fgonzalez355
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Rockville, Maryland
Ok, thanks for looking.
So a little while ago a work buddy tells me his friend has a car that he doesn't want anymore and that I should go take a look at it. I figure, why not? Worst case scenario i get scrap metal or a smash up derby car. I show up and it's a 86XJ with the 2.8 v6 (which i got bad experience with thanks to a blazer) and it's automatic. Here is what I need help with.
It needs rear brakes and a new exhaust to pass the Maryland inspection.
Im going to replace the exhaust system from the headers down to the end, I don't need nothing fancy, just something that works. Where is the best pace to get that? I can try the local parts shop but I was just wondering if there was a lower priced place maybe online or something.
The car backfires like a bastard so I want to tune or replace the carb before i change the exhaust so I don't go blowing my cat up. The carb has a manual choke running into the cab which NEEDS to be pulled for the damn thing to start up, and unless the motor is real warmed up it will stall if I gas it hard. Sometimes it stalls when I put it in gear. When I leave it running for a bit it runs fine and doesnt stall or anything, but I need to leave it runnin for about 10 minutes for it to get running right. Should I just try cleaning and tunning my carb or just replace the thing, and if I replace it, OEM or aftermarket. I saw an edelbrock that is supposed to work with this motor for a couple hundred less that it would cost for me to get an oem carb for this car.
I am going to do a full tune up considering the fact that I dont know how long it sat for, pluss it's just the right thing to do. I drove it from the guys house to my home the day I got it and that was around 31 miles and it drove ok. I think it burns around 14 to the gallon and I don't know if that's normal or what. I think it should run better MPG with cleaner plugs and I'm replacing the fuel filter/air filter anyway, pluss once I do something with the carb it should get better fuel milage right? or are the powertrain combination i got just crappy on fuel no matter what?
The blinker is on crack. I swear. Sometimes the right blinker works normal and sometimes it will blink once wait a minute and blink again like if it forgot that it was supposed to blink. I havent checked the fuses cause its always dark when I get home, but should I be concerned about some kind of wiring/relay problem?
The car comes with an automatic trans and the command-trac. When I jam on the front differential it makes a small whirring noise, but it will still climb the hell out of my neighboors front hard which is steep as hell. I've been told that it's normal on that front axle but I was also told alot of dumb crap from that guy so I don't know if I should be worried or not? What do ya'll think?
The brakes are mushier than hell so I'm going to bleed em and everything when I go change the brakes up, front ones seem alright. I'm preety sure this thing ain't goin to have ABS so I was wondering if yall know how good or bad it stops on rain/snow?
one last question, how much money yall think im lookin at spending on this rig to make it road worthy? its got around 140k miles and like I said, i drove it from 30 miles away and it didnt give me no trouble minus what the inspection dweeb is crying about (brakes, exhaust.)
So a little while ago a work buddy tells me his friend has a car that he doesn't want anymore and that I should go take a look at it. I figure, why not? Worst case scenario i get scrap metal or a smash up derby car. I show up and it's a 86XJ with the 2.8 v6 (which i got bad experience with thanks to a blazer) and it's automatic. Here is what I need help with.
It needs rear brakes and a new exhaust to pass the Maryland inspection.
Im going to replace the exhaust system from the headers down to the end, I don't need nothing fancy, just something that works. Where is the best pace to get that? I can try the local parts shop but I was just wondering if there was a lower priced place maybe online or something.
The car backfires like a bastard so I want to tune or replace the carb before i change the exhaust so I don't go blowing my cat up. The carb has a manual choke running into the cab which NEEDS to be pulled for the damn thing to start up, and unless the motor is real warmed up it will stall if I gas it hard. Sometimes it stalls when I put it in gear. When I leave it running for a bit it runs fine and doesnt stall or anything, but I need to leave it runnin for about 10 minutes for it to get running right. Should I just try cleaning and tunning my carb or just replace the thing, and if I replace it, OEM or aftermarket. I saw an edelbrock that is supposed to work with this motor for a couple hundred less that it would cost for me to get an oem carb for this car.
I am going to do a full tune up considering the fact that I dont know how long it sat for, pluss it's just the right thing to do. I drove it from the guys house to my home the day I got it and that was around 31 miles and it drove ok. I think it burns around 14 to the gallon and I don't know if that's normal or what. I think it should run better MPG with cleaner plugs and I'm replacing the fuel filter/air filter anyway, pluss once I do something with the carb it should get better fuel milage right? or are the powertrain combination i got just crappy on fuel no matter what?
The blinker is on crack. I swear. Sometimes the right blinker works normal and sometimes it will blink once wait a minute and blink again like if it forgot that it was supposed to blink. I havent checked the fuses cause its always dark when I get home, but should I be concerned about some kind of wiring/relay problem?
The car comes with an automatic trans and the command-trac. When I jam on the front differential it makes a small whirring noise, but it will still climb the hell out of my neighboors front hard which is steep as hell. I've been told that it's normal on that front axle but I was also told alot of dumb crap from that guy so I don't know if I should be worried or not? What do ya'll think?
The brakes are mushier than hell so I'm going to bleed em and everything when I go change the brakes up, front ones seem alright. I'm preety sure this thing ain't goin to have ABS so I was wondering if yall know how good or bad it stops on rain/snow?
one last question, how much money yall think im lookin at spending on this rig to make it road worthy? its got around 140k miles and like I said, i drove it from 30 miles away and it didnt give me no trouble minus what the inspection dweeb is crying about (brakes, exhaust.)