My XJ does not wanna reach 200K!
07-03-2011, 07:24 PM
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My XJ does not wanna reach 200K!
*Long story/rant!*
Love my Jeep. It just does'nt wanna hit the 200,000 mile mark! Ha ha it's soooo close. Got it @ 191K. Shortly after i had to rebuild the motor due to a broken piston skirt. Discovered it had a JY motor in it already. So at least two motors so far.
Has been doing pretty good lately. Altho i had to replace the CPS.
Now it's having no start issues again. Found the problem to be the NSS this time. So i went and bought one- $245. OUCH.
BUT i thought i'd try "jumping the wires" first. I've seen it done on other cars before. And i know not to start it in gear. I have an AW4 BTW... Stuck a paper clip (redneck i know!) in the B & C posts of the connector and...
It started right up!!!!!!
I was happy and took it up the road. But, it won't shift into 2ND gear???? I don't need to ruin my trans. So i guess i should just replace the switch?
Thought someone here may be able to help. $245 was in my savings for a lift. Don't wanna replace the NSS if i don't have to.
Thanks for reading! And thanks in advance for any help.
Love my Jeep. It just does'nt wanna hit the 200,000 mile mark! Ha ha it's soooo close. Got it @ 191K. Shortly after i had to rebuild the motor due to a broken piston skirt. Discovered it had a JY motor in it already. So at least two motors so far.
Has been doing pretty good lately. Altho i had to replace the CPS.
Now it's having no start issues again. Found the problem to be the NSS this time. So i went and bought one- $245. OUCH.
BUT i thought i'd try "jumping the wires" first. I've seen it done on other cars before. And i know not to start it in gear. I have an AW4 BTW... Stuck a paper clip (redneck i know!) in the B & C posts of the connector and...
It started right up!!!!!!
I was happy and took it up the road. But, it won't shift into 2ND gear???? I don't need to ruin my trans. So i guess i should just replace the switch?
Thought someone here may be able to help. $245 was in my savings for a lift. Don't wanna replace the NSS if i don't have to.
Thanks for reading! And thanks in advance for any help.
07-03-2011, 09:04 PM
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if you have not already you might could clean out the nss and test for results
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07-03-2011, 09:14 PM
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Thanks that's a good idea. May try that in the morning. It's been showing signs of going bad lately. Noticed my back up lights were'nt working a while back. Then it would'nt start a few times. If i jiggled the shifter it would start right up. Just got a bad feeling i'm gonna end up replacing it. Guess i'm gonna have to stop being a cheap @$$!
07-03-2011, 09:20 PM
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Cool! I will definetly try that first then. What should i use? Throttle body/injector cleaner or maybe brake parts cleaner?
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