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pbanj: I just recently replaced my manifold and had the same problem as you. I used a torque wrench forthe ones I could reach and and just torqued the others by "feel" with a swivel socket. Still a pain, but so far so good. HTH Don Also I have an 88, and removing the air box like JXJ...

Re: i guarentee this is the most interesting xj story you have ever heard. worth reading That mumbo jumbo fix by casm is kind of hit or miss. I have surefire method that works everytime. Just go to an old country church at exactly midnight, and then you run around the church in a counter...

Yep..Found it in my drivers door on my 88 XJ when I replaced my wing vent windows. Don

Well, slap my face and call me stoopid. I went out this morning to take a closer look at it and it still looks like it is acoming out of the block, but I reached down and moved it and it taint a sensor at all. It is just a connector coming out of the wiring harness going to dist. On mine it...

OK...Thanks guys...I was just curious. I thought that I had read somewhere that it was used in some other applications (I am thinking it said International or in commercial applications). Read it a long time ago and can"t remember where I read it. Thanks for the info and I thought maybe I...

Thanks 5-90 Will take picture in the morning and email it to you, after double checking to see if I am seeing things that are not there. I have a 88 and 89 service manual and neither show it. Maybe I'm going bonkers, but I've looked at it several times. Never touched it though. Thanks Don

Thanks fellers, but unless I am getting senile, there is a sensor? coming out of the block on the right side and I think it has three wires coming out of it and going to the distributor. I have thought all along it was my knock sensor, until my knock sensor just got broken and I just now...

Was curious as to whether or not the 4.0 engine was used in other vehicles other than the jeep. Such as Chrysler autos or other. The few xj's that I find in our local pick-a-parts look like a turkey the day after Thansgiving. Anyone out there know of any other sources? Thanks Don

Thanx Rainier, but what I would like to know is what the sensor on the block is called and what it does. It looks similar to the knock sensor on the opposite side of block, but has wires leading into the distributor. I don't understand what info it would pick up from the block. Anyone else...

I was wondering if someone could tell me what the sensor is and what it does. It is on passenger side of block and has wires going to distributor. I cannot find it in my service manual at all. Thanks for any info. Don

Get you a tube of "Goop". It is slightly flexible and will hold almost anything. Only thing I could get to hold some heavy enclosed speakers to the back window of my Chevy Pickup with camper. Everything else I tried vibrated loose after hitting a few bumps. Don

And just use the ashtray contents to pay for it.

have factory service manual for 1989 that I use for my 88 xj. It also covers comanche and others. Also have 89 Electrical manual that came with it. Very helpful. Also have a body manual for 89 that shows weld points and a lot of useful info on body parts. Bought them on Ebay for about 60...

Just changed mine in my 88. No hassle at all. They only torque at 35 ft/lbs and the new one should have anti-seize compound on it already. If it don't, I would add some..HTH Don

I don't know whether they are the same size or not, but they recommend in the service manual to use a "kit" to replace the o rings on the fuel rail. You can get them thru dealership. I bought two to replace mine when I replace the manifold. They are on a sort of disposable stem that you pop...

Chico: I'm having the same problem with my 88 xj. Seems to come from the right front on mine. Have to almost come to a stop before it quits. I haven't yet had time to get under it and look to see whats causing it. If you find out on yours, please post back and tell us what you found and I...

If you have some paint on the pressure plate, you might want to look on the clutch plate itself to see if there is a similar mark. Dunno...Maybe wait a little and see if someone else has a more knowledgable answer before proceeding. It was first time I put in a clutch and it seems to work fine...

I don't think it matters with a new one. I installed a new set in my 88 xj a few months back and didn't matter. Make sure you line it and the clutch up with the alignment tool that should have come with kit. Also be sure and install new pilot bearing that should have come with kit also. In my...

My 88 does, so I suppose your 89 does also. Sometime in the early 90's they put it in the thermostat housing. Look on the drivers side of the radiator for a sensor about half way down the side of the radiator. It will have two wires, I believe, coming off of it and there will be a connector...

Possibly bad sensor in radiator? Also fan comes on when a/c is activated. May be in that circuit somewhere? Two possible things to check.