Recent content by Tom_W

I am getting rid of my Xj 'cause I just bought a new car. It's an 86 with a 4 banger in it, and auto tranny Engine was replaced in 11-05 , has under 90k miles on engine, Rebuilt head, new oil pump, new water pump, plugs, cap, rotor, belts, etc. Running Mobil 1 in it, no drips, no leaks, runs 75...

86 xj, 2.5L, tbi, auto, new tps, o2 sensor, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel pump, fuel tank, filter When cold out, starts and runs fine, shut it off for an hour to go shopping, and starts a little harder, but runs like cr*p, seems like it isnt getting enough gas. After it warms up again, runs...

As I was trying to get those two stupid top bolts out between engine and tranny while swapping my 4.0 in my wife's 88 xj, I broke the hose end off of that little vacuum motor that controls the flow of coolant to the heater core. What will happen if I just cut that whole vacuum motor out and...

spring a few cents more for the brass ones, I dont like hose clamps on plastic either, for some reason I always tend to over-tighten them and break them

Yeah, both my xj 's mirrors are the same way.The best way I found to fix them is to move the lever inside while putting pressure on the mirror glass itself, and then when you get them set where you want them, threaten to break anyones fingers who moves them. If I remember correctly, there are...

my wife's 88 xj (with the bad cylinder) still has the closed system, and I have only had to change the bottle and cap once, and it is still the original radiator, with 165K+ miles on it. I did have to change two water pumps in the past two yrs though, but then again I went thru two of them in...

You wont get a straight six in there unless you plan on doing some serious modification, see http://www.off-road.com/jeep/cherokee/xjtech/engine/4cyl_perf.html

seem my post from yesterday :http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73814 also see :http://www.off-road.com/jeep/cherokee/99/09_sept/engswap/engswap.html

here is a link for headlight wiring: http://www.rallylights.com/useful_info/headlamp_wiring.htm I put Hella's conversion lights on my xj with 85/100 watt bulbs in them, doesnt seem to offend oncoming traffic, and I can see at night, and no-one has ever said anything about them when inspection...

You can get a compression tester at nearly any auto parts store, k-mart, sears, etc. Do a search on here for compression or compression test. If you don't want to spend the money to buy a compression tester, you can take it to nearly any mechanic and have them do it for you, but would probably...

I decided to just get an engine from the junk yard, 300 bucks, being delivered tomorrow, already out of the xj, Costs a little more, but I wont have to worry about swapping my head (which I am unsure of the condition now) or any sensors, or drilling and tapping holes, or adapting tps or ?? and...

did you do a compression check ? 4 cyl or 6 cyl ? what year ?

My wife's 88 xj - here goes. Was running like crap, decided to change plugs, cap, rotor, wires etc. since was overdue for them - still running like crap. pulled plug wires as engine was running to see if bad cylinder - #4 no difference, ran crappy, all others , difference ran crappier - zero...

Well, I am gonna see about getting the donor 91 tomorrow and doing a compression check and pulling the head off of it, and then pulling the head from my 88 to see what shape it is in. If all is well with the block from the 91 and the head from the 88, I will do it that way, if not, I will just...

Yeah, after searching here and other forums, I think I will pull the head off of my dead 88 4.0 and see what it looks like. If it is good, I will just put it on the 91 block, and drill and tap the hole for the knock sensor. Since it is my wife's dd, and she wants to get another vehicle later...