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The cable mount near the heater box on my 98 broke a couple years ago. I have not bothered fixing, but will have to reach down and pull cable with my hand from time to time. But as to your question, sort of: When I was researching this a few years ago, I found kit for sale to repair the...

Radiator and heater core do exactly the same thing, which is remove heat from coolant liquid. Copper conducts heat much better than aluminum. Aluminum is cheaper than copper. Strength and other physical properties differ and result in different construction (tube number and size and fins)...

To update this thread, having tires balanced did not help. But new tires did the trick. No vibes at the 55-65 mark anymore. Also after year I've turned the XJ into a reliable (knock on wood) machine that has made two 700 mile round trips to Florida. About $1500 in parts into it.

I did that once too.

My son has that lift and likes it. I don't because as far as I can tell when driving it, the springs/shocks are so stiff you might as well just fab a solid bracket over the axle to connect to frame in both front and rear. Maybe that is because I'm old.

I didn't see this when I made my earlier reply. In February I bought a one owner 98 with 166k miles. I paid $1700. I've put about $1,500 into it in parts, doing all the work myself (would have cost $4-5k at shop). Still not done. Still got saggy headliner and saggy springs. Not planning on...

I'm not worthy to post in the same thread as Tim_MN and RCP. Listen to them and say thank you. But I've bought two XJs in past four years here in Alabama. I still regularly check craigslist listings in Alabama and Atlanta. If you are in Miami, I'd think you can find a good one down there...

If I'm remembering right (did this three weeks ago on my son's 97 then my 98), if you have a lockout to resolder, then you are 97-01. My limited experience is that for this vintage you gotta check/fix the wires in the rubber boot between door and body before you mess with anything else. There...

I went with Mopar for my 98 three weeks ago because the price at dealership was reasonable, about $80 IIRC. Fan Clutch I went with local box store as it was less than $40 and dealership was 4x that.

That's about how mine felt a month ago when I put it in. (And I don't have super wrist and hand strength.) I figured they better damn well feel tight at first. The forces they are encountering in operation are far greater than what my wrists can manage. But what do I know. Haven't done it...

Got it out. I did not pull the carrier. Don't have the tool and if I'm correct in my quick reading of FSM, whatever nut you loosen from the axle tube sets bearing preload and ring backlash. Shoot, that is what I paid the shop for. If I knew how to do that, I'd have installed the gears...

Shop should have known. Son's 1997, 5spd, 4.0XJ, 8.25 rear. Bought gear set a couple years ago (good kit would have included notched pinion cross pin). Finally stripped and pulled the rear end and took to a shop for gear install last week. Got axle mounted to springs yesterday and went to...