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Miracle solution passed on by a mechanic: Place breaker bar with socket over bolt and position breaker bar against a solid object - frame or ground. While in position ,Simply have someone in vehicle bump turn the ignition and bump the starter (advisable to pull coil wire first). Voila! A...

A success story! Xfer case is operating/shifting smoothly after installation of new oil pump, suction tube/filter, timing chain/gears and new rear oil seal/bushing. The original chain with 190K didn't appear to have a large amount of slop but I changed it anyway. So far the case is leak...

You won't believe this! Torque converter lockup began working in the middle of my fiddling with the TCU. Upon rehooking up a DVM to Solenoid 3 output at the TCU and test driving the vehicle, the TC lockup started to work normally and was confirmed by DVM voltage reading. The only thing that's...

Backup lamps work. This is one of the reasons the NSS switch was removed and cleaned. The 1/2 and the 3 position indication from the NSS were verified at the TCU connector pins and per the gear shift lever. Everything seems fine since the 1st and 2nd gears are shifting normally. The brake...

Here's one for the AW4 experts. Noticed recently that my 90XJ (189K) no longer engages the TC lockup either in Drive or No 3 GearShift position. Also I noticed no change in shift points while engaging the power/comfort switch. The transmission shifts smoothly and at the correct RPMs as far as...

Still have the NP242?

I finally removed the xfer case rear extension and rear cover. I found the oil pump assembly to have a large hole in one of the flanges with several pieces of the outer (internal) drive ring laying in the extension housing. There was no trace of the plastic suction filter ever having existed...

What's the trick to seating the sending unit?. I spent 4 hours today trying to install a MOPAR remanufactured unit from Airpark Chrysler in my 96 XJ. It appears that the rubber plug on the tube is not seating in the right spot inside the tank. I am stumped. Dimensionally, everything seems to be...

Unfortunately, most of the debris retrieved was metal (the oil pickup tube), not rubber. The rubber hose retrieved was the connector to the filter screen (about 2" long). I've researched the parts catalog link, it appears the 231 and 242 oil pickup tubes are different from 88-90. Anyway, I have...

While changing the xfer case oil on my 90 XJ (189K miles), I discovered some pieces of chewed up oil pickup tube and the rubber connector from the filter sitting in the bottom of the xfer case near the drain hole. The oil was black in appearance. I flushed out any residual sludge and felt the...

I had the same problem with my 96 XJ. It happened one day out of the blue. Turned out to be the ignition switch. A small piece of metal chipped off of the bottom of the key cylinder cup causing the ignition switch not to make up in the start position. (All other switch positions worked...