Thanks guys! Sorry I haven't responded, I'm a teacher and school ends next week so it's nuts right now. Gotta get this fixed though, the wife is threatening to boycott the TJ and take the Volvo to Moab when we go next week. Um, no. I'm going to try pulling a plug after the first crank and I'll let you know what I find. I don't have $91 to drop on a new CPS, but I wasn't sure exactly what you meant when you wrote (in the link below, post #3) "Turn on your key and if your gauges now work, the sensor is bad." My gauges work fine right now, is that an XJ thing? I'll pull the plug on it tomorrow and see if it affects my gauges. I checked in my FSM and it talks about using a scan tool to see if the sensor is good, I don't have a scan tool, and it's not throwing any codes (as far as I know anyway - the check engine light has not come on). Don't places like Autozone scan codes for free? Would this be something they would/could test?
Brody, do you know what total post number you were referring to? I guess I have my viewing preferences set differently, as I only get two pages for that post.
I was also going to try the ECM screw thing, I figure that can't hurt either. You have an XJ, right? Does this occur on TJs too? I assume it is the cover bolts, not the mounting bolts, correct?
A few other thoughts I had:
O2 sensor failure wouldn't likely cause this, right?
How does a coil fail? Slowly? Dead all at once?
What happens when the camshaft position sensor goes? What symptoms occur?
Thanks for the help, I'll fiddle a bit tomorrow and let you know what I come up with!
Kyle