Recent content by Kilroy08

I got the call the other day from my brother that my '92 Cherokee I'd been letting him borrow was making all kinds of racket when he puts it in reverse. I get down there fire it up and go to back it in the garage, it makes an extremely loud ratcheting/clicking noise in reverse. In drive it's...

Ok guys, here's a question for all of you. I've had a CB in my '92 Jeep Cherokee since 2008. No funny stuff, just a plain ol' CB. And I had no tx induced problems problems at all. I put a new engine in in the summer of 2009. Now I am having all sorts of problems with the radio making the...

The Rough Country lift is a good start, that's what I ended up putting on mine. For lockers, I have the Richmond Gear Powertrax front and rear. They seem to work quite well. As for the throttle body spacer and the Jet chip, save your money. The only way to get any more power out of the 4.0 is...

I did front and rear on mine, and it's my daily driver. I haven't had any problems except for when I got too happy with the gas pedal pulling out onto the highway. It wasn't anything too severe, the rear just broke traction. As long as you don't drive like an idiot, there's nothing wrong with...

Wasn't there a factory experimental XJ or two made with a 318? I can't remember if it was true or just a story told by Cherokee owners as they sat around the campfires at Rausch Creek.

The CB is on its own circuit, I put in a seperate fuse block drawing power direct from the battery for any stuff I may want to add in. The ground for that is a body ground, and I'm drawing 10 amps max for the CB.None of these issues were present before the motor swap last summer.The CB stuff is...

I am the engine builder AND installer. All grounds were cleaned and checked.

Well the rebuilt one is a Cardone, and they have been known for shoddy QC. And the old PCM was turning green and funky inside.

I have a 1992 Laredo with the 4.0 and auto trans.Last summer I swapped a new motor in and have been having all sorts of issues from day 1.This is what it does:The cooling fan will not come on when the engine temp goes over 210* F, but it will come on when the A/C clutch cycles.My CB will make...

Ok, Here's the answer to the riddle. One of the active spacers was machined incorrectly for the cross pin that goes through the carrier. Also, I had to hone my carrier a little for the Powertrax cross pin to go in (had re used stock pin in initial assembly). And, finally, two of the saddle...

Now that I'm thinking about it, I did have a couple of washers come out with the spider gears but I didn't check to see if there were any other shims or washers hiding in there. The little go/no-go block said go when I did the check. It will disengage very reluctantly, and with much popping...

I was talking to a buddy at work who had one in his Ram 1500, and he said they like to break when you get rough installing them too. And the sad thing is, I SHOULD KNOW BETTER!! I've worked on my own cars since high school and did helicopter maintenance for a little while. Arrgh! Oh well...

Thanks for the reply. Did some more research, looks like inspection teardown time.

I just installed a Richmond Gear Powertrax No-slip unit in my D30 on Tuesday; however, something's not quite right. For starters, during installation the cross pin did not want to go in the carrier easily. Being an idiot, I gave it a couple of love taps with a hammer to seat it. After putting...