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[06goat 10+ year member]

When i got my exhaust done i didnt have a cat. they didnt say anything but one of the guys asked me if i still had it because he was buying them on the side and gutting all the platinum out. Thats irrelevant tho.

But they shouldnt be able to make you put it back on tho, unless maybe you live in cali with strict emission laws... but idk their laws soo

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

even if the exhaust cost me $600, i'd still have less than $2K total into it and it's got less than 100K.
The inside isn't pristine, but it's clean... leather interior, power everything and even the AC works.

Locking F/R differentials, quadra trac, and dana 44 axles mean i like it in the winter.

We'll see how it pans out and if i end up getting a few winters out of the money i'm dumping into it..... or if it was a big waste and a huge money pit....

the fact its that low in miles and has the locking diffs makes me understand you not wanted to sell it, i wouldnt

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Im not sure if it varies from state to state, but last time I had exhaust work done was in Florida, and exhaust shops would NOT replace an exhaust system with an illegal one (no cat). I was even buddies with the guy who owned the shop, and he was so scared of getting into legal trouble that he simply gave me the pipe to replace the cat myself.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Dana 44's are the minimum sized axles that truck should have on it. Not really a bragging point. =P

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

I didnt read anything past your first post, but that is a good deal. Labor alone should have been $600.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I didnt read anything past your first post, but that is a good deal. Labor alone should have been $600.

Yep. Pretty good deal.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

meh

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Dana 44's are the minimum sized axles that truck should have on it. Not really a bragging point. =P

the only reason i know anything about Dana 44's is because i know they take them off wagoneers and put them on other lesser jeeps. I've had people ask me about buying mine, before i started fixing it and the thing was sitting in my garage broken for months..

I just figured if people wanted them for their own jeeps they had to be good

The thing is a lot more capable in snow than about anything else i've ever been in. We get some nasty blizzards here, 3' of snow and 60 mph winds for 2-3 days leaves some huge drifts. I've cut through 4-5' drifts that were a block long and it was like driving in the rain; didnt break a sweat.

I got stuck once, but it was my own fault because i tried go through probably a 6'+ drift at a stop sign uphill. It was longer than i thought it was going to be and since i had to stop at the top of the hill for the stop sign and the blind corner, i couldn't get all the way through that monster drift from a dead stop. Even buried above the hood and way up past the back bumper, the SOB was able to creep it's way right back out of the situation without much effort.

Not sure if its the axles, the f/r locking difs, the selec-trac, the weight distribution of the vehicle, torque, horsepower, engineering, gearing or all of it combined... but its amazing in the snow...

About the only thing i've been in that seemed similar in capability to my wagoneer is the FJ cruiser.. at least for a stock vehicle.. and i guess excluding like the wrangler Rubicon. I haven't tested out the 2011 grand Cherokees, but i've driven a few of the last couple of generations and i'd take my wagoneer over one of them at least in the really deep snow

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I saw something about a cat...we talkin' pussy here????

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I didnt read anything past your first post, but that is a good deal. Labor alone should have been $600.

the bill was about 325 parts and $275 labor. I know he had WAY more hours into it than he charged me for. I mean he didnt work on it 24/7 by any means, but he had it since the 5th of July and i got it back the 10th of December. Plus he has a legitimate repair shop, it's not like some meth head in his garage.... h'es actually on the up and up.

He drove it home some and tinkered with it off and on. Plus i know there is other **** he did that wasnt on my invoice, like new rubber hoses on radiator and a few vacuum lines look new too. he went over the a lot of the vacuum lines that were missing (useless emissions **** i removed) and made sure they were plugged off good. Plus he checked all my differential fluid/****** fluid. I'm sure i'm forgetting some **** to, but i know he gave it the good once over. We're actually related... i think he is my second cousin and i figured he treated me fair.

I was just surprised at $600 for what i thought was going to just be a carb rebuild. But i did tell him to go ahead and do anything he thought it should probably have because of age and getting to be up there in miles. I told him i wanted it for my daily driver and to get it back in business.

my exhaust appointment is in 1/2 hour and that one also makes me pretty nervous for cost..

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Pussy!!!!!!!!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/viking2.gif.35c13a457368016b956ccf693af31291.gif

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Looks like that vehicle Kathy Bates drove in Misery. And you are bed ridden, weird........

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

the bill was about 325 parts and $275 labor. I know he had WAY more hours into it than he charged me for. I mean he didnt work on it 24/7 by any means, but he had it since the 5th of July and i got it back the 10th of December. Plus he has a legitimate repair shop, it's not like some meth head in his garage.... h'es actually on the up and up.
He drove it home some and tinkered with it off and on. Plus i know there is other **** he did that wasnt on my invoice, like new rubber hoses on radiator and a few vacuum lines look new too. he went over the a lot of the vacuum lines that were missing (useless emissions **** i removed) and made sure they were plugged off good. Plus he checked all my differential fluid/****** fluid. I'm sure i'm forgetting some **** to, but i know he gave it the good once over. We're actually related... i think he is my second cousin and i figured he treated me fair.

I was just surprised at $600 for what i thought was going to just be a carb rebuild. But i did tell him to go ahead and do anything he thought it should probably have because of age and getting to be up there in miles. I told him i wanted it for my daily driver and to get it back in business.

my exhaust appointment is in 1/2 hour and that one also makes me pretty nervous for cost..

Its pretty standard now a days to charge between $90-100 per hour for labor. The items you listed in the first post was at minimum 6 hours labor. He did you a favor. Any chain repair shop, or even most mom and pop shops would have been over $1k for what was worked on.

Most places round up to the nearest hour also...

carb kit (2hrs)

choke pull off (.5 hrs)

oil filter / change plus lube the chassis (.5 hrs)

drain/fill anti freeze (1hr)

plugs & wires (1-2 Hr)

cap / rotor (.5-1hr)

timing (.5 hr)

fuel filter (.5-1.5 hr)

diaphragm (1hr)

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Its pretty standard now a days to charge between $90-100 per hour for labor. The items you listed in the first post was at minimum 6 hours labor. He did you a favor. Any chain repair shop, or even most mom and pop shops would have been over $1k for what was worked on.
Most places round up to the nearest hour also...

carb kit (2hrs)

choke pull off (.5 hrs)

oil filter / change plus lube the chassis (.5 hrs)

drain/fill anti freeze (1hr)

plugs & wires (1-2 Hr)

cap / rotor (.5-1hr)

timing (.5 hr)

fuel filter (.5-1.5 hr)

diaphragm (1hr)

that looks about right...i could've done everything but the carb stuff in about 2hr total. I say you got a good deal considering it could've been as much as Dramam said.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Its pretty standard now a days to charge between $90-100 per hour for labor. The items you listed in the first post was at minimum 6 hours labor. He did you a favor. Any chain repair shop, or even most mom and pop shops would have been over $1k for what was worked on.
Most places round up to the nearest hour also...

carb kit (2hrs)

choke pull off (.5 hrs)

oil filter / change plus lube the chassis (.5 hrs)

drain/fill anti freeze (1hr)

plugs & wires (1-2 Hr)

cap / rotor (.5-1hr)

timing (.5 hr)

fuel filter (.5-1.5 hr)

diaphragm (1hr)

that looks about right...i could've done everything but the carb stuff in about 2hr total. I say you got a good deal considering it could've been as much as Dramam said.

The carb was a huge pain in the *** for him too. He tried to rebuild mine and had it apart and together 3 times before he decided there was a hairline crack in it. He figured that he couldnt find it when the carb was cold and on the bench, but when it was under the hood and hot it expanded just enough to **** it up.

So after all that he finally goes and finds another carb. He finds a used one for $25 if he goes and tears it off himself, which he does in the brutal cold, wind, and snow of South Dakota. He then had to rebuild the new carb and reset the choke, fast idle and all that shizzle. He said he had that one apart 4 times getting it all dialed in.

I figured i did good on the carb because of all that bullshit. Plus he went through the trouble of like adjusting everything several times and on cold mornings. Give it a single pump and turn the key and that big *** V8 fires up like brand new at -20.