okay... so today i did some things to the jeep:
first i disconnected the upstream o2 to see if putting the jeep into closed loop would help; and it did. it ran like a top. ill be picking up an upstream o2 sensor soon.
second, i noticed the PO removed that cat. its delete pipe into a muffle. illegal i know, but I'm not real worried about it yet unless i need to be to make the jeep run right. I've always been taught that the downstream o2 sensor just measures if the cat is doing its job. at any rate.. will the jeep run poorly w/o the cat?
lastly, i used this video as a guide to adjust my tv cable with a few results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH4UV2HrD1w
the results of the tv cable adjustment are; when i tried to adjust the cable as per the videos instructions, i realized, i cannon get all of the slack out of the cable. even with the cable adjusted out as far as it goes,my "centerline" of the cable connector is still about 1/2 inch to far passed closed throttle connection. i drove the jeep with this adjustment and wouldn't get out of second gear. i then pulled over and moved it in smaller and smaller increments until i put it back where it was. shifting into 1-3 but in odd places, then i went with old school kick down cable adjustment method, which involved removing the white clip, opening the throttle wide open with the cable connected, pulled out the slack and reattached the white clip. this netted me the best results as i shifted into OD for the first time!
with that adjustment, its still no good... shift points are off and if I'm going up hill at all it won't come out of second until i let completely off the gas or stop and start again on flat ground. downhill it almost goes through the gears to fast.
on a side note, i believe my brakes are dragging slightly. the rotors are pretty pitted from sitting (not horrible or anything) and under hard braking the be dal gets super soft and the brakes stink... i know the brakes need replaced and I'm not as concerned about them just yet. just throwing that out there.
TIA guys!!!