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So after being XJ-less for about 3 years I finally have jumped back in. 2001 2WD sport, pretty basic. Drove it home, had my first issues with an automatic transmission ever. A4W starts out fine, shifts ok. Stop at a traffic light for anything more than a pause and it won’t drive, just slips...

Looking to sell my 1997 Cherokee sport. 4.0 liter, auto transfer, NP242 w/ Tom Woods SYE & Tom Woods rear driveshaft. 2" budget boost, suspension was revamped when I bought it 5 years and 120,000 miles ago. Tires are Firestone Destination A/T 31x10.5's on stock aluminum rims, plenty of tread...

OK, I'm on my fourth sending unit in the past 6 months. Started with the factory original (97, 4.0L AW4/NP242 w/ 170,000 miles), the "trained technicians" at the local quickie lube busted it off while changing my oil. They ran down to auto zone, picked up a replacement and installed it. About...

Just installed the replacement "O" rings on my oil filter adaptor - '97 with a 4.0, A4W/NP242. Did the whole thing from up top, took a T60 socket and used a punch to knock the T60 part out of the socket, then held the T60 insert in a gear wrench with --- duct tape! Put a 1/8" strip of duct...

Got a 97, blower only works on high - got the replacement resistor, stuck my head under the passenger side behind the glove compartment to find this thing, can't see it anywhere. Is there any cover or panel that needs to be removed first? Thanks, Mark

97XJ, 2" budget boost, new 31x10.5's, SYE and tom woods shaft on rear, tom woods shaft on front, all (all 8) U-joints replaced about 6 months (15,000 miles) ago. NP242, AW4, 4.0L engine. D30 in the front, stock gears. Crappy gas mileage (18 max). Over the weekend I used 4L to crawl up a...

1997 XJ, 4.0, stock engine, etc. Had some issues with the exhaust over the past couple of weeks, ended up replacing the down pipe and catalytic converter, and two oxygen sensors. Last week I ran it without the rear O2 sensor in place, got a check engine light after about 100 miles. Finished...

anyone got a part number for the switch cluster in the drivers side door of a 97 sport that controls the power windows and door locks? Mine crapped out - back window wouldn't go up, I took it apart (broke it in the process) and cleaned the contact, closed the window, but need a new switch...

OK, did my ball joints this weekend, used the OTC press and service kit, everything went well EXCEPT..... The first lower I took out I had a brain twitch and tried to press it out "up" instead of "down". Let me tell ya, the OTC press takes a beating - I had a 24" breaker bar on it, with a four...

Did a flush and filter replacement on the transmission today. 1997, NP242, AW4 trans, 4.0L six. A couple of hints. 1. Undo the connection of the line to the back of the transmission to do the flush. You'll need a short piece of hose to slip over the line to get the fluid in the bucket...

Just looking into possibly putting a new D30 replacement axle into my 97 XJ. The question I have is, if I get a new axle that does not have the ABS "rings" on the outer shafts, can I just swap outer axle shafts and then mount the ABS pickups on the new knuckles, or are the knuckles different...

Just swapped in a remanufactured NP242 selec-trac into my 1997 Sport. Getting the shift linkage back in was the toughest part of the whole job, and now the pattern looks like it's backwards, and won't engage in 2wd. I've got to take it out for a drive and see what it's doing for real, but I...

OK, here goes. The jeep is a 1997 XJ, 4.0 automatic, NP242 xfer case with a 2" budget boost (coil spacers up front, shackles and 1/2" spacers in the rear), on 31" tires. When I first put it on the road after lifting and "freshening up" the suspension (new upper & lower control...

The tag on my front axle (D30) says 3.55, it's a 1997 Sport selec-trac, nothing exotic. Everything I have researched says I've got 3:55 axles front & rear (D35). Anyway, I'm arranging to have the front axle rebuilt next week with a new ring & pinion, and the guy at the shop says , yup, the...

Anyone replaced these in the garage? Last time I had a diff go was on a one ton truck, cost me $600, but that was fifteen years ago. My thought (idea...) is to pull the carrier, replace the bearings and reassemble it with the same spacers that came out of it, put back in just like they...

97 with a 2" budget boost and 31's. Replaced every U-joint on the vehicle and all brakes about 7000 miles ago. I have also recently replaced the unit bearings on the front hubs (both sides). The transfer case is an NP242, and this happens on the street in 2wd. Recently (last couple of...

Put a new battery in the XJ a couple months ago, over the last day, each time I crank it the starter turns slower and slower. Is the voltage regulator built into the alternator on the XJ (1997)? The last time I messed with this system on a vehicle they were separate (it was a 1967 mustang)...

I finished a mild (2" BB) lift and put 31's on my 1997 XJ. I expected (and got) the tires to rub on the LCA's when the wheel is turned full to either side. The LCA's are new replacements (came with the new bushings), and my question is, if I replace them with aftermarket LCA's that are tubing...

Just got my 97 XJ on the road, for the first time. Spent the last two months going over it, put a 2" budget boost on it, including new control arms/bushings in the front, new stock leafs and coils, etc. Also did the universals (all 7) while I was at it. Now that I'm driving it a bit I...

OK, here goes. It's a 97 with selec-trac (with a full-time setting if needed) and I use it as a daily driver. I'm doing a 2" budget boost, putting some real tires on it and refurbishing the rest of the factory suspension. I'd love to put some sort of locker in both the front and rear, and...