madbajan

Hi all, I'm a cherokee owner, driver abuser from the tropical isl of Barbados W.I now livin on a remote island in BC Canada. been rockin a 1984 0r 5 Chrerokee with a pristine sky blue body with a lil 400,000 kms on it.........till now, Its just given up. I had problems with the key start so wired it straight to the starter....had ta pop the hood every time n wire it to da positive terminal , but hey, it worked for a year that way. Engine is good runnin, auto gears good, jus the electrics are confusing as hell. Censors fa dis n dat n everyting unda da sun man. So she's now a dead body........boo hoo.
Are there any kits ta get a carb or a dist with points n condensor n f......off with all da otha crap? I jus need a good simple 4x4 for workin on the mountain here. no worries of emissions etc as she is an islandmountain land gal.
I got 3 o the beasties here, a limited one a sport n my ole (till now) faithful pionneer, 2 o dem fa parts, n ma one sweet gal fa drivin, but dis electrical ting have me brain confused guys! Heeeelp............

MallCrawlXJ

im assuming its the crappy chevy 2.8L. look into a chevy 3.4 swap. bolts right in.

http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...Project_XJ.htm

good write up here^^

wont fix your elec probs, but it will get rid of that turd under the hood!......could fix your elec probs if you swap to fuel injection. (doubt it)

grsmnky1

4 cyl or v6? You have a starter solenoid mounted on the passengers side o' the engine bay mon. Little gold/metallic colored rectangle with 3 push on connections and a large cable going to your starter. Your neutral safety switch is probrably bad. When in park one of those push on cables should go to ground and one recieves a signal from your key (voltage). Refer to your service manual for curcuit schematic.

madbajan

Thanks for the replies, its actually an in line 6 cyl 4 liter motor fuel injected engine............it was doing weird stuff for a while.......lights on inside car = no start from key.........lights off starting. muffler has been leaking for a bit..........just would like to disconnect all these sensors n run the motor simple style, kinda like my ole landrover back in da west indies. can I use a carb n a regular distributor on that sweet ole inline six? Why do they make things so impossible? aaargh!

madbajan

Oh well, got so fed up with the piece o detroit junk, I bust 50 12 gauge shells in its *** then poured a couple a gallons o gas in it n torched it up, kept us nice n toasty for a few hours heh heh. Now goin shoppin for a Toyota or something sensible with NO SENSORS ha ha ha haaaar! See YA.

razor02097

Good riddance

robertj

Lamest thread and OP ever. Yah, Toyotas don't have any sensors to worry about...WHAT?!?

I love it when people confuse modern technology with "harder to work on". In my opinion, newer cars are easier to work on. Computer control means I don't ever have to tune a carb or adjust points ever again. I'd much rather replace a $30 sensor than spend half a day trying to dail in a carb.

dukie564

I knew this had to be a joke. Sorry, but people don't make a habit of typing words like they speak...

bigvig

Eh mon, eye undertan yo prblum mon, but don giv er up, mon. Da Jps R da bess tings a run, mon. Dos Toyos R joonk, mon. 2 many sensrs in dem tings, mon.