Silver XJ clean up project
06-18-2014, 12:51 PM
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I finally had the jeep registered and tagged. Then I sent it to inspection. And good news, it passed!
Today is the 9th day I has been driving it since inspection. This jeep drives like a dream! And best part about it is ice cold AC!
I noticed that occasionally it have hard time starting. I'm not sure if the crank sensor is on it's way out?
Today is the 9th day I has been driving it since inspection. This jeep drives like a dream! And best part about it is ice cold AC!
I noticed that occasionally it have hard time starting. I'm not sure if the crank sensor is on it's way out?
06-18-2014, 12:59 PM
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Yesterday I saw that the rear leaf springs are sagging real bad.
Last Saturday I saw a pair of new-ish leaf packs on a cherokee and I knew I had to grab them. 50 bucks later, they were in my jeep.
One day I ll swap them out. Hopefully that should bring the rear up back to original height.
With the engine work done, it's time to start fixing up the exterior and the interior.
And I'm not sure if I should do full interior LEDs upgrade or not.
Last Saturday I saw a pair of new-ish leaf packs on a cherokee and I knew I had to grab them. 50 bucks later, they were in my jeep.
One day I ll swap them out. Hopefully that should bring the rear up back to original height.
With the engine work done, it's time to start fixing up the exterior and the interior.
And I'm not sure if I should do full interior LEDs upgrade or not.
06-18-2014, 03:12 PM
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Ok guys what's your opinion on this.
I got a pair of aftermarket rectangle lights off my old jeep, and I was thinking of mounting it on the bumper like the old style XJ's. Would it look too tacky if I did that, since it's a 01
Here's an example
I plan to make it look stock, and wire it to a stock fog light switch.
I got a pair of aftermarket rectangle lights off my old jeep, and I was thinking of mounting it on the bumper like the old style XJ's. Would it look too tacky if I did that, since it's a 01
Here's an example
I plan to make it look stock, and wire it to a stock fog light switch.
06-18-2014, 03:52 PM
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Engine: 4.0 w/ tupy head
I also would like to add that when putting everything back on, only mod I did was putting in 784 injectors.
And since I was concerned about the heater core being clogged, I decided to bypass it for now. I ll try to check if it's either clear or clogged later this summer, not like I'm gonna need it! Ha
And since I was concerned about the heater core being clogged, I decided to bypass it for now. I ll try to check if it's either clear or clogged later this summer, not like I'm gonna need it! Ha
06-27-2014, 07:42 AM
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So it suddenly started misfiring the other day. Codes came up... Cylinders 3 & 4 misfiring, ignition coil circuit confirmed, and multiple cylinder misfiring.
I knew I had a bad coil pack on, so I decided to swap it out with a good one that I had sitting on the shelf.
So far still running good.
I knew I had a bad coil pack on, so I decided to swap it out with a good one that I had sitting on the shelf.
So far still running good.
06-27-2014, 11:59 AM
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Haha yeah. I'm gonna sell this by end of September. Then I ll get another project.
Plus with some cash leftover I'm gonna get new axles and 35's for my beast
Plus with some cash leftover I'm gonna get new axles and 35's for my beast
06-27-2014, 01:08 PM
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Sell ? Why sell a 01 with a head swap already done ? Park it in a corner and act like its not there .haha youll wish you did one day.
06-27-2014, 01:18 PM
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I took on this project because I needed money to fund the axle swap haha. And I usually get bored with stock vehicles. I want to get a xj with ax15 next
