From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Fri Jan 9 20:53:19 2004 From: xj-digest xj-digest Saturday, January 10 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1763 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: RE: Looking for simple 1/4" thick rotor xj: Help! Sputtering engine xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Re: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine XJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeep/xj/ Send submissions to xj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to xj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to xj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 23:04:34 -0500 From: "Darren K. Page" Subject: xj: RE: Looking for simple 1/4" thick rotor You might want to try the rear disks on 89-91'ish GM cars like the Lumina or Grand Prix. I have seen disk brake conversions on Ford & Dana axles with those, and I seem to remember that they are about that size. Darren K. Page Montreal, Qc dkpage at videotron.ca - -----Original Message----- From: owner-xj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-xj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of jayers-at-pctcnet.net Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:24 PM To: jeepoffroad-at-4x4wire.com; madxj-at-yahoogroups.com; xj-at-digest.net Subject: xj: Looking for simple 1/4" thick rotor Hey folks, I am looking for a simple rotor that is 1/4" thick, has an OD of 9.5-10 inches and a center hole of 2.25 to 2.5 ". I want to mount it to the back of a 32 spline output flange on the back of my 231 transfer case. I have looked at motorcycle, snowmobile, Kart, and hot rod places and haven't found one right yet. Either they aren't large enough in diameter or they have a funky spoke pattern of something that makes mounting tohem to the back of my flange impracticle. Anybody got any suggestions or ideas? Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:38:30 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Subject: xj: Help! Sputtering engine I'm in need of your suggestions. I have a '98 XJ with 4.0 and automatic. Today I drove my usual 35 miles to work and stopped for gas after exiting the highway. I filled my fuel tank, drove about 2 miles to work and while pulling into a parking stall my engine began to sputter and miss. Clicking the transmission into neutral, I was able to rev the engine to the 2000 rpm range and keep it running, but once I released the throttle it idled very rough and finally died. I was able to restart the engine several times, but the rough idle continued and the engine died each time. I figured the crankshaft position sensor had to be working for the engine to start, but for the heck of it I did the disconnect/reconnect routine but no improvement. I checked that all connections to the TPS, IAS, temp were all solidly connected. I'm thinking I may have got some water in my fuel when I filled up. Any suggestions? Is there a decent fuel additive I can dump in a full tank that would dry out the fuel? Is there anything else I can check or try? I did verify I replaced the fuel cap tightly. TIA, Terry Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:39:58 -0700 From: "Jason" Subject: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Sounds like bad gas, either water, or dirt (filter or pump plugged). When you turn the Key wait a few minutes then start it, if it catches right away then sputters out it's not getting enough gas. If it sputters no matter what - then its the gas. Get a couple cans of HEET gas line anti-freeze, after that get some good fuel system cleaner, I use BG brand, they seem to work the best, just sometimes hard to find. Good Luck, one of my vehicles did this and it turned out to be the screen on the fuel pump IN the gas tank-acted just like bad gas. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" To: Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: xj: Help! Sputtering engine > I'm in need of your suggestions. I have a '98 XJ with 4.0 and automatic. Today I drove my usual 35 miles to work and stopped for gas after exiting the highway. I filled my fuel tank, drove about 2 miles to work and while pulling into a parking stall my engine began to sputter and miss. Clicking the transmission into neutral, I was able to rev the engine to the 2000 rpm range and keep it running, but once I released the throttle it idled very rough and finally died. I was able to restart the engine several times, but the rough idle continued and the engine died each time. I figured the crankshaft position sensor had to be working for the engine to start, but for the heck of it I did the disconnect/reconnect routine but no improvement. I checked that all connections to the TPS, IAS, temp were all solidly connected. I'm thinking I may have got some water in my fuel when I filled up. Any suggestions? Is there a decent fuel additive I can dump in a full tank that would dry out > the fuel? Is there anything else I can check or try? I did verify I replaced the fuel cap tightly. > > TIA, > > Terry > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 20:36:29 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Johnson Subject: Re: xj: Re: Help! Sputtering engine Check to see if the EGR valve is sticking. Did that once on my amc 2.5 a few months back. Had the same exact symptoms. - -Dan - --- Jason wrote: > Sounds like bad gas, either water, or dirt (filter > or pump plugged). When > you turn the Key wait a few minutes then start it, > if it catches right away > then sputters out it's not getting enough gas. If it > sputters no matter > what - then its the gas. Get a couple cans of HEET > gas line anti-freeze, > after that get some good fuel system cleaner, I use > BG brand, they seem to > work the best, just sometimes hard to find. > > Good Luck, one of my vehicles did this and it turned > out to be the screen on > the fuel pump IN the gas tank-acted just like bad > gas. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:38 PM > Subject: xj: Help! Sputtering engine > > > > I'm in need of your suggestions. I have a '98 XJ > with 4.0 and automatic. > Today I drove my usual 35 miles to work and stopped > for gas after exiting > the highway. I filled my fuel tank, drove about 2 > miles to work and while > pulling into a parking stall my engine began to > sputter and miss. Clicking > the transmission into neutral, I was able to rev the > engine to the 2000 rpm > range and keep it running, but once I released the > throttle it idled very > rough and finally died. I was able to restart the > engine several times, but > the rough idle continued and the engine died each > time. I figured the > crankshaft position sensor had to be working for the > engine to start, but > for the heck of it I did the disconnect/reconnect > routine but no > improvement. I checked that all connections to the > TPS, IAS, temp were all > solidly connected. I'm thinking I may have got some > water in my fuel when I > filled up. Any suggestions? Is there a decent fuel > additive I can dump in > a full tank that would dry out > > the fuel? Is there anything else I can check or > try? I did verify I > replaced the fuel cap tightly. > > > > TIA, > > > > Terry > > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #1763 *************************