Earle Horton

Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace the
oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles, because
they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten thousand miles or
less, because the old ones look a little stained. The intervals quoted in
the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a little conservative and this
guy deserves credit for pushing the envelope. It looks as if he is getting
around 50k from transmission fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is
not bad.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Amazing! And you said you loved it! People usually maintain their
> vehicle via their owner's manual:
> http://www.----------.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Road Toad wrote:
> >
> > My '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport 6cyl Auto trans has 160k with no engine or
> > tranny repairs done. The radiator and water pump were replaced at
> > 120k. Maintenance has consisted of one set of plugs, one rear end
> > fluid change, oil changes at 7-12k intervals, two tranny fluid changes
> > and the usual brakes & tires.
> >
> > I love this thing and plan to keep it for 250k miles. My mileage has
> > dropped from 20mpg to about 17ish and guess it's time to do a few
> > things. What would you-all suggest for maintenance now at this high
> > mileage?
> >
> > Thanks,


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Rich Pierson

"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
news:43f6d92a$0$1101$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.co m:

> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace
> the oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles,
> because they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten
> thousand miles or less, because the old ones look a little stained.
> The intervals quoted in the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a
> little conservative and this guy deserves credit for pushing the
> envelope. It looks as if he is getting around 50k from transmission
> fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is not bad.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:43F67144.AEC87795@***.net...
>> Amazing! And you said you loved it! People usually maintain
>> their
>> vehicle via their owner's manual:
>> http://www.----------.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:--------------------
>>
>> Road Toad wrote:
>> >
>> > My '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport 6cyl Auto trans has 160k with no engine
>> > or tranny repairs done. The radiator and water pump were replaced
>> > at 120k. Maintenance has consisted of one set of plugs, one rear
>> > end fluid change, oil changes at 7-12k intervals, two tranny fluid
>> > changes and the usual brakes & tires.
>> >
>> > I love this thing and plan to keep it for 250k miles. My mileage
>> > has dropped from 20mpg to about 17ish and guess it's time to do a
>> > few things. What would you-all suggest for maintenance now at this
>> > high mileage?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>
>
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I do a yearly, or try to, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, skipped this last
cycle and my milage is down a about 2-3mpg. Got the cap, wires, rotor on
the shelf, still need to pickup the champion plugs. I've also run it from
new at 5,000mi with mobil-1 bumper to bumper till I had the auburn put in
the back end, thats got drydene now. I'm at ~290,000 or so on my 98XJ.

Rich Pierson

"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
news:43f6d92a$0$1101$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.co m:

> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace
> the oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles,
> because they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten
> thousand miles or less, because the old ones look a little stained.
> The intervals quoted in the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a
> little conservative and this guy deserves credit for pushing the
> envelope. It looks as if he is getting around 50k from transmission
> fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is not bad.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:43F67144.AEC87795@***.net...
>> Amazing! And you said you loved it! People usually maintain
>> their
>> vehicle via their owner's manual:
>> http://www.----------.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:--------------------
>>
>> Road Toad wrote:
>> >
>> > My '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport 6cyl Auto trans has 160k with no engine
>> > or tranny repairs done. The radiator and water pump were replaced
>> > at 120k. Maintenance has consisted of one set of plugs, one rear
>> > end fluid change, oil changes at 7-12k intervals, two tranny fluid
>> > changes and the usual brakes & tires.
>> >
>> > I love this thing and plan to keep it for 250k miles. My mileage
>> > has dropped from 20mpg to about 17ish and guess it's time to do a
>> > few things. What would you-all suggest for maintenance now at this
>> > high mileage?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>
>
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I do a yearly, or try to, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, skipped this last
cycle and my milage is down a about 2-3mpg. Got the cap, wires, rotor on
the shelf, still need to pickup the champion plugs. I've also run it from
new at 5,000mi with mobil-1 bumper to bumper till I had the auburn put in
the back end, thats got drydene now. I'm at ~290,000 or so on my 98XJ.

Rich Pierson

"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
news:43f6d92a$0$1101$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.co m:

> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace
> the oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles,
> because they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten
> thousand miles or less, because the old ones look a little stained.
> The intervals quoted in the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a
> little conservative and this guy deserves credit for pushing the
> envelope. It looks as if he is getting around 50k from transmission
> fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is not bad.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:43F67144.AEC87795@***.net...
>> Amazing! And you said you loved it! People usually maintain
>> their
>> vehicle via their owner's manual:
>> http://www.----------.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:--------------------
>>
>> Road Toad wrote:
>> >
>> > My '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport 6cyl Auto trans has 160k with no engine
>> > or tranny repairs done. The radiator and water pump were replaced
>> > at 120k. Maintenance has consisted of one set of plugs, one rear
>> > end fluid change, oil changes at 7-12k intervals, two tranny fluid
>> > changes and the usual brakes & tires.
>> >
>> > I love this thing and plan to keep it for 250k miles. My mileage
>> > has dropped from 20mpg to about 17ish and guess it's time to do a
>> > few things. What would you-all suggest for maintenance now at this
>> > high mileage?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>
>
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I do a yearly, or try to, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, skipped this last
cycle and my milage is down a about 2-3mpg. Got the cap, wires, rotor on
the shelf, still need to pickup the champion plugs. I've also run it from
new at 5,000mi with mobil-1 bumper to bumper till I had the auburn put in
the back end, thats got drydene now. I'm at ~290,000 or so on my 98XJ.

Rich Pierson

"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in
news:43f6d92a$0$1101$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.co m:

> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace
> the oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles,
> because they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten
> thousand miles or less, because the old ones look a little stained.
> The intervals quoted in the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a
> little conservative and this guy deserves credit for pushing the
> envelope. It looks as if he is getting around 50k from transmission
> fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is not bad.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:43F67144.AEC87795@***.net...
>> Amazing! And you said you loved it! People usually maintain
>> their
>> vehicle via their owner's manual:
>> http://www.----------.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:--------------------
>>
>> Road Toad wrote:
>> >
>> > My '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport 6cyl Auto trans has 160k with no engine
>> > or tranny repairs done. The radiator and water pump were replaced
>> > at 120k. Maintenance has consisted of one set of plugs, one rear
>> > end fluid change, oil changes at 7-12k intervals, two tranny fluid
>> > changes and the usual brakes & tires.
>> >
>> > I love this thing and plan to keep it for 250k miles. My mileage
>> > has dropped from 20mpg to about 17ish and guess it's time to do a
>> > few things. What would you-all suggest for maintenance now at this
>> > high mileage?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>
>
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I do a yearly, or try to, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, skipped this last
cycle and my milage is down a about 2-3mpg. Got the cap, wires, rotor on
the shelf, still need to pickup the champion plugs. I've also run it from
new at 5,000mi with mobil-1 bumper to bumper till I had the auburn put in
the back end, thats got drydene now. I'm at ~290,000 or so on my 98XJ.

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

I should have wrote "at least by". I do twenty five on the trans.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace the
> oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles, because
> they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten thousand miles or
> less, because the old ones look a little stained. The intervals quoted in
> the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a little conservative and this
> guy deserves credit for pushing the envelope. It looks as if he is getting
> around 50k from transmission fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is
> not bad.
>
> Earle

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

I should have wrote "at least by". I do twenty five on the trans.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace the
> oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles, because
> they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten thousand miles or
> less, because the old ones look a little stained. The intervals quoted in
> the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a little conservative and this
> guy deserves credit for pushing the envelope. It looks as if he is getting
> around 50k from transmission fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is
> not bad.
>
> Earle

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

I should have wrote "at least by". I do twenty five on the trans.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace the
> oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles, because
> they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten thousand miles or
> less, because the old ones look a little stained. The intervals quoted in
> the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a little conservative and this
> guy deserves credit for pushing the envelope. It looks as if he is getting
> around 50k from transmission fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is
> not bad.
>
> Earle

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

I should have wrote "at least by". I do twenty five on the trans.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Actually Bill, most people who perform their own maintenance replace the
> oil, and a cheap K-Mart Fram filter too, every two thousand miles, because
> they like changing oil. They replace spark plugs at ten thousand miles or
> less, because the old ones look a little stained. The intervals quoted in
> the owner's manual are, as everyone knows, a little conservative and this
> guy deserves credit for pushing the envelope. It looks as if he is getting
> around 50k from transmission fluid, and 80k from spark plugs, and that is
> not bad.
>
> Earle