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Old 12-05-2012, 01:29 PM
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Cruiser54 has a great writeup on cleaning up XJ grounds, marginal grounds can cause all kinds of crap.
Is it in here somewhere?
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/
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Originally Posted by BimmerJeeper
Is it in here somewhere?
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/
Yup https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/cr...7/#post2114702
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On my 98 I had a very fast driver side blinker going. Found it was my on the bulbs on the indicator under the headlight. When I went to replace the bulb I noticed when I moved the bulb a bit it would work and the blinkers would operate fine. I'm guessing it's the pig tail to the light holder but can that just be spliced into the original wiring?
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On my 99 it runs really hot. Not losing coolant. Temp gauge says its good. Just replace thermostat. But after a little while of running you can't even touch the hood. Why? Check engine lights on. My other jeep didn't do that
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What's the code? Have you verified the actual temperature with something like an IR meter?
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Havnt pulled code and no I havnt?
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On my 99 it runs really hot. Not losing coolant. Temp gauge says its good. Just replace thermostat. But after a little while of running you can't even touch the hood. Why? Check engine lights on. My other jeep didn't do that
Does the top rad hose get hot? You might have a blockage or a bad water pump. My 95 loved to run hot in the summers. Finally I threw a water pump at it a couple weeks ago and all is well.
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I am building my own 1'" Tcase drop I have no clue what the dimensions would be to cut for length and holes for bolts. I need it built before my lift goes on next saturday. also, does anybody know what size bolts are needed for the tcase with it dropped an inch? length and width?

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Originally Posted by ksrummel
I am building my own 1'" Tcase drop I have no clue what the dimensions would be to cut for length and holes for bolts. I need it built before my lift goes on next saturday. also, does anybody know what size bolts are needed for the tcase with it dropped an inch? length and width?

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New to the site. Hope someone can help with diagnosis. 1995 xj with front end noise at low speeds that sounds like bad speedo cable would . Some vibration in steering wheel. Bad clunking noise when in 4H. All u joints look good.
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Old 12-05-2012, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609

Does the top rad hose get hot? You might have a blockage or a bad water pump. My 95 loved to run hot in the summers. Finally I threw a water pump at it a couple weeks ago and all is well.
I believe I might have blockage because it sat for years. Also the bottom hose running from the block to the rad was busting pin holes in itself from pressure. How could I blow out and blockage? Or does that sound like a water pump?
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I have a bad stalling/shifting/high idle problem and I started out testing the tps. The volts seemed out of wack. So for gits and shiggles I tested the tps harness and I get the same readings. 5.07v constant on the outer wire, 4.88v - 5.07v increasing with throttle response, and 0.00v ground on inside wire. Shouldn't the middle wire start out muuuuch lower? Should I mention I dunked it a few weeks ago.

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I have a bad stalling/shifting/high idle problem and I started out testing the tps. The volts seemed out of wack. So for gits and shiggles I tested the tps harness and I get the same readings. 5.07v constant on the outer wire, 4.88v - 5.07v increasing with throttle response, and 0.00v ground on inside wire. Shouldn't the middle wire start out muuuuch lower? Should I mention I dunked it a few weeks ago.

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Yep - on my 99 (very similar to 98) you should have at most 0.2V coming out of the TPS at idle sweeping smoothly up to 4.5ish. She be shot!
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For those who did the kicker panel speaker mod what did you do with all the wiring down there?
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For those who did the kicker panel speaker mod what did you do with all the wiring down there?
Don't do it!
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