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I have a 90 cherokee. I just swapped in a motor from a 92 and got it running. I drove it around my property (5 acres) a bunch starting turning it off multiple times. I then got on the highway and only made it 2 miles from home and the engine died and I coasted to a stop. I couldn't get it back...

This may sound crazy to some of you but I had an idea for cooling the engine while wheeling in the summer (115+ deg temps) out in the desert heat with the A/C yet still keeping the wife and kids cool inside. I was talking with a co-worker about how to keep his ultra-4 xj cool and this came to...

I am in the middle of converting my cherokee to use R134 from its original R12 system. I replaced all the o-rings with new ones as well as replaced the dryer/filter as well as the expansion valve with new pieces. I have already put in the correct oil. I was trying to evacuate the system and...

I'm trying to add hydraulic assist to my new waggy 44 I'm swapping in and I measured the throw of the Tie Rod and got 8.25 inches. The thing that confuses me is everywhere I read about this online they say a d44 only needs a 6 inch ram and only d60's use the 8 inch ram. Anyone else using an 8...

I am installing a waggy d44 into my front end and in the process i've raised the lower and upper mounts on the axle to try to minimize my short arm angles for a better ride. I put the axle under the jeep for the first time after tack welding the link mounts on and it looks like I may need to...

I am planning on get me a lincoln 180 mig welder after my next business trip in November, but I have a question about them. I know they have the 180 C which has continous voltage adjustment (which is probably the one I will get), and I know the 180 T has 5 tapped voltage settings but is...

I'm just starting a project to build a traction bar, crossmember/skid, and rocker rails and I was under the jeep yesterday taking measurments so I know how much material to buy, and I'm now wondering what others have done to re-route or move the fuel and brake lines running along the inside of...

I just took my 90 cherokee to get its smog done and it failed the functional gas cap so i bought a new cap, but it also failed the 2500 RPM CO test. My CO was 2.08 when a passing max is 1.0. I understand when you don't pass the CO at high RPM its because the mixture is too rich. I checked my air...

modify your mechanical fan shroud? Has anybody ever modified their mechanical fan shroud to help it suck more air thru the radiator by having it wrap around the fan a little further? What I mean is on the top of the fan, the shroud covers most of the fan blades for protection of anyone...

I just converted my rig to the open system not because I thought it would cool any better but because I'm tired of buying a pressure tank every summer when it cracks and starts leaking and besides I know the Radiator is at least 5 years old. Anyways I didn't have any auto tranny fluid drip out...

I just recently got one of those catalogs of aftermarket jeep parts which I fliped thru :read: and threw away, but I did notice that there was a new company making the pressurized coolant resovoir tank for the closed cooling system out of aluminum (diamond plate or standard) which allows you to...

I have an EZ locker in my D35 (which I didn't install so I don't have any directions) and recently found that the oil is leaking past the outter axle seals and soaking my rear drums. I need to get the axles out to replace the seals but the Haynes manual I have doesn't accuratly describe how to...

I have finished welding up my new roof rack and it felt pretty heavy to me so I put it on a scale and it weighed 40 lbs. I was a little surprised as I expected it to weigh at least 50 lbs, but that has gotten me currious, so how much does your home built, roof rack weigh? For a comparason if you...

I'm not planning anything but I had an idea, even though it has a lot of issues, that someone could put a D30 in the rear of their xj to get 4 wheel steering. Go with a low pinion D30 in the rear and a high pinion in the front to keep the best axle running in the best direction. You'd have to...

I discovered my ball joints and one hub are bad (stock D30 Axle) so I figured I could replace them myself. I read the article on MADXJ about installing offset ball joints and have a Haynes manual and rented the press from Auto Zone but after installing both the upper an lower ball joints on the...

I've searched all over here for possible radiator expansion tank replacement ideas for my closed cooling system on my 90 XJ and I need part numbers or specific make/model/year for replacement parts. I would prefer to follow eagles example and get the $100 tank from moroso but I can afford it...

Last weekend I picked up a factory gas tank skid plate from a wreckage yard and was searching around the fourum if most felt that it was strong enough or if additional support needed to be welded onto it to stand up to wheelin. I didn't find much info on it but a piucture of what I think it was...

Here are a few photos of my hood vent project. First the layout. http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&albumID=171364103&photoID=172010278&security=QunbuJ Then after I bent them into shape with a screw driver prying off of a piece of angle iron...

I went down to the local wreckage yard (small town, middle of desert) and they are asking $45 for a couple labaron hood vents which is more than I want to pay for them. I'd rather get those marine ones from another post for that money. The questions are though, is the hood just 1 piece of sheet...

I know a rear bumper mounted swing away tire carrier can block the view out of the rear window and you have to re-mount the license plate somewhere. I have also heard that they can rattle a lot, and it seems like I have even seen in some post that somebody has had their "frame" start to crack...