Yes you can. Involves either a lot of money in setting up the gears or a lot of know-how to do it on your own though. Certainly not for the faint of heart.

Would it be possible to use an AIT sensor off a newer model XJ and just splice in the pigtail?

 

They read different ranges. You may be able to find a universal sensor and mount it with an adapter, but I don't know how much trouble that'd be

 

Ah okay. Figured it was a long shot but ya never know.

 

Update on the Bilstein install, it's a bust. After spending the afternoon fighting to install them in the backyard, I took them back off. When I put the tires back on and set her down on the ground and jounced her a few times and looked in wheel well i saw there would only be about 3 in compression on them before they bottomed out. So off they came. I was told when I bought this it had a 4 1/2 lift of unknown manufacturer. So googled the shock number, turns out it's an old RC # for a 4 in TJ, XJ lift. So instead of calling Bilstein again and getting wrong info, went to Amazon and ordered a set for a 3-4. Hopefully my long arm won't tear them up.

 

Well why don't you measure the compression and extended lengths and find shocks that match the criteria?

 

Well the Ebay 20% is over so that is not going to happen. At least not yet. Oh yea I would not even attempt this. Not even close to being in my wheel house. My buddy says he could do it. He just wishes it was one of those ones you can do on a bench. I think a Ford 9" is what he said can be done that way. Somebody told me that I should buy one of those lunch box lockers or something. Much better. They are probably right. If wheeled still yeah. But I am going for a factory vehicle.

So I finally broke down and bought the 3 ton Harbor Freight Jack. They were running their parking lot sale. $68. Grabbed some ramps too. Used the 20% off coupon. Came to like $32. I want see if I can drive up on the ramps with the rear wheels. My mud flaps might make that not possible. The goal is to drive up on 4 ramps. Mostly for cleaning and Fluid Filming under there. Or any work where removing tires is not necessary. Think I am getting a skittish in my old age. Oh and bought all the different sizes of black zip ties they had. $2 each. Figure you can never have to many zip ties.

 

Drilled a bunch of 1/2" holes in the dana 30.

 

Well, big thanks to 88whitecomanche and my buddy Jerry for their help today. Removed the old AX-4 and installed the new AX-5/231, clutch kit and driveshaft. Now I can swap my front axle in, the shift linkage from Boostwerks and front driveshaft.

 

Replaced the distributor assembly the other day. Took all of 20 minutes. Didn’t bother with finding TDC and all that, just noted position of the rotor and made sure the new one was at the same position when installed. Starts and runs better now.

Also installed the Autopal headlight housings and new headlight harness. Can’t wait for dark...

 

Yep... It's that easy...

 

Got the injectors and heat shielding fitted to my intake.

Not a lot, since I spent most of the time cleaning the garage. One of those things that no matter how much time you spend it never looks like you've made progress...

 

Put the carpet and interior back together. Installed new jcr center console mount. Planning on installing the overhead console I got then a new master cylinder.

 

First time I have ever seen that heat shielding in a picture other then on Amazon. So I always figured that you could install it with all the parts still on the Jeep. Looks like that is not the case with the fuel rail heat shield. Is that so?

 

You're correct, it's impossible to install completely without removing the fuel rail from the intake: on the rail wrap there are incisions for each injector, fuel line and Schrader valve, as well as the mount brackets. The reflector/shield sits below the rail. If you're already going to change the injector seals (included), they have instructions on how to do it all in the engine bay.

My Jeep is in the assembly stage and everything was already off. I had been cleaning out the whole intake earlier and planned to fit my 703 injectors with the insulation kit before the intake and exhaust go back on the engine (which is on a stand)

You also really can't fit the individual injector wraps until it's all back on and wired back up, which is why they're not pictured installed.

 

I don't have any heat soak/misfire issues on my '00, knock on wood, but now I am sorry I did not buy that kit anyway for when I did do the 4 hole injector upgrade. I did replace a crappy manifold heat shield with a new one though while I was there. Never having really seen a clear picture of it, till now, I thought it was something you could do with all the parts still on the Jeep. Oh well.