my 1990 XJ

[1990JEEPXJ]

haha very true mike. but for now i would like to keep the XJ looking good for its DD duties  . gotta look good in the mall and getting groceries you know.

[Mikegyver1]

Chicks dig body damage 

[1990JEEPXJ]

very good point sir. hmmm....

[1990JEEPXJ]

finally got that mismatched tire off and a new matching on on there. threw the spare in the back cargo area and made everything still fit  . mounted a fire extinguisher in the back too.



i need to take my DS to east county driveshaft and have them lengthen mine a couple inches.

[-96jeepspeed-]

haha when its your first it is. quarter panel armor is up there on the list of things to get here soon if i want to keep going down the back side of bronco peak.

i have a lexan template for quarter panel armor made of lexan, if you want to use it, i think im going to put it up in the free section

[1990JEEPXJ]

that would be awesome. was your quarter panel armor countoured to the body or just flat?

[1990JEEPXJ]

well recently i had to replace my booster and master cylinder as mine went out. i had the crappy ABS on mine that were known to be very unreliable. so i swapped in a WJ booster and master cylinder.

out with the old:
 


in with the new:

 i must say, although it is a great upgrade, i am not totally satisfied yet. i can stop plenty quick, but i think i may need to re-bleed everything or something. it should be a little better i think. but overall i am very pleased.
 

 

 
now when i first got everything put back together, the pedal would go to the floor but stopping power was there, just late in the pedal throw. so i decided that i would drill a new hole a little lower on the pedal to shorten the throw. worked great and made the pedal feel much better. i probabaly could have made it a little lower as it is still a pretty far pedal throw, but it is much better.
 

 
ill probabaly bleed everything again today and make sure no fittings are leaking

[1990JEEPXJ]

i ordered a B&M tranny cooler and a stant superstat thermostat the other day. just need to throw them on soon. also need a new temp sender. my temp gauge rarely reads over 160*. not sure if its the sender or a bad thermostat.
 


i first tried mounting it like this.

 
but it stuck out too far and i couldnt get the header panel on.
 
so i had to turn it 90* and mount facing the other way. it is very close to the A/C condenser this way, but it'll be fine. i had to fiddle with the placement and just do trial and error until i finally mounted it here
 

and you can see where i had to trim a little of the header panel to fit over the bracket


i still need to completely redo the cooling system. the gauge says its running at 160 most of the time but on hills it gets to 210, on the gauge. but then the electric fan is on, which tells me its more around 230 or so. so i got a new sending unit, new coolant, cooling system flush, the new thermostat. im thinking about just doing the radiator while im at so i dont have to worry about it anymore. just undecided on what radiator to get. nothing seems to keeps XJ's cool in the dunes. might have to spend money on a griffing or ron davis. we'll see. i have been hearing bad things about CSF lately and i only want to spend the money once. right now its just a stock autozone cheapy thats about 4 years old.

[1990JEEPXJ]

well today i got a package in the mail. a newly rebuilt steering box tapped for hydro assist. no more leaky, sloppy box.

[1990JEEPXJ]

new c-rok inner and outer steering brace

 

decided white would be cool. matches the jeep and has some contrast. the tow hooks kind of hide it a bit more than id like. oh well.
 
rebuilt steering box ported for hydro assist

 
new valve cover gasket. shouldve used this felpro one last time

 
also re-painted the cover

 


and in other news i scored an XJ D44 from the JY for $180. looks to be in great shape. im going to slowly build it while i use the 29 spline 8.25 i have now

[1990JEEPXJ]

half off sale at PYP got me some crown vic disc brake hardware to do a disc conversion on the D44. cost me a whopping $35 for everything minus the rotors.

[1990JEEPXJ]

picked up a few things lately. havent touched the 44 yet but i did pick up crown vic rear disc brake hardware from the JY the other day for $35.
 

 
 
also picked up a con-fer roof rack today with gutter mounts for $85. still needs a bottom and cross bars to be able to use. it will be very nice to have my tire up top along with my hi-lift. they take up nearly all of my cargo space.
 
 

 
 

 
 
and the 44