I just took a look under my neighbor's Cherokee and there is no heat
shielding for the converter or the muffler. It might be worthwhile to put
some in there.

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what type of exhaust heat-shield was present on Cherokees
> around 1990? Mine gets pretty warm on the passenger's floor near the
> tunnel. I assume the CAT & exhaust may not be shielded properly anymore. I
> was going to attempt to add some heat shield insulation from JC Whitney to
> see how much it might help, or am I better of adding a metal shield to the
> CAT, etc.?
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ - I4 - 125k mi.
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd. - I6 - 145k mi.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
>
>

 

I just took a look under my neighbor's Cherokee and there is no heat
shielding for the converter or the muffler. It might be worthwhile to put
some in there.

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what type of exhaust heat-shield was present on Cherokees
> around 1990? Mine gets pretty warm on the passenger's floor near the
> tunnel. I assume the CAT & exhaust may not be shielded properly anymore. I
> was going to attempt to add some heat shield insulation from JC Whitney to
> see how much it might help, or am I better of adding a metal shield to the
> CAT, etc.?
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ - I4 - 125k mi.
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd. - I6 - 145k mi.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
>
>

 

I just took a look under my neighbor's Cherokee and there is no heat
shielding for the converter or the muffler. It might be worthwhile to put
some in there.

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what type of exhaust heat-shield was present on Cherokees
> around 1990? Mine gets pretty warm on the passenger's floor near the
> tunnel. I assume the CAT & exhaust may not be shielded properly anymore. I
> was going to attempt to add some heat shield insulation from JC Whitney to
> see how much it might help, or am I better of adding a metal shield to the
> CAT, etc.?
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ - I4 - 125k mi.
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd. - I6 - 145k mi.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
>
>

 

Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of groceries
with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm there, but I
assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.

Dana

"Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
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> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>
> -Brian

 

Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of groceries
with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm there, but I
assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.

Dana

"Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
news:rpSdnVUre9-GXZHeRVn-rA@rogers.com...
> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>
> -Brian

 

Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of groceries
with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm there, but I
assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.

Dana

"Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
news:rpSdnVUre9-GXZHeRVn-rA@rogers.com...
> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>
> -Brian

 

Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of groceries
with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm there, but I
assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.

Dana

"Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
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> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>
> -Brian

 

You can get self-adhesive foil insulation at your favorite lumber yard and
install it yourself. The stuff I have is about 12 inches wide and.... maybe
1/8" thick.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2121766321

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of
> groceries with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm
> there, but I assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.
>
> Dana
>
> "Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
> news:rpSdnVUre9-GXZHeRVn-rA@rogers.com...
>> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
>> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>>
>> -Brian
>
>

 

You can get self-adhesive foil insulation at your favorite lumber yard and
install it yourself. The stuff I have is about 12 inches wide and.... maybe
1/8" thick.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2121766321

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of
> groceries with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm
> there, but I assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.
>
> Dana
>
> "Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
> news:rpSdnVUre9-GXZHeRVn-rA@rogers.com...
>> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
>> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>>
>> -Brian
>
>

 

You can get self-adhesive foil insulation at your favorite lumber yard and
install it yourself. The stuff I have is about 12 inches wide and.... maybe
1/8" thick.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2121766321

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"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah, I soon learned that that is not the spot to put your bag of
> groceries with the ice cream. I remember my old FSJ's being slightly warm
> there, but I assumed it had been corrected in 20+ years.
>
> Dana
>
> "Cherokee-Ltd" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
> news:rpSdnVUre9-GXZHeRVn-rA@rogers.com...
>> Dana, that's normal... in fact when I installed my new 16 gauge floor, I
>> formed a trough in it to catch the bacon drippings.
>>
>> -Brian
>
>