What have you done to your Cherokee today?

I have a ticking noise in mine on start up but only on rare occasions. Sounds like a lifter not pumping up. I want to take the head off get valves done and replace lifters , install roller rockers etc. I don't have a shop or even a garage to do it in. I personally don't like doing interior motor work under a shade tree.

 

Not today but recently... deglazed cylinders and installed new pistons, the piston slap is gone for now. Did the break in period and took it on a 450 trip, it did great.
Just before my trip I also installed new tires (265/75/16 Falken Wildpeak AT3W) which corrected my speedo and brought my gearing:tire ratio back close to stock. It ran great down the highway and I think it looks pretty good.





Pic is from this last weekend as I was fully loaded headed to a camp trip.

 

XJ looks great and good choice for the road trip. Missed the part where your gearing needed to be adjusted closer to stock. New axle or gears?

 

I have a 5 speed so factory gearing was 3.07. As a cheap gear change knowing I was going with slightly larger tires I picked up a set of axles from a 99 Auto Cherokee with 3.55 gears.
The math suggested that with about 33" tires I would be back close to stock, 265/75/16s are about 32". Of course the math doesn't account for the additional weight of the larger tire. I didn't have to change the speedometer gear and at 50mph I am only 1mph off so I will take it as good.

I was running with some worn 30"s which were really closer to 28.5" when new and my speedo was way off at highway speeds and it just seemed like the 4.0 was screaming, though it really probably wasn't it was just higher RPM than what I wanted to be running down the highway. Now I can cruise at 65mph turning about 1900rpm.

 

sorry for it being a little far away but I did put it on the road today!!! First time with a 5spd in a couple years

 

Looks good.

 

Good looking xj sir I like the stance ride height looks good

 

Put on the new grill and smoked lights all around...then polished her up

 

Nice

 

HAPPY to see your back in a Jeep dude. Looks awesome.

 

Took it out 'nator chasing yesterday. Not much action, though thankfully as it went right over my house.

 

My dad has pictures of a tornado in his back yard here in ny from way back but those pics look awsome good thing it didnt get bad over your house.

 

Got the spacers on today

 

Nice....I like the pokies. Lookin good dude.

 

Started off with one speaker working in the jeep now have 3 so far whoop whoop!!!!

 

Lol I threw the face plate of my Walmart radio out where the door would be yesterday the volume jumped to full blast and the knob wouldn't work. I littered I'm ashamed but I was very angry lol. Back to Walmart I guess ooops this is the Cherokee thread I don't have a Cherokee. I'm on a roll today @JKBob 25

 

Woot your at least 3/4 of the way to full stereo lol gooooo booooyeeee

 

That could fit the definition: triphonic audio system

 

You caught yourself before I could bust your balls. Lolllolloll. . Your learning @TJ_abuser . .

Wasn't me @Billy1234 . You can blame Todd for hijacking your post.

 

Sorry Billy I have more opinions than Hillary Clinton has skeletons in the closet lol