Recent content by DonQuiXJote

Do you mean you run the jumper wire DirtySouthXJ mentioned but just throw a button on along the length? If so, do you run it so the button is in cabin?

Yep, starts every time with the jumper and will go right back to no crank when I remove it. Thanks! Looks like I'll have to invest in a new NSS. Do you/anyone else know if that's a doable swap for a relatively inexperienced home mechanic? I've got about a week and change before I hit the road...

Hi all, I'm preparing for a big road trip in about a week (god help me), so naturally my 2000 XJ has decided now is a good time to start giving me some unexpected trouble. For the past few days, about every other time I try and crank it, all the battery powered stuff clicks on but there's no...

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No LEDs or any light mods. I put the key in accessory position and the hazards work fine, all the lights that need to be blinking keep blinking correctly and indefinitely. When I tried the blinkers w/o the engine running they only blinked a few times before turning off entirely, and I couldn't...

Hi all, recently and seemingly simultaneously, *both* my turn signals have started doing something odd. When I turn one on, it might blink on and off regularly a few times, but 9 times out of 10 it will inevitably stop clicking and just freeze on the arrow; instead of alternating between on and...

Thanks for the response, this is super helpful! I'll keep doing the key-on-key-off thing until I can afford to replace the fuel pump assembly.

Like I said I've been doing that for a while now, I was just concerned that the worsening noise was evident of a more pressing problem.

Thanks for the reply. So unless I plan on being ready to replace the injectors I shouldn't bother taking out the fuel rail? Is there anything else up the fuel line I could more easily check, at the very least to narrow down the problem to the injectors? And yeah, I checked the battery and the...

Thanks! How would I go about testing the injectors to find out which ones are leaking? Is it as simple as running the car and then looking for fuel around each one?

Hi everyone- For the past eight months to a year or so my '00 XJ has had the seemingly very common issue of not starting up on the first turn of the key, and will just keep trying to turn over to no avail . Nine times out of ten if its been sitting for more than a couple hours I have to turn the...

I poked around their website and products and it looks to be disengaged by a foot pump the PO must have thrown out, there's a little gasket on the back of the box where the air hose would go. I can't find the pump sold separately so I'm just gonna tuck it back in with some fresh zip ties in case...

Yep- manual said to check batteries, (-) terminal broke clean off. Left it with my landlord so I'm down to just my rinky dink meter.

OK, so after wiggling around a bit more than my bones would like, I got a peek at the back which had a sticker labeling it "TREMCO Computer Safe" which seems to be an anti-theft system. Since all the material I can turn up on it seems outdated or advertising, my followup question is whether...

Hi all, 2000 XJ with AW4. I'm currently chasing down the source of a P0740 code and before I try to drop the pan and start swapping in new solenoids, I want to make sure it's even necessary to drop the pan at all considering I haven't ever dropped a transmission pan and I'm wary of that dipstick...