Recent content by Mudd

The hub assemblies, at least on the early XJ's, are rebuildable. The M.R.244 manual has instructions for splitting the hub and replacing the bearings. Someone on a tight budget could save some bucks but only if they already had a press to split the hubs. And only if they hadn't destroyed the...

Not exactly what you were asking about but I recently read this awesome writeup where ZJ springs and shocks were used. http://www.rocklizardfabrications.com/home_brew_budget_boost.htm

Every time my '88 begins to display the "high idle at start" symptom I remove the throttle body and give her a good cleaning with carb cleaner. (I remove the sensors first.) It seems to be required a few times per year and works every time.

'88 XJ, tilt column. I was having trouble turning the key lock cylinder to the start position. Something mechanical was getting stuck. I pulled the steering wheel and most of the goodies hiding behind it. I also dropped the column and pulled the ignition switch. After reinstalling and adjusting...

Thanks for the link old_man. I hope you get your column figured out... SuperRA, I thought for sure that it was catching in the column but after your post I went out and fiddled with the ignition switch and now it works just fine. Thanks man, good call. Back on the road again. What a shame...

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At least I'm stranded at home :) My boss wasn't too happy either. "It's Friday and you can't make it to work because your Jeep is broke? Yeah, right". Anyway, my '88 XJ steering column is disassembled as far as I can go and I still can't get at the problem. It is a tilt column. The last few...

This sounds to me like the evaporator is freezing up. I had this happen on another vehicle years ago. It would cool great for a little while but then the air would gradually get warmer. The airflow from the vents was not as strong either. I got a peek at the evaporator and it was covered with...

My '88 also hunts when first started. Just for a few minutes then it evens out. When I first bought it the rpm's would race real high right after starting then it would come back down. After cleaning the throttle body it stopped racing but it still hunts for a few minutes before smoothing out...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. A 2 hour job turned into all day. I live in a rural area so a trip to the parts store is not just around the corner. Three trips today to get an alternator changed twice. I drove the Jeep back to Oreilly's with the 1st new alternator. They tested it and said...

'88 XJ, 4.0, 4x4, auto, a/c, 100k I don't use the volts gage in the cluster for voltage readings but as an indicator for when something changes. My gage has been reading left of 14, right of the red zone, and pretty much always in the same spot. A few weeks ago the gage reading started to...

I wonder about fuel delivery. I would be curious to see what the fuel pressure was doing when the symptom occurs.

My '88 has a Sanden SD-508. With a sniffer I detected leakage "just behind the clutch assembly". Research showed a high probability that it was the shaft seal. I ordered a shaft seal kit, o-rings, receiver-dryer, and expansion valve from ACSource.com and ACSource.net (they seem to be the same...

My 88 XJ had been heating up regularly with the arrival of warm weather. After I got my A/C operational it only got worse. I got a lot of excellent advice when I presented the problem in this thread: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=85652&highlight=hiway I decided the radiator was...

1988 XJ, 4.0, 4x4, auto, 100k miles I've had this Jeep about a year. The volt gage always reads in the same general area. I have noticed my headlights flickering, just barely, sometimes. Sometimes it happens when I let off the throttle or get back on the throttle. I haven't really worried about...