Green Heep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Burlington county, NJ
I have done some foolish things in my time but I believe I have truly outdone myself. Let me tell you a story.
My 96 XJ started bucking and kicking and threw a TPS low voltage code. No sweat, I'll change that baby out and be back on the road. Well, the T20 bolts wouldn't come free and after rounding out two bits i called it quits. I thought I would take the throttle body off and take it to my buddy's house the next day and get the TPS bolts out with the throttle body in the vise. With the throttle body off i stuck a blue shop paper towel in the intake to keep debris out of there. Later that evening i went back out to put the windows up. The rear window was moving slow and without thinking I started the engine to get the window moving faster. Did you know the 4.0 will run without a throttle body? Well yes sir it sure will! for the split second it ran the RPM's shot right through the roof before I shut it down. Oh no, I thought. This is going to be bad. I opened the hood and as I feared the shop towel was gone. Tried to reach into the intake with the four finger grabber tool (official name) to no avail. the next day I replaced the tps and I told my buddy what my kid did ( no way was i leaving myself open for that crap) and he came over to help. I got lucky, we were able to pull most of it out of the number one cylinder spark plug hole and took the chance of starting it. Runs like a sewing machine, smooth as silk. Ran it for 30 minutes and have not had any sign of trouble. Gotta love the 4.0. I hope to be obsolved of my sin by sharing it here with you guys. Hope you got a laugh from it!
My 96 XJ started bucking and kicking and threw a TPS low voltage code. No sweat, I'll change that baby out and be back on the road. Well, the T20 bolts wouldn't come free and after rounding out two bits i called it quits. I thought I would take the throttle body off and take it to my buddy's house the next day and get the TPS bolts out with the throttle body in the vise. With the throttle body off i stuck a blue shop paper towel in the intake to keep debris out of there. Later that evening i went back out to put the windows up. The rear window was moving slow and without thinking I started the engine to get the window moving faster. Did you know the 4.0 will run without a throttle body? Well yes sir it sure will! for the split second it ran the RPM's shot right through the roof before I shut it down. Oh no, I thought. This is going to be bad. I opened the hood and as I feared the shop towel was gone. Tried to reach into the intake with the four finger grabber tool (official name) to no avail. the next day I replaced the tps and I told my buddy what my kid did ( no way was i leaving myself open for that crap) and he came over to help. I got lucky, we were able to pull most of it out of the number one cylinder spark plug hole and took the chance of starting it. Runs like a sewing machine, smooth as silk. Ran it for 30 minutes and have not had any sign of trouble. Gotta love the 4.0. I hope to be obsolved of my sin by sharing it here with you guys. Hope you got a laugh from it!