btdt... crappy grounds at the computer
board-to-box-to-chassis electrical ground.
'96 Cherokee with 110,000 and in GREAT shape. (sorry)
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>
To: "Eric" <eric@erickson.on.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: Darn!
> --- Eric <eric@erickson.on.net> wrote:
> > Pardon me while I vent - briefly.
>
> Hey, no problem. While we're at it, I have to vent
> too.
>
> My wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee (which I have mentioned
> on this list numerous times for what a categoric piece
> of crap it is) is now letting me down in what I fear
> is a fairly terminal way.
>
> It's been hard to start recently - cranks fine but
> takes 5-10 seconds to catch. So I changed the plugs,
> the plug wires, ran a couple of cans of Techron
> through it, etc. But no joy. Today I noticed that
> there appears to be some oil in the coolant overflow
> tank! Gak! A 2000 Jeep with less than 80k miles on
> it, all of them well-maintained and driven by my wife,
> apparently has some kind of semi-serious engine
> trouble. This coming on top of a power window that
> occasionally refuses to go up, "dual zone" climate
> control that has a complete mind of its own, a
> driver's door lock that screeches like a banshee when
> you open the door, and automatic lights that will
> occasionally turn themselves on in the middle of the
> night, unbidden, and drain the battery.
>
> WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP.
>
> This is my first and only flirtation with modern
> American automobiles, and it will certainly be my
> last. After this experience, I am stunned and amazed
> that the American auto industry is alive at any level.
>
>
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