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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
Originally Posted by jimmy21669
So a few issues after my first day of driving....
1) Gauges are intermittent...apparently common on 97+ XJ's and TJ's...gotta pull the cluster and clean the connections and then put some dielectric grease on them
2) Rear hatch does not open from the outside...I knew this...gotta open from the inside and fix the mechanism
3) Oil pressure is reading low...he used FRAM...uggg...lol...but it is more than that. Almost like it is reading backwards...it goes up as it warms....probably the sender
4) The aux fan is missing...just gone...not there....and no electrical connector evident either...lol....WTF?
These are all small things though. I am sure I will find more...but so far they will all be easy fixes.
Oh...and found a stock manual XJ sunroof for sale for $60....I just always have to have one....it's a thang with me.
1) Gauges are intermittent...apparently common on 97+ XJ's and TJ's...gotta pull the cluster and clean the connections and then put some dielectric grease on them
2) Rear hatch does not open from the outside...I knew this...gotta open from the inside and fix the mechanism
3) Oil pressure is reading low...he used FRAM...uggg...lol...but it is more than that. Almost like it is reading backwards...it goes up as it warms....probably the sender
4) The aux fan is missing...just gone...not there....and no electrical connector evident either...lol....WTF?
These are all small things though. I am sure I will find more...but so far they will all be easy fixes.
Oh...and found a stock manual XJ sunroof for sale for $60....I just always have to have one....it's a thang with me.
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From: Forest Hill, Maryland
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
jimmy, i use FRAM oil filters. what should I be using? and seems like everyone is finding their issues recently. '
as for the 97+ guages going out. it's happened to me 3 times and I needed to get a new blinker (the module on the steering wheel) mine got messed up somehow.)
as for the 97+ guages going out. it's happened to me 3 times and I needed to get a new blinker (the module on the steering wheel) mine got messed up somehow.)
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From: Berea, OH
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
It is like a gutter mount, but mounts to the rails.(not the cross rails, but the rails the cross rails WOULD mount to)....the wind deflector is no longer there though....
$50?
$50?
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From: Berea, OH
Year: 1998
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jimmy, i use FRAM oil filters. what should I be using? and seems like everyone is finding their issues recently. '
as for the 97+ guages going out. it's happened to me 3 times and I needed to get a new blinker (the module on the steering wheel) mine got messed up somehow.)
as for the 97+ guages going out. it's happened to me 3 times and I needed to get a new blinker (the module on the steering wheel) mine got messed up somehow.)
I prefer Mopar. Fram are known to hold low pressure.
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From: Berea, OH
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
Originally Posted by jimmy21669
I prefer Mopar. Fram are known to hold low pressure.
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From: Stevensville, Maryland
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Any word on that speedo gear Jimmy? And thanks for looking for me. And also my axel ticks when i spin it with my hand, its not mounted but when i spin it i hear a ticking, good or bad? No tires on it
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From: Berea, OH
Year: 1998
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Many XJ's came stock with them. I have always put them in my XJ's and wheeled the **** out of them. On my 91..it was used as an escape hatch a couple times....lol
Our bodies ARE structural, but the strength of the sunroof frame makes up for the hole you cut.
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From: Berea, OH
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I will check the speedo gears to...no time today.
WHERE is the ticking coming from?
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From: Forest Hill, Maryland
Year: 1998
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alright. might have to do something about that...I'm needing oil changes soon in both of mine
thats how I feel about the ones before that
thats how I feel about the ones before that
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by jimmy21669
Many XJ's came stock with them. I have always put them in my XJ's and wheeled the **** out of them. On my 91..it was used as an escape hatch a couple times....lol
Our bodies ARE structural, but the strength of the sunroof frame makes up for the hole you cut.