Recent content by CaptTrev

fixed! i had the same problem in my 96 XJ. I found the little right-angle black hose and pulled it off. As soon as i did a stream of water drained out onto the driveway - what a great sound! I looked in one end of the hose and saw it was plugghed with something... i blew it out with comp...

all good points. I think im going to drive over it a few times.

While doing some maintenance under my jeep this winter - I noticed some cracks on the inlet tube of my Borla muffler. I have borla header, B-pipe and cat-back - all from approx 5 years and maybe 30k miles ago. I called Borla and spoke to Tim Y in warranty dept. Even though I never filled out...

Amongst a lot of other thing I am an ABYC certified Electrical Marine technican. I have done a tremendous amount of marine and automotive electrical installations/re-wiring. I don't know how you can say soldering is EASIER than crimping. FWIW, it is against ABYC marine electrical code to soler...

what kind of oil are you using? any brakes hanging up? 75mph is fast for an XJ. All else equal - I bet you would get 18-19 mpg if you cruised at 60-65. Are all of your wheel bearings in good shape? how are your ignition wires? cap and rotor? check for a vacuum leak. you need to check for...

IAC = Idle Air Control

where in oyster bay area? shoot me an email [email protected]

I'm in the same boat as you. 33's and 5.5 and very few places to go. I've got a permit to wheel on the beach, but its very restricted access. Its fun, but its just sand. There were a few trials out near Calverton, in a private area, but I seem to remeber being able to get in and wheel there...

might need a new wiper control module. fairly cheap. its a small black box under the dash. I believe it has like a felt/velcro on one side where it attahches up under the dash easy to replace

"If you want to really gearhead-out, you can download a copy of any of a number of Linux CD bootable OS images (Knoppix or Centos or even the tiny Morphix Base) then use the DD command to do a LBA to LBA copy from D to C. This will leave you with a repairable image of the old drive on the new...

sounds like good advice - thanks. what utilities do you recommend to exercise the HD?

looks like a sweet HD...but 2 out of 3 reviews there say it failed on them in only a month or so!? think that one is better than the western digital? i havent ordered anything yet...........

thanks for all of the info Guys... I'm ordering the 300 GB drive this afternoon... I'll have to check into the seek times.. it is a 7200 RPM though... www.newegg.com excellent website

its a gateway. from 2002. model 700XL. believe its a 3.2 GHz processor. P4. it was one of the best gateways you could get in 2002 IIRC. for around $100 I am going to throw a new 300 GIG HD in and reinstall windiows and be done with it I think. sound like a good idea?

dont mean to hyjack this thread - but I'm curious what u guys think: 96 XJ 4.0 32's 3.55 gears auto stock original radiator bypassed radiator with aux tranny cooler new circ pump and t-stat 2 years ago. now that its hot herer (80 deg+) cruising on the highway at 65-70mph, with air...