Yella's 5.9 ZJ thread

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YELLAHEEP said:
Well, it's far from perfect, but it sure did clean up nice.

I gotta rebuild the front end - definitely needs a track bar and likely some control arm bushings and LBJ's. Bangs and bumpsteers like an old farm truck when it hits a pot hole or bump in the road. Not entirely convinced the rear track bar isn't a little loose too.

Needs shocks - OEM ones on it now ain't cutting it.

Heated seats aren't working.

All of the dadgum stereo speakers are blown.

Both the tensioner and idler pulleys need replaced - squeaky bearings.

Probably do a set of plugs/wires/cap/rotor - they all look like OEM parts.

Auto headlight feature freaks out at twilight - head lights blink on and off like crazy like the light sensor is jacked up or something. And the dash light brightness won't adjust off of bright. (Probably just needs that entire head light/dash light panel/switch replaced.)

Needs hatch struts for the glass and the hatch (when my wife returned, I found that the detail guys left a metal pole in the cargo area they'd used to prop up the hatch ..... :laugh:) I gotta say though..... Chrysler screwed the pooch by NOT making the hatch glass flip up on the XJ like this Grand's does. I like that feature a lot. :thumbup:

Front rotors are out of round. It pulsates pretty bad with moderate braking. (rear brakes were definitely on the metal - fixed those already with new pads and rotors)

The header panel understructure that holds the lights/lenses/grill/bumper cover is all busted up - probably just order a new one off Ebay - all the ones I found in the yards were cracked/broken to some degree if they were still on the vehicles.

And I gotta get that steering wheel re-covered or find a decent one at the junk yard..... that one spot at the top of the wheel that's open/peeling is driving me nuts..... :D (Tried to pull one at the yard yesterday, but I'll be damned if the puller bolts didn't pull out of the threads when I tried to remove it.....wheel frame is friggin aluminum.)
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Agreed on the hatch glass flipping up... wish my XJs had that.

I've had the puller bolt problem too (on 97+ XJs, same aluminum frame crap, I think 95/96 have a steel frame but can't recall) and it sucks, but generally doesn't happen if I screw the bolts all the way in.
 
LOL.
 
Fine Elguapo. Get that pile of swedish tank runnin' and all turbo'd up and I'll line up against ya.

I want a front row seat when the head goes flying through the hood after that extra-large hair dryer spools up........ :roflmao:
 
YELLAHEEP said:
Fine Elguapo. Get that pile of swedish tank runnin' and all turbo'd up and I'll line up against ya.

I want a front row seat when the head goes flying through the hood after that extra-large hair dryer spools up........ :roflmao:
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Oooooo....... front row seats, count me in!! :D
 
they pitted an awesome supercharged srt8 against a porche Cayenne in JP magazine a while back. IIRC the srt8 spanked it.
 
btw, this weekend I started the car
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ona diet...

The trunk is also a little bare
 
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Still need to rip out the metal bumpers from the car/searching for some miata seats to replace the fronts as well.
A/C is coming out as well.
 
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Cheater cheater Elguapo......... :nono:

You don't see me going and stripping the 5.9 just to win a race.........

:moon:
 
glancing at what's in the dumpster, I think he may also be stripping it because its disgusting -- looks like a family of crack-dependent trolls were living in that back seat :puke:
 
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