been watching the clockwork orange build and with all the lighting, I was wondering if there is any XJ out there with solar power of any kind?

I will have to start getting educated on solar power

 

You could use a solar panel system to charge batteries to power auxiliary electronics when the truck is off. Not much purpose on a vehicle beyond that. The alternator provides this function when the engine is running.

 

Ok so another question. Im going to take a crack at replacing my front axle ujoints since theyre probably original and im getting vibrations and clicking/weird noises from the front left mostly. No play in my wheels so i think bearings are fine. So i found this

http://www.myjeepxj.com/cherokee-repairs/u-joint-replacement

my question is that it says you do not need to open the diff to get the axles out. Isnt the dana 30 c-clip? Which would require opening the diff and removing the cclips before the axle can come out right?

And what ujoints are recommended? 5-760x? Obviously Spicer but are there other options you can get from a normal parts store? Thanks for any help.

 

The 30 is not c clip, and you're right; if it were, the cover would have to come off so they could be removed.

 

Go to the junkyard and practice removing trim pieces.... I don't think many people on here are going to have much experience removing them. I've learned how to remove a few things by removing it from a junkyard vehicle on a couple of occassions.... if you screw it up, oh well (try to find one that's not in perfect condition, obviously - no use in messing up perfectly good parts).

 

Dana 30 is not a C-clip axle, you unbolt the unit bearings and slide the whole assembly out. No gear oil required.

As for joints 5-260X is the only size that will fit up to about 1995/1996 if you don't have ABS. ABS models and all years newer will take 5-760X or the less strong OE 5-297X. Since some shafts have been swapped you want yo make sure to measure your U joint cap diameter before going in.

 

What could cause this? 01 xj 4.0. Oil looks like oil. Just the fill neck looks like this

 

Oil getting in the coolant.

 

Cracked head

 

Ive had a cracked head in my other xj. This does not look like a symptom of a cracked head.

 

So I am dropping the tranny on my 2000 with the aw4 and I have been fighting the passenger side e12 bolt for an hour now. Any body else have this same problem? Or is it just more of my
XJ luck. Any help would be awesome before I take a battering ram to the whole thing

 

Fighting to get it off or on?

 

I got mine at Harbor Freight for under 60 bucks...the only problem I had with it is that the high pressure hose wasn't crimped to the coupler connector. A little hose clamp with a lot of torque fixed it, lol

 

To get it off to drop the tranny to do some seals and the flex plate

 

That's what we call rust up here. Oil isn't red. Time to flush your cooling system and use 50/50 instead of whatever tap water was in there before (or just really old 50/50).

The 4.0L can't really leak oil into the coolant without coolant getting into the oil. It's more likely to dump coolant into oil and the rad stay clean.