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[dripper]

I have a 1999 jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter inline 6 can not find radiator petcock drain plug. have look all under radiator but can not find it.

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[James]

Below is copy pasted from another forum. Not sure if it is the same as your jeep but may lead you in right direction.

“It’s on the passenger side of the radiator, towards the bottom of the passenger side end cap. It points towards the passenger fender (not towards the firewall.. just to give you an exact idea of where it is).
I vaguely remember that I had to take out my passenger side headlight surround and maybe the headlight too in order to get to it easily. It’s not too hard to pull the surround, I think there’s four phillips screws (if even that, maybe just two) and then it pops out. I don’t think the headlight had to come out too, but I did my water pump a year and a half ago and don’t really remember.”

Also with that said, it maybe easier to pull lower radiator hose as opposed to fighting to get petcock and it being gummed up and breaking. ??

[Frank Heiser]

I believe it’s on the side of the radiator (passenger side, an inch or two up from the bottom). Real pain to access from what I’ve heard, might be easier to just pull the hose like jjohnson said.

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