A Day With An XJ.

Leeann · **Joined:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:19 pm **Posts:** 523

That air filter's pretty danged nasty :shock:

Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:22 pm

Leeann wrote:

That air filter's pretty danged nasty :shock:

I know, right! You should have seen the throttle body! I cleaned that as well. Runs like a real champ now. 165K miles. I doubt the throttle body was ever cleaned before. We also gave it a synthetic oil change.

Leeann · **Joined:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:19 pm **Posts:** 523

With the filter that dirty, I believe it.

I assume it was pretty gunked up.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:48 pm

There were like 100 acorns in the airbox. :roll:

Leeann · **Joined:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:19 pm **Posts:** 523

Have they been driving it like that or has it been sitting?

Gageraid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:00 am

Leeann wrote:

Have they been driving it like that or has it been sitting?

This is day 4 or so of my friend owning it.

I'm in the process of finding more info about it. Pretty sure the guy was dailying it on the highway to and from work. Newish set of tires on it. The work we put in today definitely saved it a few more miles.

Anything else you think I should check? I want to find out the specifics of how to check the transmission fluid as it has a dipstick and doubt it would be hard to change. Also, I should check the fluids in the rear, front, and transfer if possible.

It will be getting new spark plugs in the near future.

Leeann · **Joined:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:19 pm **Posts:** 523

Everything you said, plus check the brakes and shocks.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:03 am

Leeann wrote:

Everything you said, plus check the brakes and shocks.

Some of the brake line was just replaced since it was leaking. Breaks work really well. Very slight squeal from I believe the front driver side.

The shocks are OLD. Definitely original.

If it's easy I'd like to replace the antifreeze in the radiator.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:31 am

I'd do all of the fluids, diffs, transfer case, transmission, also more to a tune up on them than just spark plugs check the cap and rotor , may as well replace them as well since more than likely they'll need replaced

Gageraid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:37 am

tommudd wrote:

I'd do all of the fluids, diffs, transfer case, transmission, also more to a tune up on them than just spark plugs check the cap and rotor , may as well replace them as well since more than likely they'll need replaced

Absolutely Tom. I've done way too many tuneups in years (still many many more to come). The spark plugs are probably going to be really bad. I can tell the spark plugs wires have been replaced at least once.

I will check the cap and rotor next. I'm sure the rotor will be fried and bent up.

We'll see how much progress we can get done on this. Not my money, so it's whatever she can afford or what I can convince her to spend. I bought the air filter for her as a belated birthday present. :mrgreen:

Quick question: Anyone think it'd be a good idea to disconnect the battery so it can learn how she drives, or is that not necessary?

Gageraid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:11 pm

Replaced the spark plugs and plastidipped the whole hood :goink:

today. Will try to get some pictures tomorrow. The spark plugs seemed pretty bad to me.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:10 pm

Please notice the plastidipped hood.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:12 pm

KK's are a lot taller than XJ's. Having owned both, I appreciate having the extra headroom. That XJ needs a lift to park next to yours though!

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:34 pm

lfhoward wrote:

KK's are a lot taller than XJ's. Having owned both, I appreciate having the extra headroom. That XJ needs a lift to park next to yours though!

You should have seen the XJ I saw parked next to a KK today head on. The XJ was lifted 6 inches or so and huge tires, defender rack, extra lights, steel front bumper, etc. head on with a stock sandstone color KK lol.

The XJ needs more work still. Gotta replace a few grommets on the valve cover and fix the parking light that is cracked.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:01 am

The XJ failed inspection the other day. In New Jersey, all it has to do is pass emissions. It failed the idle emissions, but passed the high idle emissions.

Armed with that knowledge, we decided to throw some more parts at it. First thing was to inspect and replace the cap and rotor.
Take a look at how bad this I believe original cap and rotor were.

After that we also replaced the spark plug wires since we did the plug a couple of weeks ago. The last thing we did was clean the idle air control valve. Man was that thing dirty!
I believe it's getting taken to inspection tomorrow and hopefully it'll pass!

Another thing we need to replace is the CCV. We believe it's plugged pretty bad, but the parts store isn't able to get it, so he recommend we go through a dealer.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:26 am

Some more updates. We plastidipped the wheels and gas door on the Cherokee.

Also repainted my friend's Forester rims. They were red, but decided they looked better black.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:19 pm

Another positive update.
The XJ passed emissions today!

lfhoward · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:39 pm

Congrats! I am rooting for the old XJ. :pepper:

Gageraid · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:46 pm

Next we have to realign her headlights since one points up and the other points down.

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