread sealant put on it. google it.
I would pull the fan and just jerry rig it to make it work.
That will be the plan. I might do it in the winter so I can daily Willy if it is of the road for a bit. Willy doesnt have AC so that is a big NO GO for me in the summer. haha
I have a 1999 WJ with a mech fan and electric as standard
Jealous!
my suburban has those same snowies on it
Teflon tape is fine to use on the vent plug.
Dryer sheet air fresheners are legit, I work on the road and sometimes get a not so hot hotel and they save the day. First saw em I’m action when I was deployed lol
I dig it!
Oh mercy I need that seat
My dad has a 2000 champagne pearl wj. 250k miles, he bought it new.
By the way ford truck and suv tow loops are good seller around Ohio make shire you get nut bracket in frame
hey buck i gotta 2000 grand cherokee and i think the thermostat is on the way out
It isn't a hard job. might as well change it before it gets you in trouble
Put some coolant rtv on the threads on the leaking coolant plug
That is a good idea.. I will try that!
My first car was a grand Cherokee 10 years ago and now I’m looking to buy another one after watching all of your videos haha I had a 4.0 but don’t know if I should go for the 4.7 or 5.9 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Been nonstop watching your videos! Keep it up man love the content
Thanks! We certainly aim to
I’m the same as you when it come to thinking your vehicle is constantly breaking while driving it.
Headed to foss auto tommorow to see what i can find need to start getting vids up gots no memory left
Tape/Bondo thing is for inspection. Will fail with exposed sharp panels.
I had a lumina guy I got it from made the rockers from duct tape and painted it lol
I mean that is some impressive improvising
Where is that yard? Down Albany way?
I'm looking for a rear xj bumper
Vince's U Pull It. Located on old river road in Marcy NY.
Amateur Hour bro! 😂
Eric had the 73 Road Runner in his last video 😂
Yep. Haha. I forgto when I saw it there. His video was shot months ago.
Should get a gun for sure. I always bring my 12v Milwalkees. There stubby and impact is perfect for cars. They even have aright angle wrenches.
Instead of Teflon tape, why don't you just use thread sealant? That's what I used on my XJ when I reinstalled the temperature sensor on a replacement thermostat housing.
Good call. thank you!
I have three great belts for the 4.7 v8.
Honestly I think it was a great video! Had a little of it all. Particularly enjoyed the view of the St Lawrence River, B E A utiful! Anyways, I did have a question. Do you know if those ZJ Limited hugger bucket seats would bolt into a WJ? I'm sure probably not, but you're right, those suckers look nice! :)
Yep. Mounting holes are the same. you can use ZJ seats in a WJ
@@DEInTheGarage Awesome! Now I know what I'll be looking for in the salvage yards lol. I honestly would like to convert to cloth interior anyways. Thanks man! :)
My 94 chevy extended cab had the most comfortable seats. I've been considering smaller rims too. You ever see tow hooks on an 08 which is the square body style? I need to get to the yard and check.
Can;t say I have, but I will keep an eye out
Where's the date? Directional tires only get visible dates on one side. I had a customer accuse me of selling him counterfeit tires because he couldn't see the dates on his winter tires on the passenger side.
the 5.9 zj parts sell decent
They really do, but nothing was salvageable on that one unfortunately
@@DEInTheGarage all the 1 yr only parts off the 5.9 jeeps sell even the small stuff like the factory e fan/harness last time i seen factory e fan for sale was over $250
Aftermarket rims are the worst mods you can do on...well...pretty much anything.
I am with you. I even run the stock wheels on hubcentrick spacers on my offroad rig
You're in Jersey, I'm in philly.
I wanna be your friend, you strike me as a cool cat.
I had a 97 Explorer. if you need help trying to figure out that top brake light let me know. It looks like You've got the one that's actually neon with a ballast.
Instead of the hex bolt on your radiator bleeder use a box head bolt thats what i used and its way better and only 2 bucks a the part store
That is a really good idea.. why mess around with this stuff??
DOUG YOU SHOULDA TAKEN THE GRILLE AND VENTS FROM THAT 5.9 ZJ. they sell for anywhere from 200-400 bucks just for the grille.
WHAT?! I wish I knew!
Yeah they’re super sought after and they go for a big chunk of change nowadays. My suggestion, next time you find one, DON’T SELL IT...Either buy a ZJ to put it on or put it on Barney 👌😂.
Dude, you came right by me, and you missed a great u-pull-it yard...
Get to that rust on the rocker doug,before it migrates,ha ha..yeah got same issue on mine.trying to figure a way to use my spray gun and some holes to por 15 into them before patch panels any ideas its harbor frieght mini mee.owner maroon 2002 wj.snookie pa.p.s.how did you fix the track bar slop i got small case of death wobble and its only thing i havent renewed,well that and arms.thanks for entertainment!!!
The track bar mount wallow out. I usually weld a grade 8 washer over the messed up hole to fix that TB slop
Could have pulled the OHC, harness, mount, and sensor out of the red Chrysler van, seen those for $200 on eBay.
Dang... I didnt know that!
Never ever heard anybody using and paying for used belt
dude buy a ryobi impact off offerup, fb or 5 mile. Home depot return pallets they are like $15-20
Does your jeep have a 2 inch lift or any lift,and what size tires. Looks like its sitting nice. Great video👍
My wife loves her Ipikes.
Yea? Glad to hear it. These are going to go on my mom's subaru for the winter
I got a set of wj tow hooks if you need them
Thanks bud!
Keep the ford myfriend
I don’t know the reason why but I was always told you can’t stud snow tires once they’ve been used.
That is probably true. I imagine the studs would be too long if they are worn down at all
Maybe the tape
Is so they don’t get scratched by the rust
I did the mechfan swap and a radiator swap on my 99 still requires an electric fan not really worth it
IMPACT GUN WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT I EVER DID. MILWAUKEE FUEL. WORTH EVER PENNY.
Do you guys ever find many xjs in the junk yard with tow hooks? Seems like it was a rare option
Very rarely, unfortunately
grab that 9er grill it sells for big bucks ill evan buy iy it from you.
If it is still there when I get back up believe I will!
In order to get an inspection sticker all sharp edges have to be covered
Ooooh... See that isnt a thing in Jersey. I get it now
Sorry to hear you're in Utica
LOL
Had a strange symptom this morning, auto trans basically stopped pulling. Almost like it didn’t kick down a gear, reved to 4K but didn’t move (I was rolling) any ideas ? It went bak to normal after few mins
Weird... fluid level fine?
Whys the remote start a bad thing?