Recent content by cap269

Sounds like you might have a stuck valve body shift solenoid. Since you said the fluid was dirty, it may be gummed up.

How's the exhaust system? Maybe the cat's plugged and excessive backpressure is causing the loss? Have you checked the fuel pressure? Make sure the FI isn't starving.

My '88 has one, as does my '96.

Just a side note... on my '96 sport, there is no wire connected to TCU C11. The spot on the connector is empty. So, I guess the hardwiring is actually inside the controller for my model. If that is so, would one be able to just use a controller from a diff year? Say, from a 1988? And then just...

It is a 14 gauge red with orange stripe.

Check that the headlights aren't in high-beam. Some models had a relay that would cut the fogs off if the lights were on high.

After working on cars for over 30 years, I personally don't run any treatments or additives. The engineers that designed the parts spec'ed which fluids to run in them, and designed them accordingly without the need for additives and treatments that have qualities the engineers didn't take into...

I'd put my money on the belt. I run with Goodyear Gatorback belts and will never use anything else on my truck. If you didn't get a Gatorback, do yourself a big favor and switch to one. They're about $30, but worth every penny. Make sure it is properly tensioned as the posts above suggest. New...

Do you have electric locks/windows? Do those work? Do you hear the horn relay click when you press the button? There is a ground location under the headlamp switch that provides a common ground to the horn, signals and rear window element. If there is corrosion in that ground you could lose...

The coolant recovery bottle on the rear firewall has the pressure cap on it. The cooling system on your friend's XJ is a "closed system" and therefore the radiator itself doesn't have a cap.

Take off the steering column cowl. Behind the halo ring on the top of the key cylinder there is a bulb holder. C-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y turn the bulb holder and pull out to reveal the bulb. Replace it, and reassemble.

I think you put the bulb in wrong. Take it out, turn it 180, and put it back in.

Try new battery cables. Sounds like a corroded ground to me.

Sounds like a vac leak somewhere to me.

FWIW, I had that problem too. Turned out my housing had warped ever so slightly. A new housing from the parts place and no more problem. Didn't use any sealer either. Just a new housing and gasket.