My buddies alt went out and blew the fuse (a different truck). I replaced the alternator and at idle the battery was putting out 12 volts, and at the positive wire coming out of the alternator there was 16-18, replaced the fuse and everything was flowing properly.

Also another easy and common "no start" is the crank sensor on the trans. My 99 Goldie had that problem a couple years ago (sitting at 105k now)

 

Cool thanks for the tips man I will double tap them before I throw it all back together I'm pretty sure I've got it fixed(once I get my alt and bat) but I have heard of some of these xj's to have some horrible electrical gremlins so I will double check anything suggested (that makes sence)

 

Ok so after long enough waiting to afford a battery I purchased one on Monday got it installed along with new alternator and bam I'm back on the road again no more sharing the wifes car oh and I want to apologize to anyone following this build thread I just realized that I promised pics of my door mod like two weeks ago and never delivered sorry life happened and I got busy and forgot I will get them up by the weekend only got the front done rear will happen in due time thanks to all that chimed in on my power problem the support was helpful and appreciated

 

Ok gang so here is the pics on my doorless endevor

first off all i didnt take any pics during the first part so just run with me on it so i removed the torx bolts, cut the wire harness, and set the door off to the side.

next i cut the hinge pins and pounded them out ran up to the hardware store and picked up 4 grade 8 5/16 bolts 2 1/2 inches long. i decided to weld the bolts to the truck side of the hinges to help with the rigidity of the hinges cuz they are not as beefy as the 96 and older xjs



then from there i just cut the bottom part of the door hinge off

then i just put it all back togeather the hinges look like this

just need to throw some primer on the new hinges and they are all set i adjusted the doors this morning so they line up what a pain in my butt they arnt perfect but they are close enough for me all in all im happy with the results im hoping the different way of doing the hinges works well so far no problems heres hoping it stays that way