Chico

Is anyone still interested in the door panels? Yeah I am. But give me a litle time . I gotta fix some other stuff first.

Yeah, there's no one around here except someone in lancaster I think. Are you up near wellsboro?

Harrisburg

On my 88 4.0 the color is orange if that's what you are asking.

Tell him to email me. I'll buy em.

Being a complete novice I think this is a fantastic idea. I betcha between all the members in this furum we can come up with a complete rebuild manual. From experience though I gotta tell you that it would be great if when we did this it would be word for word with pictures for idiots like me. The only thing I ever did to a car myself was change the oil until I bought this truck. After three months now I've changed my plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, O2 sensor, TPS sensor, master cylinder, front u-joints, brake pads, calipers, brake lines. I've rewired evry single harness to the truck and completely exchanged dash and cluster from an xj to my mj. I couldn't have done any of this without the help of the members on this forum. No mechanic in my area would even take a look at my truck. The jeep dealer even laughed when I told them what I had. They were absolutely no help. I'll definetly pitch in my part by doing a write-up with every thing I have left to do. Up next, CPS and MAp sensor. :popcorn:

You guys know that you can buy a TJ and get a brute conversion kit from quadratech if you guys want that truck right. It's ten grand for the kit I think.

Paint every thing and ready to bolt back on. Let me know.

I'll buy a set if you can make em. Let me know about price.

I Had this same problem. It started with the horn. The meltdown started in the steering culumn and ended up going evrywhere. I had to change the wiring harness in the cab the fuse box and the harness going to the bay all the way to the relays. Take your steering culumn apart and see if the wires are melted in there to start. Do not drive it because you could have an electrical fire like I did and I just made it worse b driving it. Good luck.

That thump in the back is my exaust hitting the transmission crossmember. Maybe the tran. mount is out?

Well, changed the plugs(ngk's) wires, cap and rotor. And yes eagle, I changed the fuel filter today and the crap coming out of it was dirty. The cap looked shot inside. You couldn't tell it was brass anymore. The plugs were all covered in black soot except number 4. It was white. Do you think the injector is running lean or sticking? Anyway the truck runs a bit better but it did not solve the problem. I'm still feeling a shudder after 2000 rpm. My mechanic friend said ask you guys if you think the CPS could be causing this problem. That's my next guess. Or do you think I should change the MAP sensor or EGR next? Everybody please chime in with a guess :D

Nothing yet. I'm gonna change the plugs first and the fuel filter tosee if that fixes it. If not I'll keep searching. Maybe the map or egr next?

fuel pressure is good at the rail. I'm gonna change the plugs and the fuel filter now.

Yeah nI'm going to check the pressure now. Let you know what happens then.

Well it's gotten worse. It's stuttering at anything over 20 mph

Yes sir I think so.

Never mind. Found the post :D

ok i know where the egr is . how do i check it.

I haven't personally changed it yet,but right before I bought it, it looked like a tune up was done including the fuel filter. I just ran the truck without that hose connected to the valve cover and it's still stuttering around 2000 rpm's and 35 mph. I had my buddy check the tps again and it's on spec. I guess I'm going to get the fuel pressure checked tommorow and maybe change that map sensor.

oh where to start. I bought this comanche in june and am tryin to nurse it back to health. It seems to have a hundred problems but let's start with this one. I changed the ccv tubing coming out of the valve cover to try and slow that oil leak into the air box. It worked. Sort of. Thetruck was running good for a little and then after it warmed up it would have trouble at about 2000 rpm and 35 mph(stuttering) shifting. oh I forgot to tell you. It's 1988 4.0 A/T. Well after reading 643 posts I decided to start by changing the TPS. I had a friend who is a professional vw mechanic come and bring his little thousand dollar machine to check the volts coming out and going in of the TPS. He set it to the spec you guys wrote in some posts on the furum. Well I drove it for about 20 miles and it worked great. I thought the problem was solved. Then it started stuttering again. Kinda like it wasn't getting enough fuel. After rereading 643 posts I decided to change th O2 sensor. That was rusted and black as in burnt so I suppose it was the original. Drove it again but I'm still having the same problem. So I call my buddy and he says check the fuel pressure. What do i DO THIS WITH. On a whim I decide to open the hood up again and I notice that the grommet on the back of the valve cover is once again leaking oil. I disconnect the line at the grommet, let it hang over the valve cover and took it for for a drive. The truck seems to run a lot better. It almost shifts where it's supposed to and doesn't seem to stutter at all. So now i figure that this is an air problem. Now Here's my questions. 1) What should I look for next? 2) Should I try and get the valve cover off and clean underneath to try and solve this problem so air actually gets to the intake instead of oil. 3)would it hurt anything if I just plugged the hole on the back of the valve cover and put some kind of breather or filter on the small valve going in to the intake? 4) Should I go ahead and change the fuel pump? and what else should I change with the fuel system since I'm basically now starting to rebuild the whole truck. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.

Thanks Pete

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