Recent content by Tim_MN

Typically the coating is stripped, the alum is polished, and the clear coat is reapplied.

Looked inside yet? The glass guide sits in a metal frame inside the door shell. The 2 torx bolts allow for slight adjustment. The front guide frame is welded in place but could be moved slightly with a pry-bar. .

The shims may be optional, but I doubt the #7 clevis brackets are. I don't see how you are going to keep the control arm bolt from sliding all around in the slot without the clevis or something similar. The chart is a starting point, adjust as necessary. When I installed control arm drop...

The 1997-2001 front driveshaft is the same, 242 vs 231.

Did you test the O2 sensors? The O2 sensors are NTK, and NOT Bosch or no-name generic? TPS failure may have one or more of these Physical Symptoms: 1) The engine loses power and is stalling. 2) The engine will idle, but may die as soon as you press the gas pedal. When driving, it seems as...

I would inspect the back side of the fuse-box for corrosion and damage possibly causing short circuits, open circuits, or sticky relays. All the fuses and relays should be removed and inspected for corrosion. Take pictures or make a diagram of locations before removing fuse and relays.

You need to perform some diagnostics. When it stalls, what is missing, fuel pressure or spark? What color is the spark from the plugs? A strong, healthy spark should be a bright, blue-white color. A yellow or orange spark suggests a weak ignition, indicating a problem with the ignition...

Refresh with new chain and shift fork tabs, or refresh and SYE. At about 3-4 inches of lift is when you want an SYE.

Resolve the key-less entry short circuit by repairs or by unplugging the faulty module, and the PCM should be OK.

A faulty key-less module or wire harness defects will likely cause a short circuit on the 5 volts OBD sensor CCD Bus, and a no start. Unplug the keyless wire harness from the main wire harness, at the plug near the interior fuse box, and see if the no-start situation goes away. If you find a...

The 1997-2001 key-less entry is stand-alone, it can be unplugged. It is also plug and play, if you find a replacement module with remotes you can install them. The key-less entry module is married to the remotes so try and get a module and remotes from the same donor, or you will have to have...

Are you sure swaybar is 31mm? What are your size options for purchase? Something close but smaller than will squish enough to work.

Use a hole saw and drill a few bigger holes. If you need more air flow, drill more holes. I cut two 4"x 6" openings for my 8" x 10" hood vents. That is plenty of air flow.

The 242 is well known to be stubborn shifting into 2wd. Is it just not shifting into 2wd? A worn and loose transfer case chain usually makes noises. Worn shift fork tabs or shift fork damage usually leads to shifting issues. You may have to crack it open and see if anything inside...

Does the Cherokee have optional Factory installed SKIS/SKIM anti-theft? Instead of supposing things that might be bad, you need to test some things. All the symptoms may, or may not, be from one single defect, don't get hyper focused on one single idea and forget to look around at...