Originally Posted by Moparguy45

sorry i have a noob question that i have searched for an answer but cant seem to find an answer. What is a bastard pack?

Originally Posted by fantic238

There is a LOT of bull**** written in that thread.
Example:

Originally Posted by ZachsXJ

you absolutely can do it.
I'll be the first person to raise my hand and say that I just plain don't get wiring, mechanical stuff comes naturally to me. IF I can do it YOU can do it.

Nugget of Advice: drop the cash for at least a decent multi-meter. Don't get some POS, you will regret it. Typically the way I test wires is I use the probes to just get through the insulation jacket into the copper core of a wire. The +12 wire to the cluster is going to be the one that provides power to the cluster, there will also be one ground wire, everything else are signal wires. If you have a short or bad connection in either the ground or "hot" wire, you'll have major gauge cluster issues. My bet would be on a problem with the ground wire which is probably grounded to the unibody inside the Jeep.

FYI: whenever you probe a wire, its good practice to use some brush or spray on electrical tape to reseal the insulation.

Originally Posted by fantic238

There is a LOT of bull**** written in that thread.
Example:

You should be better "bookmarking" this thread.

Originally Posted by #999

will be working on it next week as those are the next few days i have, sounds quite doable from what youre saying...say that one of the wires is bad....are they easy to replace?...thanks for the vote of confidince,and the advice
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Originally Posted by ZachsXJ

the only thing wrong about that one part is the XJs of those years with the NP242 had non-disconnect D30s...to my knowledge, all other XJs of those years with the 231s had disco-D30s

Originally Posted by stevec

So the tailpipe on my 95 cherokee has rusted out at the support after the muffler (The support is literally cutting through the tailpipe, its about halfway through it now). I have had this hole for a while, and it is under the jeep, yet ive never had any issues with exhaust leaking into the cab.
Money is low, so im wondering if there is any problem with taking the tailpipe off completely after the muffler, and just putting a small L shaped pipe on the muffler so it just throws exhaust to the side?
Thanks

Originally Posted by bakerg

Quick update I replaced the drums and there is no more vibration. Brought up another question though. I replaced the brake shoes drums and e-brake cables. The brakes are adjusted properly and the adjuster is all the way in and the e-brake holds a little bit but no where near what it should, especially with the adjuster all the way out and handle all the way up. I just spent about 3 frusrating hours on the brake cables only to find the e brake a small bit better. Any help is much apreciated. Does anyone know if there are differant e brake cables for cherokee's. My thinking is that the 2 door might have a shorter cable then the 4 door. That sound right to anyone?

Originally Posted by ZachsXJ

you wouldn't necessarily need to replace the whole wire, just the part thats damaged. or if its not getting a good contact where its bolted to the unibody for a ground, you clean up the connector and where its bolted to till they're shiny, bolt it back on and spray a thin coat of paint to protect it from messing up again. replacing an entire wire would be a royal pita. you'd have to take the jeep half way apart.l