Recent content by BCParker

moderators, if I'm not allowed to post here please just delete. My jeeps dead and gone but I've got a few pieces sitting around the garage. All from a '97 XJ country stock roof rack with cross bars, one plastic end cap damaged. otherwise good condition, no screws stock rear seat bottom...

I just did fronts and rear on my '97 using the same. I think they're trash too- partly My basis? I've worked at a midas where I did a whole lot of brakes.- doesn't make me an expert, but I've done a whole lot of brakes. the reason I think they're trash: my experience, almost every day I...

could be something inthe driveline, but my money is on the BRAKES. have you taken the drums off and checked to be sure nothing has come loose? I can picture a shoe shifted over towards the rear that centers itself when you accelerate, drags when you let off gas.

got it done. 20" length of the easy bend Napa stuff worked perfectly for the left side ($6) left the right alone. I didn't follow the factory bends exactly but got close enough to do the job. only concern is the line doesn't hug the axle tube quite as well, got a second length of tubing as a...

excellent,Thanks, precut lengths of that green coated easy bend stuff sound like the plan. they come with fittings on the end?- anyone know the size/thread?

Screwed up the threads on the LR wheel cylinder, so it looks like I need to make some new brake lines. what size line do I need, and what size is the fitting going into the wheel cylinder? also, what type of flare is it? 37degrees?

So, got the wheel cylinders right, but ruined the threads on one side of the hard line going into the cylinder. won't thread back in. searching reveals the center hose for the rear is available, but not the two hard lines going to each wheel. Is that something that I'll have to buy tubing...

Question. do the wheel cylinders fit either side or are they marked Left and Right? I see different options at three different places. 9" drums don't take the same as the 10" it seems. Brakeware part 30089 at autozone seems right, not directional. Trutorque wheel cyl w37862 at advance...

Mines clicking and won't stop now. maybe I never noticed it before now, but I'm pretty sure it's sticking somehow. I traced the vacuum lines back, they seem intact, clicking stops if I remove the electrical connector, no check engine light yet- what's up with this purge valve? anyone know...

That's the evap purge solenoid. evaporative emissions. Mines clicking too ( a 97) maybe someone else can explain the clicking.

title says most of it. 97 4.0 auto, ac, 160,000 I get a loud rattle/knocking noise from the front of the engine compartment. noise happens only under load around 1700-2000rpm. I have checked, nothing obvious caught in belt or fan, belt was glazed on smooth side, great condition on...

joining this conversation kinda late but I was wondering if someone could explain why everyone seems to think a manual transmission is by definition faster than an automatic. is it simply the gear ratio? it is my understanding that an automatic will almost always beat a manual in a drag race...

97 xj 4.0 auto, 4x4 160k mi recently when cold below ~20F, I get a loud rattle/ knocking noise from the engine compartment. either from the engine itself or possibly the front of the transmission. the first few times I try to accelerate i get the noise. It matches engine speed, not vehicle...

Check the brakes. loose caliper bolt maybe, pads so worn they're about to fall out? Sway bar end links and bushings- I'd just pull the wheel and look for anything that might be loose, also look for any metal on metal rubbing. check all ball and socket type joints for excess play, just...

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