What did you do to your CRD today?

jinstall · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:50 am

Pulled the seats out and vaccumed 100000 miles of dirt lol.

arengant · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:05 pm

started my EVIC install... had to swap over the wiring on the dome light plug, and the sunroof controls. What a pain to figure out which of the 4 sunroof wires went where! I still need a bracket and to splice into the OBD-II then I will be done. I tested it and it works though

SLS · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:51 am

Replaced rear rotors pads and E brake.

Well I finally got the job done.
I decided to go with all new parts from Advance Auto. (because they were open)

Here is the parts list:

2 Wearever Brake Rotor - Rear
Part No. YH145383 $32.99

Wearever Gold Brake Pads/Shoes - Rear
Part No. GNAD 981 $34.99 10/6/2010 $33.89

Emergency Brake - Rear
parking brake hardware kit - AA part# 7348 $24.59
2 Adjuster screw assembly - part# 1592 $8.49
Wearever Silver bonded (remake) AA part# NB701 $27.49
I used these: Wagner AA part# PAB862 $41.99

AJN · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:42 am **Posts:** 53

Performed 100K timing belt and accessory belt replacement (per discussion with GDE checked water pump for play and determined to be fine so left it in place), replaced thermostat and coolant, modified the lower half of fan shroud before re-installing it so the blasted thing isn't such a PIA for the next big adventure under the hood, oil+filter change, transmission fluid change, had front rotors turned and new pads installed under warranty, tires balanced and rotated, and very next day started on a 4K mile camping trip through beautiful Canadian national parks (with a little bit of 4x4 action thrown in) while averaging ~32mpg over the whole trip.

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:02 pm

Changed my oil and filter, also changed fuel filter. Washed engine and the whole Jeep.

Moved on to partners Grand Cherokee Overland..... Oil and filter change and wash. My CRD still takes more oil than the 4.7L V8 in the Grand!!!

jinstall · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:08 pm

Installed new Kumho KL 61 tires on it.

Hoosier CRD · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:35 pm

Washed it.

Bought two gallons of H.O.A.T. coolant at the dealer.

Installed new hood supports.

Cleaned the MAP Sensor for the first time.

Took it to a shop to get the A/C discharged in order to do other work in the very near future.

Drove it about 60 miles.

Hoosier CRD

jinstall · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:11 pm

Front, rear diff and transfer case fluid change.

fatweasel · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:55 pm

Also did a Front/rear differential fluid change and changed the transfer case fluid (62,500 miles).

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:14 am

wouldnt start when i was in PA last night. Cranked for a while until it just clicked. Tried charging and boosting it, no luck. finally got it started, went to get food and had to turn it off.. naturally it doesnt start again. dropped in a friends battery and it started right up. Put in his, started it, disconnected his quick and put the optima back in quick while it was still running(at 1500rpms to stay charging) and then drove all the way home. Hopefully the battery solves all of my starting issues. It was idling rough, almost like a knock when i got home last night. praying thats nothing major.

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:01 am

irollgen4s wrote:

wouldn't start when i was in PA last night. Cranked for a while until it just clicked. Tried charging and boosting it, no luck. finally got it started, went to get food and had to turn it off.. naturally it doesn't start again. dropped in a friends battery and it started right up. Put in his, started it, disconnected his quick and put the optima back in quick while it was still running(at 1500rpms to stay charging) and then drove all the way home. Hopefully the battery solves all of my starting issues. It was idling rough, almost like a knock when i got home last night. praying that's nothing major.

It's likely the battery if you have the oem red top. mine failed a few months after I got the Jeep. Failed to start it on a hot day, was charge and tested ok. then a month or so later failed to start it again. that time it had a good charge but failed the load test and wouldn't start the engine. Seems that the spiral cell batteries are hard to figure out with standard tests when they first start to go then die real fast.

I just replaced mine with a lead-acid Advanced Auto parts Gold battery... which has been no problems since.

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:17 am

It's the original red top so I'm sure its bad. It just gets really hot when I try to charge it, and after a four Hour long drive, shut it off and tried to start it and it just clicked again.

dc3655 · **Joined:** Mon May 16, 2011 3:08 am **Posts:** 38

I just picked my CRD up today from my mechanic who did the 100k mile maintenance (timing belt, thermostat, water pump, and serpentine belt). Oh, and I also had him install my new Samco hoses. Now it's time for the CCV re-route so that I don't oil up my new hoses. All in all, buying all the parts and having them installed came to about $1200....ouch. Now it's time for a new Euro TC so that I can get the GDE tunes.

fastring · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:45 am

Flashed the GDE Eco tune for the metal glow plugs yesterday. I have the glow plugs unplugged as I havent installed the new metal plugs yet, hope to do that this weekend.

Eco tune drives good, I'm a light foot, so I didnt notice a big difference but do notice throttle response is better. I'm hoping for mpg improvement with the tune.

The GDE tuner device worked fine (I bought the $300 tuner so I could email the stock tune and get the new tune emailed to me vs mailing the computer) and GDEs customer support has been great.

dieseldoesit · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:18 am

Replaced the thermostat last night.. It wasn't too bad, and the temp gauge is nicely straight up instead of just a little bit above 1/4. Should be interesting to see what the mpg will be in the winter with the winter fuel..

drtydzel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:21 pm

Wife just did a 1000 mile road trip and averaged 31 MPG at 67 MPH. Cant wait to get home and do some more work maybe 35 MPG is in reach.

arengant · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:05 pm

installed my EVIC using a bracket from a WJ (thanks SirSam) it worked out okay, but would recommend using the KJ

NotPicky · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:12 pm

Lots of stuff.

Installed:
(1) Predator Pressure Box (part# 2030) (thanks onthehunt)
(2) GDE tuned TCM (thanks racertracer)
(3) new AFE air filter (part# 72-90055)
(4) engine mount (passenger side)

Cleaned about 30 pounds of mud off above the front skid.
Checked the front diff.

rayamash · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:43 pm

installed Facet fuel lift pump under the hood and inline basic 20-micron see-through fuel filter in front of the pump. both parts from napa. Wired the pump off pin-5 of the fuel pump relay in the breaker box. This relay turns on for 20 seconds with the ignition switch, then runs while motor is running.

jinstall · **Posted:** Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:20 am

Removed a nail in my 2 week old tire(grrrr) and plug said hole.

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