Project Black Betty

[Spawn 93]

Well, Heather and I brought home another misfit XJ last night.

1998 XJ
4.0
2WD
AUTO
PW, PDL
It has a set of 18 inch Dodge Nitro wheels on it right now. I know, 18's.... but they don't look too bad really. The tires are bald, but the P/O also left a set of stock snowflakes with some Hankook MT's in the 235/75R15 flavor in the back of the Jeep. I drove it to work today, but didn't have time to swap the wheels out. It may have a dead spot in the steering, lots of wiring needs reworking, and definitely needs driveshaft U joints (obvious acceleration vibration). Also lots of small cosmetic issues, but overall not horrible.

Heads up for pictures!

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[High2by]

Good score!!

What's been living in the nest above the rear view mirror...

 

[Spawn 93]

It's some form of electrical gremlin nest. Those little guys have a variety of nest styles, shapes and colors. This one seems to be of the "took the headliner out to redo it and never did" style.

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[Ghost]

Congrats.... and what is up with that steering wheel?

 

[Spawn 93]

Well sir, Black Betty has a rebuilt title. I can only assume that the airbag deployed and they were too lazy to replace the components properly. Which brings up a good question.

Can I swap in a 99 steering wheel with cruise and it work?

Also, I swapped out the headlights, marker and corner lenses for some that I had laying around. Someone painted the lenses black in the past..... Pics in the morning.

And one more thing, as I'm in the drive thru at Wendy's, she's running a little warm. E-fan is definitely not working.....

Only one more caveat. The key got stuck in the ACC position and it wouldn't come out. But I kinda got mad and it came out. But still in the ACC spot.....

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[High2by]

You know what mad gets you......broke stuff.

There are several parts that need to be there in order for CC to work. I'm not sure what all it takes but I know it's more than just the steering wheel controls.

 

[Ghost]

Clock spring is the first thing I’d check. I doubt that has one. Lol.

 

[Spawn 93]

Per my research, the PCM on the 98 requires different signals from the buttons than the 99 can provide. I have also found that different fuses in the kick panel control different systems. 97-98 are the same, 99's seem to be unicorns, and 00-01 are the same. From what I gather the change from 99 to 00 is due to the coil pack ignition.

I solved the e-fan issue by removing the connector between the smaller wires coming from the fan to the larger wires from the wiring harness on the driver fender. I wiggled and jostled the connector to no avail, and when I unplugged it, it seemed solid. Plugged back in, intermittent fan operation. Squeezed it together with some needle nose, and it worked. Bypassed the connector and solid operation. I have another fan laying in the shop somewhere, I hope the connector is on it.

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