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The trip odometer in my 2000 XJ is no longer working accurately. I get drastically different trip odometer readings on the drive out vs return taking the exact same route. I've observed this on 8hr highway trips and also my short commute. What would cause this? Is it causing my speedo to...

Can I disable power locks so I have to manually lock or unlock the doors? I'm having some problems with my power locks on my 2000 XJ; the motor for the rear hatch sometimes has a mind of it's own while the car is parked; this drains the battery and makes for unexpected hard starts sometimes...

My 2000 XJ has the NV3550 5spd and 3.07 axle gears. I need to upgrade the tires in a few months and would like to run a LT235/75/15 tire with a 2" budget boost. I also have a set of all terrains that measure 30x10.5 which I could use in the interim, thus saving me the cost of buying new tires...

Hi all, I've been a member of this site for several years now and have owned a few XJ's in that time. I've owned a few XJ's over the years, starting with a 1990 XJ followed by a 1998 XJ sport. The 1998 was an absolute dream vehicle for me to own, 25k miles of trouble free offroad abuse, road...

I just had my 1998 XJ out in the snow today for the first time and the ABS scared the crap out of me! I've never driven an ABS equipped vehicle in the snow, but my old 1990 (non-ABS) was fine for winter driving. I've read about disabling the ABS by pulling the ABS fuse under the dash and also...

I just bought a 1998 last week with 120k on the clock and of course AW4/242 combo. It runs great, gobs more power than my old 1990 and far quieter/less rattly...plus it has cupholders! I had it checked by the local Jeep dealer and it checked out okay, the test drive went well so I bought it...

I have a toast driver side u-joint that looks to have had the bearings fall out at some point. The caps are still in the ears, but there's a ton of slop in there. I was crawling around under there in anticipation of doing having my friend do the work this weekend, and noticed that the...

I'm looking at a 1992 XJ with 65k on the odometer, senior citizen driven. Overall condition is nearly a 10/10, it looks to be garage kept it's whole life and probably towed behind an RV. The interior is mint as well, still has the original (working!) AM/FM cassette player! I currently have a...

I just replaced my lower rad hose and redid the upper tubing and tee's on my 1990's closed cooling system. I can't get the system to take any coolant, when I fill the overlow bottle it doesn't drain down into the radiator, it just stays in the overflow bottle. What's going on?

Yesterday I drove up some washboard roads and the entire front of my XJ felt like it was flapping in the breeze. To describe it, it actually feels like the front end is shifting side to side as you go over bumps, it just kind of rattles and clunks around everywhere. Obviously something isn't...

I have a low mileage (112k) 1990 with a few problems and I'm sitting on the fence of selling or continuing the repair train this year. The body and interior are clean, floorboards are solid but need rustproofing in another year and just a bit of rust starting at the rear rockers. The AW4 is...

I need to replace a front axleshaft U-joint and I don't really want to tackle the job since everything is pretty rusty (look like original u-joints). I'm going to take it to a shop for the work since I need an alignment at the same time, but would like to buy the U-joint(s) first to save money...

1990 XJ with V8 coils and 1" spacer/bastard pack in the back for 2.25" of lift Yesterday I had my junk flexed out and noticed that the limiting factor in flex has become my stock control arms, or rather where they contact the mounting points on the axle. Seems that if there were more space in...

1990 RENIX with 111k miles, 4.0 I seem to have a problem with heavy carbon buildup on my valves or piston tops. I have had a ticking that drove me crazy for the last two years, finally cured it with two cans of Mopar Combustion Chamber Cleaner down the intake for the last 3k, now it is slowly...

1990 RENIX (111k miles!) with closed cooling system. The tee on my closed cooling system closest to the coolant pressure bottle is starting to get a little weepy and I suspect it'll need to be replaced before the hot summer months. All the heater/rad hoses are starting to get a little dry from...

Having problems putting my engine to TDC. Method 1 tried: Align timing marks on flywheel/block to "0", check direction of rotor in relation to #1 plug wire in dizzy. Problem I ran into: The rotor doesn't directly point at the #1 plug...it's around 5 degree's off when I'm at "0" on the...

Hi, back again with more questions about my XJ. 1990 4.0, 185k Kilometres. I popped the valve cover off to have a look under there earlier today, and stupid me decided to check the torque on the rocker arms. I started by loosening them 1/4 turn each and...woah, the bridge bent! Totally...

So I had all but given up any hope of resurrecting my collapsing lifters when I talked to my dad and he recommended that I try everything possible in the crankcase to see what would happen. I had considered just replacing the lifters, but a combination of low oil pressure and neglect by the...

I have been living with my intermittent clapped out lifters for a few years now, but it's time to finally bite the bullet and address the problem since they are sounding off nearly all the time at highway speeds now, whereas before I would only get intermittent clatter at idle and occasionally...

So I finally got a decent vid of some top end noise I have had for the last 2 years. I'm pretty sure this is a lifter ticking, and it has been doing this intermittently since I took ownership. Could you experienced mechanics diagnose this for me? Ive never been able to pin-point it to one...