Originally Posted by ITTs_Cole

Hey guys, its time. im a bit late but for those who were helping me in my endeavor with my temp sending unit, i got the broken sending unit out

But now the old unit is stuck on the bit, ironic but not my issue right now.

I installed the new one and put the original wire on the unit, drove it around and got no reading. So i tried taking some 16g wire and spliced it to fit on the unit and attached it like so:

(it was tightened all the way when i was testing)

Joy to the world i got a reading, but something seemed....off


Side note my thermostat is 180, store didn't have 195s so i just decided to use a 180, figured it'd help it stay cool in stand-still highway traffic.

So to my curiosity i tried a second gauge the previous owner had installed


Now i dont know what to believe, anybody have an thoughts on what to try?

Originally Posted by survailencewagon

ok, dumb question time

Originally Posted by survailencewagon

what bumpers can I bolt on to my xj without a serious headache

there's a bunch of jeep stuff on the craigslist round here, but not much for an xj
lots y's t's cj's ... some of them are actually in my price range...
but I don't want to spend more time/money modding the bumper to fit than I would spend just ordering one, or having it fabbed

Originally Posted by Joecam18

Decided to plan my front brakes replacement, and possible a rear drum shoe replacement. My only question is how do I figure out what brake pads/shoes to get? Never replaced brakes before so I dont know if there are different types or sizes or what.

Thanks in advance for advice!

Originally Posted by salad

Two different sizes are specified to XJ drums, 10" and 9" diameter. Go out and measure the width of your drum. Chances are they're 9".

Tips for doing drum brakes: Do one side at a time. Then when you can't figure out how the hell all that annoying crap goes back together, you can compare against the other side. Also don't bother trying to reuse hardware, it's very cheap to replace.

Originally Posted by Joecam18

Thanks! Where can I get new hardware?

Originally Posted by Joecam18

Also, what (size, type, material, brand) brake pads for the front are needed?

Originally Posted by salad

Same place you buy the shoes lol



Only one size for the front pads. The OE material is ceramic. Generally once you get into ceramic territory brand matters less (unlike semi-metallic or El Cheapo organic). In-house brand should be fine.

Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb

Is it possible to take one coil and install a factory isolator at a time with keeping the other wheel on? Take the one wheel off, jack up the side with the wheel still on, let the side without the wheel slowly drop enough to take the coil out?

Originally Posted by 96XJSE2DR

1.) infinite reading across B&C on sensor connector
2.) When it wouldn't fire after getting trans bolted back up I ran through gears and tried in Neutral.
3.) Date sticker was never pulled but battery looks like new. The battery held up for 3 hrs + with headlights and flashers on when towing before lights began to dim. Left it on trickle charge all night.
4.) I believe the stahl when putting it into Drive was just because when you put it in drive with trans bolts out the trans would shift backwards moving the sensor away from flexplate. You could put it in Reverse with no stahl and drive backwards. (bellhousing/sensor moved back flexplate stayed put at engine) My theory anyway

Originally Posted by straightsixjeep

Check out this video from 7:00 on How-to: diagnose a P0320 (crankshaft position sensor circuit failure) - YouTube If pin 2 (ground) is good, before you check the resistance of pin 1 (signal), I can look in alldata to see if the pcm connector layout for the 4.0 is the same as the guys 2.5 in the video.

EDIT: More information http://troubleshootmyvehicle.com/jee...crank-sensor-1

Originally Posted by 96XJSE2DR

Found the problem and it was in fact the crank position sensor but it didn't fail the flexplate ate it.
Replaced it and Jeep is running sweet!

Originally Posted by drhoward1988

Thats sorta how installed my lift coils so i would say yes. I just let mu axle droop down on the side i was changing.

Originally Posted by straightsixjeep

YAY! Pat yourself on the back