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'96 XJ 4 liter automatic

Guys,

My next door neighbor drove home from work the other night with no apparent problems, parked the XJ and when he came out Tuesday morning it would crank but not start. He managed to break the rotor button during inspection but has since replaced the rotor and cap.

He just came outside (the rain just stopped) and I haven't gone to look at it yet. We aren't able to push it into my garage because he it too close to a mini van owned by another neighbor who is in the hospital.

Stop laughing, we are two middle aged men who would rather not damage ourselves pushing a Jeep uphill....

Any ideas about what I should look for?

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Billy Ray
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L.W.( ßill ) Hughes III

Bill, as always, you were right. We spent 2 hours all together messing with this thing. We eventually did push it uphill so we could roll it into my garage (it was raining).

We couldn't find the sensor and decided we might be able to see more clearly if we jacked the Jeep up and put it on stands. Still nothing on the passenger side that looked like a sensor in sight, nothing bolted to the bell housing. I'm not sure why I did it but I looked over to the other (driver's) side and there it was right in front of our faces. A few minutes to crawl out and assemble a collection of 1/4 inch sockets and extensions and the sensor was out.

Ed picked one up at NAPA. They gave him about 40% off because he works at a car dealership but it was still close to $70 including tax.

When I checked my WJ's driver side there was nothing there, I found it on the passenger side... They are easy enough to find when you know what to look for but we hadn't a clue beforehand.

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Billy Ray

I priced one at the dealer and it was around $50. That's why I avoid NAPA if possible. I just checked AutoZone, for that XJ it's $54.99. See here:

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bought a throttle position sensor at AZ for my 99 xj and it was the EXACT same one as the original so it's not a quality thing. I know for $39 a rebuilt starter is a bad one repainted. JoBo

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Jo Bo

The local autozone did not carry one in stock.

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I bought a throttle position sensor at AZ for my 99 xj and it was the > EXACT same one as the original so it's not a quality thing. I know for $39 > a rebuilt starter is a bad one repainted.>

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Billy Ray

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