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Bought a new Gates serpentine belt (don't have the exact part number off-hand) from O'Smellys' to replace my old... I don't even know who made this thing, all the letterings worn off. Wish I did though because the damn thing ACTUALLY FITS. The new Gates one though... Before somebody jumps in...

'89 XJ 4.0, automagic, 4x4, no engine mods. Pulled the throttle body off today to clean it (trying to narrow down a rough idle issue, it needed cleaning anyways.) Pulled it all apart, IAC, TPS sensor, throttle butterfly, shaft, everything, and cleaned it all out with carb and choke cleaner. Put...

Well, caliper finally came in, so I decided to work on the front brakes on the XJ tonight, '89 with 4x4. One side went pretty well, no major problems, but the other side, Holy Jeezless... Just when I thought I had gotten every lined up and in place just right, that caliper would just NOT go on...

Well, I'm almost embarrassed to ask... (but here's a pro-tip for all you over-eagerly types: Not every literally little fastener needs to be King Kong tight!) Went to pull the gauge cluster out of the '89 tonight, suspect that I may have a few burned out bulbs on the side cluster by the door...

Well, some people just seem to gravitate to Jeeps... You know the ones I'm talking about... Bought an '89 XJ for dirt cheap. It was probably pretty sharp when it was new, fire engine red with chrome exterior trim. Aaaaaaaaand then some mental midget decided to come along and put truck bed...

Hey guys, looking at getting into another XJ. (finally!) It's a 30-year old death trap, but at least it has a 4.0 and 4x4, and it's being sold for a price that's an absolute sore-dick deal. Few problems (of course it wouldn't be a cheap Jeep if there wasn't some) 1. Owner says it idles high. I...

Well, after inspecting brakes on the front of the XJ, it's probably gonna need some front end work soon... sway bar link bushings don't look great, pretty much every ball joint but one in the steering linkage is shot, and the sway bar bushings could use replacing too. But I figure if I'm going...

'96 XJ 4.0 Sport, 5-speed, 4x4, no ABS, no cruise, no fog lights, pretty much as basic as you can get... I was driving around yesterday when my tachometer, speedometer, and fuel level gauging starting acting funny. Sometimes the tach and the speedo would bounce around erratically (especially...

'96 XJ, 8.25 rear axle, stock everything... I noticed over the summer that I had some grease and crud built-up around the axle vent block on the top of the driver's side axle tube. Maybe a month or so ago, I cleaned everything and put a ring of RTV black around the axle tube vent hole. But...

So I was poking around last night killing time before a dinner gig, when I spotted this interesting solution for storing a HiLift style jack on a 97+ XJ- Thoughts? I thought it was pretty creative solution to storing one of these jacks. It was secured with a bike cable to what looked like a...

Hey guys, trying to run down a couple of TPS code and other weird values with the Heep. Here's what I've gotten so far- Check engine light set, pull codes, come back with a P0121 (Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch "A" Circuit Range/Performance Problem, basically the TPS values aren't lining...

Hey guys, sorry if I didn't search for this ahead of time, posting from my phone and the search bar is being goofy. If there's already a thread on this and I did bad, please provide links. Right now I'm looking at replacing the rear bumper on my '96 XJ which got crumpled up in an accident. I...

Yeah, I know they don't have one. Some people don't though. Case in point, was looking at another Jeep that came by the school shop (a YJ with a 4.0 to be exact) and this thing was a mess, especially under the hood. One thing I noticed was the rear fresh air hose that runs from the valve cover...

Well, should I? For another XJ, of course. ;) I was browsing Craigslist today when I found another 4-door XJ Sport exactly like mine, but it's a '97 with about half the miles, nicer interior and exterior, the seller wants $2,000 for it, and I figure I could probably sell mine to buy his. Even if...

Yes, you read that right, mileage gauge says it has 308,000 and stuck the oil pressure gauge at full. While I was driving through Iowa yesterday from Michigan, I noticed my oil pressure gauge was reading at the top of the scale (80 PSI, in some cases bouncing past that) No problems at all, temp...

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So, with the summer heating up and pretty much all of us running the A/C in our rigs, I've noticed my voltage gauge hasn't exactly been sitting where I want it to. With the radio on (I'm not blaring it. Just a good level you could still have a conversation over), the A/C on (Switch in max, full...

Hey guys, so I searched here and the interwebz and couldn't find any useful info so here goes... Yesterday I was dinking around on my '96 XJ Sport, mostly yanking out crap from an outdated stereo system that was long gone when I bought it. (Rear-mounted CD changer anyone?) Yep, the controller...

Hey guys, So I recently drove my '96 XJ about 600 miles (on my way to Michigan to do a summer internship with Ford. Am excited.) Anyways, part-way through my trip, I noticed a nasty noise from what sounded like the front end. Its a very squeaky noise, almost like a door hinge that needs oil...

Hey guys, haven't been around for a while as I've been able to solve most of my issues on this "raggedy ol' Jeep," but a new one has come up... I have a '96 XJ with the 4.0, AX-15, NP-231, and an external slave cylinder set up. Last week when I was driving, I pressed the clutch pedal to brake...