Recent content by soyjer

If you're planning on putting a kill switch in the coil circuit of the fuel relay (or ASD relay, etc.), bear in mind that a paperclip inserted into the relay 30 and 87 cavities will defeat your switch. My thinking is that in order to start your XJ, the thief will HAVE TO get into the passenger...

CORRECTION: To ONLY remove CROSS BARS, it is NOT necessary to remove any 25mm Torx rail screws: Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the 4 Phillips screws holding the cross bars to the slides, then slide the slides along the installed rails until the cross bars are diagonally-oriented such that...

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Hmmm...I tried submitting the pictures in this post using the "Insert Image" button, and it seemed to correctly bracket them with the brackets when previewed, but then when I posted, the URL's were omitted from the post...I'll try just submitting the URL's this time: I have been unable to find...

I have been unable to find detailed descriptions/pictures of how to remove the roof rack and/or cross bars from a later model XJ, so I am providing this info here: NOTES: REGARDING REMOVING END CAPS: The plastic "tabs" and "door panel fasteners" holding end caps on are nearly impossible to not...

OK, thanks for confirming...that seems to be normal, which answers what I wanted to know. For anyone else that is curious, devildog0 posted this video, which I believe shows what normal looks like: http://youtu.be/PNGhN05is_w

I should add that the 2nd transmission shop suspected a spike in line pressure, so checked specifically for any possible spiking, and found none.

If installing a shift kit could cause this problem (that, remember, never happens as long as I don't pause in Neutral), then I guess that I'd have to hear from someone with a shift kit to know for sure...so far I haven't heard of this happening to anyone with a shift kit, but that just means...

Yes, that is similar to my theory...that my TC turbine is somehow spinning up in Neutral faster than normal...that's why I asked others to try this test. As I posted above: DIAGNOSIS CHART shows many possible reasons for "HARSH ENGAGEMENT FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE OR REVERSE", but if I eliminate...

Thanks, but line pressure is fine (~60 psi) during this shift...measured by pros and myself.

If you don't believe that my transmission behaves as I describe, then please move on to another thread so that you can help someone whose problem you believe is real...please! PLEASE!

Thank you. Mine always consistently shifts just as smoothly as yours, as long as I don't pause in Neutral. This is what I predicted, but your video confirms it. Yes, I could just take a big hit on my selling price, but if it's something (missing check ball in transmission?) that I can fix...

If you went to buy an XJ tomorrow, and you mentioned to the seller that the XJ clunk/lurched rather violently whenever you paused in Neutral before shifting into Drive (but not when you shift quickly from Reverse to Drive), and his answer was just "then don't do that", would you still pay the...

Tim...you've been very helpful to me in the past (cruise control, etc.) and you always made sure that you understood the problem before commenting, so I just don't understand why you and others keep insisting that you have experienced my XJ's problem while simultaneously describing a totally...