Recent content by fuzzydog

Could be the Jeep gods were offended as I have hardly driven the xj in the past couple years. Seems the 2000 wj in the driveway is getting all the use and loving these days.....

Lol! From one extreme to the other. Earlier this year it wouldn't start. Last night at 230 I hear a noise outide and it is my jeep cranking the engine over. At first I thought it was someone trying to steaL it but I removed one of the rear tires just to prevent that. Nobody inside, key off and...

Just want to update this thread and give the renix gurus a puzzle. I never did resolve this until today, and even then it is a hack fix. There aprctually is nothing wrong with the ignition switch. I traced wires through the bulkhead connector and cavity d4 is supposed to have battery power...

Ok definitely looks like the ign switch. That sucker is dirt cheap at rockauto but.....I think it is time to ditch it altogether. I am just going to wire in a master powr switch and a push button for start.

good thought - the steering does unlock and I can hear the rod moving in the column. maybe it has become disengaged from the ign switch? that's the first thing I will check tomm.

hey all, haven't been on here in quite a while as my xj has just been rocking along great. It is a 1990 with 4l and AW4 auto. Heavily modded running gear but engine managemetn is pretty much stock. I am running a 2 battery system with both batteries in parallel with no isolator (for now)...

Subscribed to see how you make out. I've toyed with this idea for a long time but it hasn't come together for me yet. here is some info from my bookmarks: http://www.dieselbombers.com/diesel-engine-conversions/95514-mercedes-om617-diesel-aw4-cherokee-automatic-trans.html...

Let's assume for a minute that I am one of the few retards still using a Rusty's track bar and that I need to replace the axle side m02327 bushing. Let us further assume that I live in Canada and don't want to pay $35+ in shipping for a $10 bushing (truth be told, I would pay the $35 shipping...

finally got time to do the compression test. cold/dry engine - consistently around 100-105 in all cylinders except #1 which is at 65. I'm pulling the head as clearly there is something wrong in there - hopefully it is just the head gasket, but if it is more major than that I know someone with...

oops - forgot to mention - I put in a 'regular' radiator a few years ago. I no longer have the pressurized expansion tank, the rad cap is right on the rad. I removed the spark plugs last night and they all look really nice - lightly tanned, none stand out as having been steamed. Tried to do a...

Catalytic converter? What's that? :nono:;):shhh::shhh::shhh: I did some googling and those kits to check for exhaust in the coolant are not too pricey - we'll see what the compression test says and go from there. Thanks for the input.

Haven't posted much for quite a while here, my rig has been treating me pretty good but on the weekend I developed a problem. My rig is a 1990 cherokee, 4l AW4. I completely removed the mechanical fan and I am running 2 side by side small electric fans in a custom shroud, on manual switches. For...

I saw a program once on car safety. The narrator asked (rhetorically) "imagine you were driving a car that had been proven to protect you no matter how badly you crashed, and how fast you went. No matter what, you would not get hurt." Eventually, you would probably be driving very fast and...

Thanks Begster - I do like the idea of moving the mounts up and might do that if I am comfortable with how it is working out. I'm really looking for validation of my train of thought here - but it is tough to explain. It seems to me that the critical dimension is the relationship of the axle...

I knew I had seen it somewhere on the net and finally found it. madxj.com did exactly that.