Recent content by XJ AV8R

SOLD! It shall live again:)

Hi all, I haven't posted in a very long time, and usually just lurked anyway. After 22 years of ownership, the XJ is dead. I'm sad. It did it's job and kept my daughter safe when some texting idiot rear ended her. I'm very grateful for that. I had a buyer lined up (the body shop guy) to...

Nice. I'll check it out immediately. Haven't run across that website yet.

Thanks for the replies guys. You have definitely confirmed what I have come across so far. That's OK. I was hoping for some shortcuts but I'll be diggin into it myself when the time comes! NAXJA rocks. LOL on the Honda tech. LED's and mufflers! Take care.

Hello all! I have been cruising this website for many years, sometimes with my name in black and sometimes with my name in red. My XJ continues to chug along with it's original running gear (except for axles) as it passes 240,000 miles due in large part to the knowledge found within NAXJA and...

Definitely doing this. I don't remember my old one having the ears, but it was a while ago too. Who knows.

I think I may give it a try unless the radiator shop will do it very cheap. I guess it doesn't have to be pretty as long as it's sealed well. Brown Dog motor mounts and Daystar poly transmission mount are on the way.

A quick search turned up a polyurethane mount from Daystar for $50...that's it. Any thumbs up or down for these? BTW, the current mount is an Omix-Ada that is 1.5 years old.

Well I know what I'll be doing on my days off then. Even though it appears fine, it's got to be torn and just not visible I guess. x2 on the Brown Dog transmission mount. I'll see what I can find for a better replacement that's available.

I'll take a closer look at it. It looked good upon inspection but disassembly will verify this once and for all. This really seems like what happened. I didn't realize that the motor would move forward so much in the motor mounts with a torn transmission mount. Good to know. If it's baked...

Checked this one. Crossmember is good. Checked this too! I wanted to make sure I didn't do something stupid. I succeeded this time anyway! Fan is not bent, BTW. The fan clutch is what made contact with the radiator support and clearance from the blades is way good.

It's a stock fan clutch. The tabs on the fan clutch have partially removed themselves. I'll finish the job just to balance the thing out. I don't see what purpose they serve, but I haven't started dicing them up yet either. It appears to just be cast aluminum so removing shouldn't cause...

'91 XJ, 4.0, AX15, NP231, D30, 29 spline 8.25, A/C if it matters. Well, I'm a little baffled by this. Here's the background. About 4 months ago I replaced my clogged stock radiator with a CSF 3 core brass and copper. (Very nice upgrade, BTW. The system's cooling ability is drastically...

Hey! I haven't been doing much wheeling lately! I bought a mountain bike in April and have been riding like crazy. I might be interested in a trail ride soon. Let me know what you have in mind. Take care. Scott

Why not just replace the u-joints in the front driveline?