Young lady............PLEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEE don't refer to your XJ as a car it is a lean mean offroading machine. We 40 sumthing manly-man males with our lifts,tires,and gears and winches and things (I NEED a winch!!!)
Cringe when our monster creations are referred to as a car!!!!

 

haha ok ok, sry to insult it wont happen again

as far as the firing orders go i checked it and.....it was wrong!!! 3 and 5 were in the wrong spots. its running so well now and a friend and i took it through a small trail lastnight...mudded it up good lol i'll take some pics after work and post up. thank you guys for all of your help!!! idk what i could have done without ya!

 

Ya I believe it is our responsibility to fix things as guys, God knows myself being a mechanic and married "30 YEARS,lol!" I have two daughters who drive, I have been fixing my own cars for years! "6 engine rebuilds on six different vehicles, I could not even count the tune ups and oil changes". But things are beginning to get better in that area, one daughter moved out and has had her own car for three years up until some moron pulled in front of her and totaled her 03 camry about three months ago.
So now my extra vehicle my xj I have been building is now in her hands for the next couple of months until she gets another car. The other daughter finally bought her own car and has the oil changed herself, and the wife well I just bought her a newer car and should not have to work on it oh maybe for another year or two, I am hoping, but that has been my life according to Steve.
Question: Why didnt your dad help you with your jeep, that is his responsibility, lol.

 

glad to hear you got it done girl good job
cant wait to see it full of mud

 

yeah i kno me neither haha i have never done anything under the hood by myself by i just printed off that diagram and bingo lol now i just have to get it registered...

 

You should get a Manual at your local auto parts shop for your jeep. That way you have pictures and "troubleshooting" tips if you have problems like this in the future. Also, only listen to your friend with 5 jeeps. Don't just let any moron with a set of ********* touch your car. Most people would do something stupid like disconnect a spark plug wire and not notice. And yes that would make is run terribly. Also i took a 96 Jeep XJ to 350,000miles and only put 6qrts of 10w-30 (recommended by the manf.) and it ran just fine. When you start changing oils around and adding extra "crap" in the oil you risk doing some damage to your engine. so be consistent with your oil. Try and use whatever has been used in the past.

 

That is cool. I have been slowly telling my daughter who has my xj, how to work on the thing.
The other day I had to diagnose a poor running problem over the phone with her and made her look under the hood for loose vacuum lines, and slowly trace down each line until we came to the map sensor which the vacuum line had come off of it and made the xj die all the time.
She felt impowered to be able to do that and fix it, "thats not to say dear old dad diagnostic ability was tried."
It is realy hard to diagnose something over the phone or online, so what happened to you is good but rare that it does get fixed right, keep up the good work.

 

it does feel good weather your a man or woman to be able to fix your stuff
your dads going to let you register it now?

 

yep! i cannot wait and i wouldnt have been able to get it fixed so soon without everyones help here...i love this forum lol

 

glad to hear it and hope you got her dirty last night
great work again

 

thank you!!

one more thing tho...idk if i should make a new thread or what but i guess the exhaust is missing after the cat (could be wrong lol) but its super loud which is no biggie but i was wondering if i wanted to go about getting it fixed where could i buy this for cheap? i heard to buy a glasspack muffler or something but idk. i have no idea what i need lol im just worried about it passing emmisions. do you guys know wat part i am talking about or do i need to post pics later?
sorry for all the questions but clearly i am asking the right people based on my last issue!

 

^ wait actually i think there is one section after the cat then the rest is missing...sry bout that

 

if the muffler is there then just go buy a tail pipe from an auto parts store and a 2.25 inch exhaust clamp and hang it up and clamp it on.
If the muffler is not there get one of those to and another clamp.
and you might need to trim things up so be prepared with a hacksaw or sawzall or exhaust pipe cutter.
I think last time I let a shop do my exhaust which was like 8 years ago it cost 150 to have a tail pipe bent and installed and a muffler installed(that I purchased elsewhere) im sure the cost has gone up some over the years.

 

yeah your exhaust prolly fell off after the cat. That happened to me one day and I had to walk back and get it on the side of the road haha. As far as catback exhausts go I would say the cheapest is probably off jegs.com or summitracing.com. Search for "dynomax exhaust" for a jeep cherokee. They have one thats pretty cheap and you can send in a rebate and get money back. At one point it was like 60 bucks for a brand new muffler and tail pipe including the rebate.

edit: Also noticed you are from CT! Soo Hi fellow CT jeeper! lol