Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Had my radiator replaced in my grand Cherokee yesterday

Ya got me again. Haven't known or fired one in years.[/quote] My mechanic has 3 of them and wants to buy mine.
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When he gets 5 of them he'll probably be able to come to work every day .[/quote] Mines gotten me to work every day for the last 5 years.
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Some folks have no sense of humor. Must be the cold winters.

It’s a 2009 with Hemi and that makes a difference. Or so I’m told!

I just bought a radiator for my. F-350 7.3 Diesel. All aluminum for right at $400. Now If this rain ever let’s up long enough for me to swap it out.

Bet you have lots of little broken tabs and snapped off screw heads in/around the grill and facia securing too

At least a 2004 GC still had a solid front axle.
Prefer the ZJ though.
Easy radiator change on a ZJ.

Yikes, that job would have been 580.00 including tax at my shop and I charge 95.00 an hour

Might even be zipp tied and the tails not snipped off from lazy half stepping mofo,s passing off bogus schitt they did or didnt do.

Seen that on peoples vehicles that have come outta shops all over the U.S.

Paid a guy to change my wheel bearings and cv axles.
Weather sucked. Wanted it done quick. Garage full of kids/ ol lady chit.

I just signed up to work the weekend in the plant.

Was easier to pay for the fix by working a Sat rather than lay in wet driveway cussin and bashin.

Sucks, as its still money spent. And I used to do all repairs.
But with less time and space and a bum back.....sometimes paying somebody else is a bargain.

My truck was fixed right and ready for hunting season.

Zip ties n Jeeps.....kind of a known thing LOL

Bumper covers, grill supports and radiator.....Jeep should be good for a few repairs before changing to diff fasteners.

On a WJ it is stupid where the wiper relay is. I said shortcut that mofo. It was a 2004. Big fuggin deal.

Holy crap the shop down the road here only charges 50.00 an hour.

Shop by me is 65 an hr. Next one over 85 and i have no idea what the dealerships charge.

Lol, I really like your style.

It's cool when you do it on your own.
btdt.
Might even buy good high strenght and high temp ones.

Not cool when someone else is doing it and your paying good money for fraud basically.

I don't have Hemi, but the radiator was outside the fan last I checked. So a crammed tight engine bay does really factor... unless it has fancy trim, but Jeep doesn't have those plastic push body fasteners that look like screws..(so the radiator guy wasnt spinning those in vain..)..and any sort of front spoiler shouldn't make a difference...

Ive paid good money for chitty work. Why I did all my own afterward, for decades.

Luckily a good shop is close by.
Their electrical dude knew how to reset the dreaded Grand Cherokee theft deterent kill ( intermittent and no alarm ).

Cost me 150 for a reset switch put in.
Only used a few times, but it worked.

Coyote hunting way out, at night.....yeah. Nice to have just in case.

Many a cream puff GC was dumped for that issue.
Die any time, any place. Might fire right back up. Might take an hr or a day. Never know.

Might do it once every few months or couple times a week.

150 bucks for a good work around.

Sweet.

Renegade, our kamerade mr Stone has All Data at the house, if you get stuck on an oil change job, I can make you look smart too. No need in groping in the dark.

120 130 dealer range here in clarksville.
80 85 bucks at ford for em to run a diagnostic.

Kinda dated info.
Looking out for soldiers back in the day.
Mechanics and dealerships new and used around Ft campbell are snakes.
Thing that kills me is alot of em are retired military ripping off young soldiers that are naive and have no vehicle knowledge .
Fugging snakes........
Always, always sent a team leader or squad leader with a joe that wasnt vehicle smart to get stuff on vehicles done around here and a ride back to work.
If joe didnt want help and got ripped off on something that coulda been stopped or spotted in the 1st place
Then it was on him to go to JAG and seek their help
All part of being a leader in garrison, take care of your joes if they accept the advice and help.


Alot of em actually wind up on off post establishment off limits list that soldiers are not allowed to conduct business with.
Process goes thru BBB, local city govt, CID, JAG then up to CG for sign off and distrubution to units.
Bars, cars, mechanics, check cashing places.
As of last couple of years even pawn shops have some stipualtions on em with active duty guys around here.
All the usual ripp off artist around any military town across the nation.

Do you remember when Barney Fife bought his first car and he got screwed, the seller had put sawdust in the transmission.

That nice old lady ?