The Cherokee went down a few months back and I have not been inclined to get it fixed, mostly due to stubbornness and a need to come to the realization that I can no longer fix what I used to fix due to age and infirmity. My age and my infirmity, Not the Jeep's.
The brake lines dissolved. Not just one, all of them. I replaced the front calipers and pads along with all the lines and they still will not hold fluid. Probably a burr on a flared connection or something simple, but I can not find the problem so it is time to send out for help.
Fact is I could probably still fix it, but then I would be out of pocket more for my own medical repairs than the cost of sending the Jeep out to professionals. Plus there would be a level of physical pain involved beyond what one as stingy as myself would feel in the wallet.
The battery was dead, so I put it on the charger overnight. Just went out there and that thing started on the second turnover after not being started for nearly 6 months! I love that AMC straight six. It is one of the reason I still have the Jeep and have not traded for something of more resent vintage.
So the Jeep goes to the Jeep Doctor tomorrow to have necessary alterations done to the brake system. I have really missed having the Jeep on the road and usable around the place. No way I can get the "big boat" off the line and into the water without the Jeep. And It is my range and hunting vehicle, the place where I store all the crap from lead sled to 400x spotting scope, target frames, two or three cases of clay pigeons, tools and assorted crap that will be needed on most any shooting excursion.
I will be very happy when I have it back.
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