Recent content by xjchappyxj

the hole in the piston is called pre-detonation. it happens when air leaks in and leans out the mixture causing early detonation and holing in the piston. ive had it happen on my 2-stroke dirt bikes but ive never seen it on a car engine

mine was an '84 chevy short bed, lowered 3 inches, fully built small block 350, lots of other extras. first truck my dad an i ever built, we sold it to buy our 1st of 4 jeeps. it was a good move to get into jeeps, but i wish i still had it as a street/daily driver.

p.s. if you do need to drive it, pull the axle shaft out, and make a strong air tight plug for the axle tube, then put the hub back on and just run it without 4wd and with out an axle shaft. its not along term fix but it was able to get me from the trail back to my shop to fix it.

i just did it on my xj wheeling last weekend. and no if you blew a u joint between the axel shaft and the hub then you will not be able to drive it safely. the ears on the end of the axle shaft and the ears on the end of the hub will knock into each other. i had to drive mine out of the trail to...

def check your windshield gasket, i had the same thing happen to me on my '90 xj and one of my parts xj's

sending out my thoughts and prayers for him, you, and the whole family from out on the easy coast

im running the electric locker in my dana 30. loving it. one of the best mods ive done to my rig and as posted before, it is really quiet

im running 32x11.50x15 with 4.11 now and i find a perfect combo, i had 3.55 originally and they just werent cutting it. the 4.11's work great for on road and off road use, its a great balance

i had this exact same problem about 2 weeks ago. i have a 1990 xj too and all it took was a new ignition relay and i was back in business.

we sell SEM products at our family auto parts and paint supply store. i have been lucky enough to go to the plant in north carolina and SEM is the cream of the crop. the reaon why SEM is so expensive is because it is a premium product it will hold up better and long than the cheap stuff. i have...

what are you talkin about that hood scoop will be perfect... for grabbing anything and everything that comes in front of the truck and ramming it right down into carb! i mean seriously birds and small rodents could get scooped up in that

1 fully built xj (6) 2 parts xj'a (12) 1 yamaha yz250f (1) 1 kawasaki kx 125 (1) 1 honda cr 500 supermotard (1) 1 honda gl1000 goldwing (4) 1 yamaha rd 400 (2) 2 yamaha rd 400 parts bikes (4) 2 honda elite 80 scooters (2) 1 batavus 50 moped (1) so 34 in all... too many stinking toys and not...

dont use the add a leaf, while it seems like a good idea and quick and cheap youll be greatly saddened at how the turn out, your already ahead of the game with whats sounds like a solid rig so spend a few bucks for new spring packs with a good lift to them

but once you hit the 4.5 inch lift level. control arms, adj trac bar, and sye and most def going to be need for needing offroad

if you are gona go that route i would safely say from expierence, the adj. trac bar takes a second place to control arms on the things to have list