bogger69,
it sounds like your altenator is on it's way out too. XJ altenators are mounted super f@$#ing low, and like to pack up with mud, grass, water, small children.
Ok so maybe im just crazy but my dads mechanic friend also said its the alternator but I don't think it is, Here is why:
- I hooked up a battery to mine that had a full charge, now my XJ has a bunch of gauges and the battery one read 11.5-12 volts with a fresh battery hooked up to the one in it, however, after like 5 min it sudendly droped to 9 which is really odd.
- Also I had this problem ( where it would start at 11.5-12 vold then drop to 9 ) like a week ago and after playing around with the ground it went back to 14 and i didnt have a problem until we went to mclean....
I don't want to buy a new alternator for $250-300 if I dont need one because I have $0 to spend so what else could it be?!?