98' XJ Sport.. Another XJ Thread

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Past few weeks have been love/hate.

Developed a radiator leak in the upper radiator hose. There was no more plastic shielding so a bolt on the AC condenser melted a pin prick hole. $16 later and it was replaced.

After changing the rear diff fluid and the upper radiator house I couldn't get the jeep to start. She had full power but would just crank, crank, and crank and not turn over.

Turns out, 95% of the time, it's going to be a bad crank position sensor if those are the symptons.



Napa had a sensor in stock from their premium line. This is as good if not better than OEM. The interwebz say this is one of those parts that you should cough up the money for OEM or NAPA premium as most of the other brands box auto shops carry are garbage.

As a side note, maybe I should just rename this thread "Project Overkill".

Received my DIY Beadlocks spring plates with bump stop provisions. At 3/8" steel, Jesus titty fawking Christ these things are just beef. USPS had to repackage them because the little priority mail box couldn't handle the trip from Cali.

Apparently, this company primarily manufactures steel shooting targets and picked up a side-business selling 4x4 beadlocks and such... I like their diversification.

I'll get them installed this weekend with the sliders at the Summit Point Bed and Breffiss. :thumbup:





That's all I got. Closer to wheelin' at Rausch creek in 2 weeks and all that's left to install is:

Sliders
Spring Plates
Rear brake line/bleed
Alignment/balance