Subject: xj-digest V1 #2109 From: john meister Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:09:15 -0700 To: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net xj-digest Wednesday, June 8 2005 Volume 01 : Number 2109 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: xj: good and bad zj's? Re: xj: 96 ZJ oil pressure xj: AutoColorLibrary.com xj: Re: A couple of quick 86 questions xj: function of an AC clutch xj: down in vegas xj: '89 XJ progress and eBay seats Re: xj: function of an AC clutch 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: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:38:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Storms Subject: Re: xj: good and bad zj's? The zj's sure are outfitted well and are a lot cushier than the xj's, but the tranny issue is almost a 95% fatality issue for the zj's. Don't know why they didn't continue the AW4 - would've been a good jeep then! You can sure see why there are a lot of zj's out there - they look and feel great on the car lot...:) Aaron - -----Original Message----- From: Allen Zylstra Sent: Jun 6, 2005 8:12 AM To: xj-at-digest.net Subject: Re: xj: good and bad zj's? I like the 91 models. I was looking at a 92 before I bought the ZJ. I love my Zj except for the trans. If chrylser would have continued using the AW4 the Zj would have been an excellent product. Allen Gilpin County News PO Box 93 Black Hawk, CO 80422 303.582.0133 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:23:09 -0700 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: Re: xj: 96 ZJ oil pressure A: The problem is they give it a stupid name. It's under switches and not sensors. From: "Allen Zylstra" Subject: Re: xj: 96 ZJ oil pressure. I went on napa's website, but I only find a listing for a low oil sensor. Is this the correct part? It doesn't say anything about oil pressure. I think I should just replace it with a manual guage that I know works. Thanks again, Allen. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:52:04 -0700 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: xj: AutoColorLibrary.com http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/scripts/depot.exe?pgm=aclgate.bbx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:11:52 -0700 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: xj: Re: A couple of quick 86 questions A: My '86 was a 2.5L longbed. NONE of the XJs or MJs got the Iron Poot but CJ7s and Wranglers did. 4 cyl and 2.8L V6 got AX-5 only in Comanches, but the '84/85 XJs could have T-5, T-4, SR-5 or SR-4 trans as well as AX-5. (so far I saw 1 T-5 and have owned only AX-5s) I did the clutch in my '84 XJ I recently got and switched the bellhousing for a Renix one so I could swap EFI in later. (I found a '93 2.5L with AX-5 and NV242 for $300 along with the computer that may go in instead) I converted the '84 bellhousing from internal slave to external with just a couple extra parts. (slave cyl, clutch arm and throwout bearing) The SR-4/5 is a Toyota trans (early Corolla rear wheel drive), but so is the AX-5 (used in 4 cyl pickups and Coronas with 4 cyl) and AX-15 (used in Celica, 6 cyl Corona Mark and Crown series and landcruisers plus a few pickups) plus the AW4 was used by both too. (I have an A340H from a Toyota 4 runner with RH drop Tcase that may go into my J4000) From: "w_howey" Subject: A couple of quick 86 questions 86's were longbeds only, Correct? the 4-cyl, was carbed or TBI? This would be the AMC 2.5l not the GM ID 2.5l? The 5-spd was an AX-5, or could it be that toyota tranny????? got a line on a cheap one, I am chomping at the bit to make a MJ trail rig. Poor old XJ, unibody is giving up. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:17:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Kummel Subject: xj: function of an AC clutch OK. Yesterday was a scorcher out here on the east coast. My latest acquisition is a 1996 Grand Cherokee Limited. Nice Jeep (almost not a Jeep though, if you know what I mean) We wanted to drive in style with the AC going but found that it doesn't seem to work quite right. I remember some discussion about AC stuff on here a few months ago and perhaps someone may have some answers for me. Here is what's happening. Turn the AC on and set the temperature to a low setting. The AC clutch will cycle on for about 2 seconds, then cycle off for about 5 seconds, then on for 2 seconds, then off for 5 seconds. It will do this over and over...The low pressure line will get *cool* but not COLD. I put a pressure gauge on the low pressure side and when the compressor cycles on, it reads about 125psi, when the compressor cycles off, the pressure reads about 130psi. There's refridgerant (r134a) in the system (I couldn't find the watch glass to verify, but the pressure's good). I pulled the relay to check if there's a bad contact, but that's good too... So, here's my question. The normal function for a compressor in a '96 Jeep running r134a coolant. Should it cycle on and off like that? And if so, why am I not getting any COLD air? It get's cooler than a 150 degree car interior, but not COLD. I remember on the older Jeeps (XJs, I have a 90 and 89 xj) there was a relay fix that kept the compressor on continuously...I performed this mod on both Jeeps and they run colder with this mod. Is there something similar I need to do with this one too? Thanks for the info (in advance) Ed web/gadget guru "I'm not an expert, but I *did* stay at a Holiday Inn Express once..." --Holiday Inn Commercial Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:55:45 -0700 From: john meister Subject: xj: down in vegas down in vegas... and wagoneers.com/JohnMeister.com are also down... server is being relocated to a faster pipe! so if you've tried to email me this week, that's why I haven't responded or the msg bounced... also, no network connection in the hotel, and besides, I'm on vacation. ;) boring weather here, hot and sunny... ;) john ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:39:28 -0400 From: "Jesse Barbieri" Subject: xj: '89 XJ progress and eBay seats I finally got the engine out of my '89 cherokee last week. What a PITA that was. The E-12 bolt on the passenger side was stripped, but somehow I did manage to get it out. I took the transmission brace off in order to get a better angle at it. I finally put my 1997 Grand cherokee seats on eBay. They are offering $.50 eBay Motors listings today. I might even put some tires on there. The seats are http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7979561003 &ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT if anybody has any ideas what to add to this listing I would certainly appreciate it. I really do not know the grand cherokee. I dont even know the designation code. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:05:06 -0400 From: Marc Subject: Re: xj: function of an AC clutch Ed, I'm sorry I cannot answer you're question. But, I'm curious about the older XJ fix, I have an '89. I have a problem where mine cools for a while and then doesn't. Marc Z. Ed Kummel wrote: > OK. Yesterday was a scorcher out here on the east > coast. My latest acquisition is a 1996 Grand Cherokee > Limited. Nice Jeep (almost not a Jeep though, if you > know what I mean) > We wanted to drive in style with the AC going but > found that it doesn't seem to work quite right. > I remember some discussion about AC stuff on here a > few months ago and perhaps someone may have some > answers for me. > Here is what's happening. > Turn the AC on and set the temperature to a low > setting. The AC clutch will cycle on for about 2 > seconds, then cycle off for about 5 seconds, then on > for 2 seconds, then off for 5 seconds. It will do this > over and over...The low pressure line will get *cool* > but not COLD. I put a pressure gauge on the low > pressure side and when the compressor cycles on, it > reads about 125psi, when the compressor cycles off, > the pressure reads about 130psi. There's refridgerant > (r134a) in the system (I couldn't find the watch glass > to verify, but the pressure's good). I pulled the > relay to check if there's a bad contact, but that's > good too... > So, here's my question. The normal function for a > compressor in a '96 Jeep running r134a coolant. Should > it cycle on and off like that? And if so, why am I not > getting any COLD air? It get's cooler than a 150 > degree car interior, but not COLD. > I remember on the older Jeeps (XJs, I have a 90 and 89 > xj) there was a relay fix that kept the compressor on > continuously...I performed this mod on both Jeeps and > they run colder with this mod. Is there something > similar I need to do with this one too? > > Thanks for the info (in advance) > > Ed > web/gadget guru > > "I'm not an expert, but I *did* stay at a Holiday Inn Express once..." > --Holiday Inn Commercial > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #2109 *************************