Photos of the new ride

[Brithunter]

Ahhh well the steering wheel is on the right side (pun intended ) you see it was explained to me like this. As most people are actually right handed the rason fro driving on the left with the driver on the right is to keep the whip (in the right hand ) away from the people walking on the side of the road. This logical idea was changed by of all people Napoleon who hated the English so much everywhere he got influence or control he ordered or persuaded them to change to driving on the right. This of course applied to organised societies really as others with no real organisation had no thoughts of traffic control or flow and the drivers just go where and how they please . The position of the Selec-trac lever shows it was designed for being a LHD as it's the wrong side of the trans tunnel and box to make it easy to use.


This last week and a bit has seen some miles covered, in fact I have driven 896 miles since I picked up te Jeep. Careful miles that is and I am trying to check it's fuel consumption, estimates so far are about 25mpg, Oh please remember that I am working with Imperial gallons (4.54 litres) and rarely let the tacho climb up to 2000rpm let alone over it it's only in Cruise that it goes over when it kicks down on a couple of hills.

The noise from the rear is the clutches in the Ltd slip diff (DANA 35 with ABS), the diff was re-built just over 20,000 miles ago but I do not know whether they added the special friction mod additive that these diffs require. Yesterday did a 150 mile round trip to pick Mother up from her brothers where I had dropped her on on Saturday and when hot the diff groans and grabs in turns but quietens down on the straight. So the plan is to get some additive and drain the oil from the diff replace it with new and the additive and see if it helps any. Also need to get an air cleaner element as the cheapskates removed it rather than replace it Two front tyres are needed very soon.

I also plan on a oil and filter change, getting the transmission fluid changed and the filter in the AW4 box changed or cleaned and draining and replacing the fluid in the transfer box. The onto new plugs and possibly leads, cap and whatever else it might need. The last service reciept I have is for 71455 miles but that was three years ago and I need a stereo as well as it's missing as is the CD changer The rear shoes are fine but have not checked the front pads yet although they were replaced at that service so?