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'96 XJ here. I find myself in the unenviable position of trying to locate another good AW4 transmission, because my fluid just leaked out and mine's nothing but a core charge now. How do you go about finding a used one of these in acceptable condition? The only mechanic in town I trust took...

I was told a while back never to use any transmission fluid other than the Dexron III Mercon suggested in the owner's manual, even after the IV, V, and VI versions came out, superseding the III version. But this is what I'm seeing at the car part store now. Nothing lower than Dexron VI...

I started to add a transmission cooler to the old XJ last year and after installing the cooler and lines I stopped short of connecting the lines to the transmission. Here's what I have now...cooler installed in front of the belt fan and lines. Can someone remind me...how do I go about...

'96 XJ 4.0 here coming to ya with 225k miles. Just now the transmision did something it's never done before...never even hinted at it. After sitting for about 4 hours after driving perfectly on the interstate (60 mph) I start another drive and after 5 mins at below 35mph I'm pulling off from a...

My '96 XJ has been my daily driver for years/decades now and she's got 220k miles behind her. My Mom's car needed some work so I traded cars with her while I get hers done. She doesn't drive nearly as much so it's only been started once every week for about the last month. On Tuesday of this...

I've got an old Taurus where the exterior windshield edge rubber has come lose on the passenger's side down to the bottom where it ends. I can't get it stuffed back into place so I'm just gonna cut some of the back off so it'll lay flat in it's groove and seal it down. What should I use...

Time for my yearly rocker panel patch job on the 96 XJ and I've decided to look into the slip on rocker panels I've been told about. What I'm wondering is if there are actual rocker panels specifically manufactured to be slipped over existing rocker panels, or do people just get another rocker...

96 XJ here. A sound is coming from my driver side rear wheel area that started as what sounded like maybe a rock in the tread, small repeating tick the same frequency as wheel rotation, and now has developed into a more aggressive rubbing sound. Suspecting a bad bearing, I did the hard left...

'96 XJ here and I've just replaced everything you can on my rear drum brakes, and now that they're done the red 'BRAKE' dash light is constantly on. I have sort of an idea as to why but no idea how to go about fixing it. This happened on both sides btw... When I had finished replacing...

Had a wheel cylinder start leaking on the old '96 XJ so I figure I'll do all new rear brake parts since I haven't been into them in a while. After getting all the pass side taken apart I go to take the brake line off the backside of the cylinder and the hard brake line twists off right behind...

Me brakes all the sudden felt weak on the '96 XJ today and I get home to find the inside of my left tire coated with something coming from the drum. Looks like it all came out when I was stopped because it's all in one direction. So what am I looking at replacing here...probably the cylinder...

Anyone? Surely I'm not the only person interested in this.

I'd like to install remote start on my '96 XJ so I thought I'd write the boards first to get some opinions. First, quality is important but being inexpensive follows close behind, so a simple start system will do. I'm not looking to hook up anything else like door locks or rear hatch or...

'96 XJ here and although I've got a 3rd tail light it only lights up when the brake is applied. Is there a way to bring that center light up to modern standards and rig it to stay on all the time (when the lights are on) and get bright when the pedal is pushed?

'96 XJ here, and in all the time I've had this one since 2007 the fuel pump has never been replaced. So unless it was replaced in that first 10 years or so I'm still working with the original one installed. Just twice now in the last week I've noticed a kind of quieter whiney sound coming from...

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So I got a new muffler put on at the local discount Mexicano auto shop (learned my lesson) and they rearranged my exhaust so the pipe forward of the muffler sits about 1/2 inch above the transmission support member and now rattles like a mother. Instead of getting the exhaust redone I'm...

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'96 XJ here and she's due for some maintenance 1) My steering has been misaligned for a while now pulling fairly hard to the right. What part of my steering is causing this and how to adjust? I won't get this perfect but any improvement would be great 2) How do I find just the headlight...

Need advice replacing harmonic balancer and front main seal '96 XJ and my 4.0s engine harmonic balancer got wonky so I'll be replacing it ASAP. Haven't done this job before but the videos make it look straight forward. Problem is none of the vids went so far as to replace the front main seal...