Jeep Cherokee Broken Brake Line.m2ts

The brake line on my Cherokee broke on the way to church this morning. Fun in the sun, which is sort of rare around here. I noticed in the video that the muffler has a hole in it. I guess that's the next thing to fix. The oil pan was recently replaced. It's getting up there in age, as you can tell.

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[jaymartintube]

I love the way every XJ engine sounds the exact same...All that knocking and ticking. They also accept rust well.  At least mine and yours does. My line broke today and my oil pan leaks....I think I found my XJ's long lost twin!

[BeingBob]

@jaymartintube lol. I just had the oil pan replaced. The exhaust pipe burned the pan, cracked it and it rusted a hole big enough to push a golf ball through.

[BeingBob]

@rusda2 That timing belt is probably a big job. Camry's are nice, but it's very tight under the hood. I used to have a solara, and worked with a mechanic on it doing some work on the engine. It was quite a job. If you talk with someone who does that on the side you might get a better deal on it, but they might have it for a couple of days. Usually they can charge a lot less and still make more than if they spent all day working for someone else in a garage. Good luck with it.

[rusda2]

@BeingBob sounds like my father in law. he was a mechanic (passed away 2007) and he was one of those that would cheat himself before he cheated anyone else...and worked very cheap too.

I was thinking the aluminum thing myself but I was wondering if it would handle the pressure...didn't even consider the fluid like you thought of.

we have a 11 year old toyota camry with 218K on it. still runs fine but it's due for a timing belt service...$500 bucks on the cheap side...ouch! :(

[BeingBob]

@rusda2 well. they use steel because it's good enough I guess. Aluminum might be better. Some modern plastics might hold up, but I don't know if they can handle the oil. The Jeep is 12 years old now and has over 100k miles. The mechanic is totally awesome. When he retires I don't know what I'll do. We've known him for probably close to 25 years and he can fix anything and he doesn't charge a lot. Sometimes I feel guilty going there.

[rusda2]

@BeingBob looks to me like the auto industry would come up with something that wouldnt rust on incredibly important parts like a brake line. oh well, hopefully it didnt hurt the wallet too much...honest mechanics are hard to find these days.

[BeingBob]

@rusda2 Thanks. It wasn't too bad. The front brakes still worked because of the way the hydraulic system works. It was just a surprise. The mechanic had to run a new line from the front to the back. It was rusted and in bad shape.

[rusda2]

Yikes!...glad you were able to make it safely home...thats scary.