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I saw the photo request sticky, but I think this post falls under having technical value. If not, please let me know and I can remove it. If anyone would be able to post a pic similar to the ones below, it would be helpful. I have a 2001 XJ 4.0. I don't know if anything changed in the fuel...

My 4.0 with a little over 300k on it in my '01 XJ took a dive the other night. Sounds like it could possibly be a lifter, or something further into the bottom end, but it's not driveable at this point. With so many miles, I'm not really feeling like dumping money into it. Anyone have another...

So the cv in my front driveshaft went out a while back, and I've been driving around for a couple months without one. I've been meaning to get on here and try to find one to get on there, but of course waited right until I need it. I'm hoping to go up to Pismo next week at some point, and know...

I've been dealing with my XJ intermittently misfiring on the #6 cylinder for well over a year now. Usually, I can park and move the wires on the injectors a bit and it's good to go for a while, and it usually only happens when it's hot out. The other day the problem got a bit worse, and no...

I just took my front driveshaft out of my xj, and am needing to either get it fixed or find a replacement. It started making a really bad squealing noise a few days back and was vibrating when driven. Turns out that I think it's the joint at the rear part of the shaft, since it binds up in...

Alright, so I started hearing an odd rubbing/squealing noise coming from under the xj a few days ago and finally got under there to look at it today as it got a lot worse. I figured out that it's where the grease fitting is at on the front driveshaft. The thing is, that cap where the fitting...

I just got home from trying to get this thing smogged but it failed. I've attached a scan of the numbers to this post. The Nox reading at 15mph was the one that did me in. It was supposed to be under 517 and it measured 808. I talked with one of the guys there for a bit and he seemed to...

I was helping a friend out the other day on their XJ to try to figure out why the gauges aren't working and the electric locks won't work when the ignition is off. It's a '99 Sport with 4.0/AW4/231 and electric locks/windows. After looking at the fuses in the cabin, which were all fine, I...

Not XJ related, but I thought I would throw this on here for a couple days before it goes on Evilbay. Not sure if anyone here is into photography, but this is a great quality camera. It's a later model Minolta Autocord, the third series of the CDS model. Everything operates perfectly, glass...

Wow, while trying to figure out a title for this thread, I realized that I couldn't word it without it sounding kinda funny. Well I finished up (almost) everything with installing the new head on me '01. I got the head from Odessa, and there appears to be an extra hole at the back drivers side...

Got my new head on the XJ today with the help of CaliXJ, but we ran into a problem when we got to torquing the bolts down. The back drivers side bolt (#14 in the torque sequence) doesn't have enough room under the pinch seam at the firewall to get the torque wrench in there. I removed it by...

The problems never stop... While I was waiting for my new head to arrive, my xj has been sitting outside with no head on the block. I cleaned out the cylinders well and put dry clean rags down in them before lowering the hood. It's been out there about two weeks now. I just went to get the...

I'm putting a new gasket on (Felpro) and noticed that one side is gray with a blue pattern on it and the other side is just straight gray. Is there one side that is supposed to go up against the head specifically, or does it not matter which way it goes? Also, the gasket goes on dry, right...

My heep has been out of commission for a few weeks now, and the other day I finally received my new head from Odessa. I plan to put the mani's on in the morning and get everything ready to lift it in. I'm hoping someone here in SD might have an extra hour or so this weekend to help me get it...

...that are on the 0331 head and are used to secure the exhaust manifold. I just received my new head and as I went to get the manis on there, realized that I didn't keep the studs from my old head. The shop is like 25 miles away and if the studs are cheap enough, I could probably get new ones...

Instead of updating my other thread, i decided to just post a new one since I now have found out from the machine shop that my 0331 head is cracked. I've looked at the Odessa head, but Grimm had mentioned that I should check here first to see if anyone had one local for me to get. So I'm...

Is it going to mess something up when I put them back in? I was just reading the FSM and saw that it says to keep them in order. On a related note, when taking the head in to get checked for cracks/warping, do I need to remove the bridges, pivots, and rocker arms as it says in the FSM?

I looked for the job thread but didn't see it anymore. Mods, feel free to close this if I shouldn't have posted it here. Well I just moved back to SD and am in dire need of employment. Anything... really. I was working doing CAD drafting before I left, but I also have quite a few years...

After chasing down cooling issues this whole week, I just looked in my oil cap and saw the dreaded chocolate milk look. I just got finished replacing the water pump, all hoses, t-stat, temp sensor, and had a leak fixed in my radiator, and now this. I overheated it pretty bad last week, which...

After having overheating issues all this week, and having a leaky radiator and bad thermostat fixed, my water pump went out today. I went to Kragen and bought a new water pump, hoses, thermostat, rad cap, and temp sensor to hopefully get rid of any cooling issues. Well when I finally got the...