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Car Forum / Jeep / September 2007How to start DIY
I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L). Which one of the following is easy to do? Fuel Inujection cleaning Engine Decarb oil change tire rotation manual tran service spark plugs All must be done according to your owner manual's schedule. This TJ's would be very close to yours: http://www.billhughes.com/lubeSchedule.pdf Using a major gasoline will keep the injectors and Positive Crankcase Ventilation systems clean. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com > I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L). > Which one of the following is easy to do? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > manual tran service > spark plugs  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L). > Which one of the following is easy to do? Start reading here http://autorepair.about.com/od/doityourself/Do_It_Yourself.htm Read, read, read, ask, then do. > Fuel Inujection cleaning Good bottle of Chevron Techron into the gas tank just before you pump gas into it. > Engine Decarb Not so easy, but with todays fuels you usually don't have to do this. > oil change Just need the correct tools and an oil catch pan. Helps to have a torque wrench so you don't strip the bolt. > tire rotation Little more complicated, you need the jacks and stands, plus a torque wrench for getting the lugs back on properly. > manual tran service I'd give this to the pros, but that depends on what you need done. > spark plugs easy. Again you should get the correct tools and a torque wrench. Always use a wire gauge gapping tool. Signature-- DougW -- 93 ZJ 4.0 http://revbeergoggles.com HESCO Supercharger - 300W IASCA Stereo - Edelbrock IAS Shocks Gibson Exhaust - rear DCpower - custom gauge install - Stillen Rotors Banks Header - and BEER, in the fridge! Hi Doug, Buy Chevron and your additive is included: http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/techrongas/ God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Start reading here > http://autorepair.about.com/od/doityourself/Do_It_Yourself.htm [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Gibson Exhaust - rear DCpower - custom gauge install - Stillen Rotors > Banks Header - and BEER, in the fridge! Bill, why are you being a total a.shole by changing your online name again? You figure we want to see more of your insanity? Just go away, you have lost your mind and I for one am not interested in reading posts by insane people. Mike It's all hard if you have to ask. Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the gas tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail. Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum port on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but makes a huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate. Water seems to work as well, and creates fewer complaints. I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this without asking, you should not be doing any of this. Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change. Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from the side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and fill through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the fill hole plug back in. Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil -- if you gotta ask ... >I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L). > Which one of the following is easy to do? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > manual tran service > spark plugs For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are something new and they may have heard horror stories about "professionals" at places like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and ruining engines. Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the drain plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into... If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why not ask the experts? Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent place to start. Jeff DeWitt > It's all hard if you have to ask. > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> manual tran service >> spark plugs I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to teach the procedure. I am not suggesting that if one has not got the knowledge, they should simply throw in the towel and never learn. I'm suggesting that one can not ask for such a fundamental eductaion on a newsgroup. I think that there is a certain hands-on quality that is missing from usenet. The OP asked a question that is akin to the automotive equivelent to, how do I make the bed? We can describe the steps, but the lesson is better learned through hands-on experience. The projects are not hard, but they are technical, and having the stuff shown is better than reading about it. I suppose that my, "if you gotta ask ..." comment is misconstrued. Sorry. I guess that if you gotta ask, you should ask a friend or relative that can come over and walk you through it. As for which oil filter (or any other part, for that matter), that question can only be answered by looking in the parts catalog. My daughters can come home with the right filters for the car because they know how to read the catalog. > For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a > thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >>> manual tran service >>> spark plugs Good point, but the sad thing is that many young guys have fathers who either don't have a clue about this stuff either, or just aren't around. Jeff DeWitt > I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting > started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] >>>> manual tran service >>>> spark plugs Ok, I'm with you for oil changes (amazing the people who don't prime the oil filter or put oil on the seal !), but tyre rotation ???? If you can't change a wheel, you have no place being on the road. Knowing where to put oil / water and change a tyre is part of the driving test here. Dave Milne > For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a > thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > >> manual tran service > >> spark plugs |
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