BrokenSockets
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ayr, Ontario
96 XJ country 4.0 AW4 242 3" lift, 350K
Started up the XJ this morning and headed in to work, had a bad miss. Drove it the two miles to work and opened the hood, found a nest of grass and pink insulation on top of the intake manifold and the wires to one of the injectors chewed clean through right to the stub of the connector. It was only parked for about 6 hours!
Rats! I said (among other things.)
I have taken the connector apart and soldered two short leads to the pins and then soldered and taped to the wires at the harness leads but it made no difference. Still not running on that cylinder. Could the wires shorting have damaged the injector? or the computer? What should I be looking at to verify that there is a pulse at the connector for the injector? I have a DVM and electronics repair gear here but not my XJ manuals or service book.
I also have a parts '95 XJ 4.0 that I can pull parts from. I know they are the same body style but what about the same injectors or wire harness if needed.
Thanks in advance for any assistance, I'm hoping that I'll be able to drive home from work today without limping along at 25 and sounding like crap.
Started up the XJ this morning and headed in to work, had a bad miss. Drove it the two miles to work and opened the hood, found a nest of grass and pink insulation on top of the intake manifold and the wires to one of the injectors chewed clean through right to the stub of the connector. It was only parked for about 6 hours!
Rats! I said (among other things.)
I have taken the connector apart and soldered two short leads to the pins and then soldered and taped to the wires at the harness leads but it made no difference. Still not running on that cylinder. Could the wires shorting have damaged the injector? or the computer? What should I be looking at to verify that there is a pulse at the connector for the injector? I have a DVM and electronics repair gear here but not my XJ manuals or service book.
I also have a parts '95 XJ 4.0 that I can pull parts from. I know they are the same body style but what about the same injectors or wire harness if needed.
Thanks in advance for any assistance, I'm hoping that I'll be able to drive home from work today without limping along at 25 and sounding like crap.