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Quick question, is it possible to gut the rear differential in any way, and run the jeep in FWD?
I don't want to spend any money on the XJ until insurance figures out what they want to do with it. If they write it off and take it from me, then this will be $150 wasted. if I can gut the diff in...
I don't really want to upgrade because I was recently in a rear end accident (3 weeks ago) and insurance might write my jeep off. This rear end explosion happend at a bad time.
It's currently got no lift, and 235/75/r15's on it. Never wheeled it hard, but I drove it hard on pavement. Not...
I was told it was an LSD when I bought it from the guy. I don't know how to recognise them though.
I'm going to try and find an 8.25 to put in it. Anything with low KM's basically that requires little/no fab work.
The Dana 35 in my '89 Cherokee exploded yesterday on the highway. Just shifted into fifth right outside of town, doing about 100 KPH when I heard a KABANG! followed by thump thump thump thump. Shit. Pulled off to the side of the road and walked home. Got the jeep back to the garage today and...
May be the water pump bearings. Its coming from right around there.
Going to take the belt off this weekend and see what I can see.. Or hear what I can hear, rather.
Ahh! I didn't mean for this to be in italics.
1989 4.0L
Few months ago a small tick/knock developed from the engine that didn't seem to be much of an issue. Was only barely audible at idle.
Now, the knock has suddenly gotten a LOT louder. It sounds like a bunch of rocks in the engine. I used a screw driver as a stethoscope and couldn't...
Hm, you know, my distributor has some slop in it too. How much is a lot? I also have indetical to-the-T symptoms.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=970124&highlight=distributor
This was my thread - similiar?
Here's a fun thing to do. Disconnect the vacuum line to the MAP sensor and try starting it a few times. First will be normal, itll run like crap, shut off, and the next time it'll start up instantaneously. Also my throttle response was improved. RENIX is weird.
I'm not going to fab up a traction bar. Maybe if I get a newer cherokee and want to do it right.
I think in the mean time I'll just revamp the springs. Also noticed that the front clamps were completely loose with the pin missing. Eek.
Camera setup was a small point & click with a ziptie...
As promised, I got a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uVq8_3JUps
Holy shit I have pretty extreme axle wrap. The pinion angle is changing a lot, and you can hear the exhaust tone change every time it goes up and down.
Time for some revamped springs I think, I mean these only have 400,000...
I've checked both the CTS and IAC, and they're both within spec when it's warm. (Edit: Havn't checked them when it's cold, yet). I've also tried unplugging them both which really doesn't make any running difference.
I've swapped out the MAP sensor with a junkyard one and made no difference...
I was just wondering how to tell if a Renix jeep is in limp mode?
I've been trying to track down a poor performance/mpg problem and can't figure it out. My idle is nowhere near solid, although it's always at a consistent 600-700 RPM's. What I mean by "not solid" is that the needle fluctates...