damn it. lol. thanks.

 

Another suggestion, if the jeep is still stranded and you have AAA. Give them a call. I was in the same situation and got a great deal to have a AAA locksmith come out to replace the ignition lock cylinder. It was cheaper than buying the parts.

I was lucky that the jeep died in the driveway.

 

First picture, you can get that off a 4 wheeler. I know polaris uses them for sure. Need to find one that has a push down seat not latched.

Our any 4 wheeler that has a push down seat

 

Open the hatch of a XJ. Remove struts. Unscrew little ball bolts. Pre 96 XJ.

 

Go to the JY and look around.

My 99s rear hatch has one of the little ball studs (lol) don't know if its easily taken out though. Haven't had it apart.

 

I have a 96 xj and this morning my car stalled and wouldn't restart straight away. It was revving higher than normal when on cold cycle. When it restarted it was like it was flooded.
I had the car scanned due to the engine warning light coming on and codes came on regarding engine temp too cold and low voltage from map sensor.
Anyone have any ideas?
I also checked the throttle body thinking it may be carboned up but it's fairly clean with no blocked passages.
Any info would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

 

I saw online a zj has a different top bracket. It would save me some time if i used that bracket.

Do you know roughly how many pounds for the xj hatch struts are? Iv found 150 pound strut pair for 25bucks online and figured 150 would be plenty for the hood dont ya think?

 

The zj top one won't work. It's a bar not a ball.

 

Sounds like it's time for a new coolant temperature sensor. Easy fix. Got mine for $27, from Advance.

 

Hello everyone. First XJ and just had a question or 2. Nothing too bad. Ive owned a few CJ's YJ's and a TJ Rubicon that I'm getting ready to sell so I'm not a complete idiot to jeeps. Anyway I'm getting ready to get home from a deployment and was searching craigslist for a new Jeep. Since my wheeling days are put on hold for a few years I decided to go with something a little easier to load and unload two little girls. I found a 1997 XJ Country with an NP242. Seems to be pretty rare so I plan on snatching it up. I don't plan on doing any crazy mods with it. Just convenient stuff like an overhead console and maybe a few things to keep it running better. With the console in mind I had my wife take a picture to see if it already had one and I got this. Apologize if the pic comes out big or doubles I'm not sure which format to use to link them.

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If anyone knows what this could be I would appreciate it. I figure its a keyless door sensor or something but not positive. The current owner has no clue what it is either. Her husband bought her the vehicle. Thanks again and any other advice on this model / year would be awesome.

 

Indeed that is an infrared keyless entry sensor, but I thought that style was phased out earlier? I was sure that 97+ was RF-based with the sensor being part of the overhead lamp module. Could be put there by someone or I could have my dates wrong.

 

Hmmm that worries me that they posted the wrong year for the vehicle. Anything I can have my wife look for to make sure its a 97+? I have pics up in my album but not sure if something on there can give it away.

 

Are you really just looking for this? $3
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-Detach...item2a2336a90d

 

Looked at your pics - this is definitely NOT a 1997 XJ. It has the old style "Cherokee" on the front fenders, old style fender flares, grille, interior, dash, gauges, center console, and fuel rail. I'm not sure if 1996 had the fuel rail with FPR or if that was in the tank. If you have a picture of the steering wheel that can tell us if it's 96 or 95-down. Regardless the VIN should tell you the model year if you look it up... as well as vehicle history which you should be looking at anyway.

97+ interior:
97-98 exterior:
Not in those pics is the rear hatch, which is steel instead of fiberglass.

 

Has anyone hung chains from the front of the jeep? If so pics?