That is the worst time of the year to have to empty your pockets. I had to empty mine too. 
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I was in Auburn CA at a hotel a month or two ago & was wondering WTF are all these JEEPS doing here!?! ā¦was soooo tempted to randomly chirp ājeeps suck!ā but was also very outnumbered. 
Apparently Rubicon folks. Lots of Jeep America or something or other rigs looking like factory sponsor stuff. Basically rental carsā¦ 
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I call those mall crawlers. 
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I love rolling up beside these new āJeepsā made by Fiat LOL all done up with no mud or even a spec of dirt. Fancy rubicon stickers and all the offroad accessories strapped to them. Bombin around on 35ās that never go on trail ā¦ Then there is my 89ā¦ all the important stuff for the trail and no frillsā¦ and no monthly payments 
I also get a kick out of all these new Bronco trail editions around here. They just look like a modernized XJ to me. Canāt beat the originals
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Especially for what they cost!!
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Uhhhhā¦ is that sarcasm?
Iāve got some great new stickers for you but they wonāt fix the leak either.
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Well, not all the leaks. Just the rear diff leaking. My oil adapter is leeaking oil still. Thats how I know how it still has oil in it.
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That adapter is a pita to removeā¦ i made my own tool. If yours is a torx head id be happy to send it your way if needed.
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wrenchin on my xj this morning. Hoping that new plugs and distributor cap fix my issuesā¦ otherwise I will need to start looking internally and potentially a rebuild.
I also have a leak somewhere around the Tcase that i just discoveredā¦ fun times
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Like cam/valve issues? No fun
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ya iām hoping that isnāt the issue but it is an 89 motor with 339,000 km on it.
It starts and gets lots of fuel but it missfires like crazy and if I let it run it chugs bad for several minutesā¦ really random length of timeā¦ and then suddenly just runs smooth but if i try and give it gasā¦ it hesitates and stumblesā¦
Has me thinking it is an ignition/spark issue so Iām doing the usual, replacing the plugs, rotor, cap ā¦ wires and a new ignition module will be next steps.
if that failsā¦ crank position sensor and if that failsā¦ Gotta pull the top end and see whats up with the valves I guess. Had some oil on spark plug #6 ā¦ so a compression test is in order but I donāt have the tester.
Hopefully this winter I can locate an engine to rebuild or if I have the funsā¦ a 4,000 dollar crate engine
sucks i canāt pull codes off the 89 year like I could with my 92 yj , really made wrenching a lot easier as far as tracking down issues.
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I was thinking the same thing when I read that.
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Engine management has gone soooooo far in the last 30 years. Off the shelf standalone efi is like wizardry. Hard to believe the carburetor addicts still exist.
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mine is fuel injected , itās just an early 4.0 ā¦ that has a pcm/ecm that doesnāt store codes.
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wellā¦ i did my cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter, found a leaky heater hose too. ā¦ started and ran fine but a critically low idle even though all the cylinders were firing now. So tested some sensors with the multi tool and all that seemed fine so I cleaned the throttle body. That was the ticket.
Fired her up today and idle is back up to 1000rpm and she is running nice and strong againā¦ I am relieved LOL
time to go hunting!!
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bring the carb cleaner! 
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Hmm, rear diff still leaking. I may need to look up the torque specs for that cover and tighten it up. 
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I like to use this on diff covers, water pumps, transfercase halves etc where you wont be seperating parts for a considerable time.
It does make next disassembly a bit more laborious when seperating.
Nice and controlled application, nice small bead is all ya need.
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yep.
i learned āhonda bondā essentially the same grey permatex cheese-wiz, is how to stop leaks in VWs & Audis. weird.