Ideas for decent manuals?

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Waid Here

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Bellevue, Wa

• Oct 7, 2006

• #1

Any ideas out there for decent manuals for a '99 XJ? The Haynes manual is sorely lacking and seems overly generic.

I am interested in info regarding the axles, drive train and such.

thanks all,

-waid

 

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Timber

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Slohio

• Oct 7, 2006

• #2

Either get a Factory Service Manual, or for $30/year you can have a one-vehicle subscription to the online Mitchell manuals (way better than Chilton or Haynes, but not as good as an FSM). In the library system where I work, we use the Mitchell online almost exclusively (and it's free to use in the library for the public).

 

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dizzymac

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Location

New Hampshire

• Oct 7, 2006

• #3

X2 for the FSM.

 

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Gordy

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Ipswich, England

• Oct 7, 2006

• #4

Click this link:

www.ishouldnthavepostedalinktoafsm.com/therulesclearlystatethisisnotallowed.htm


Its for a TJ but it'll have a lot of info relevant to the XJ axles etc. There was one for the 2000 XJ out there but DC got that removed PDQ.

 

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Waid Here

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Bellevue, Wa

• Oct 8, 2006

• #5

Thanks for the ideas - the FSM sounds like a good idea. I will also check out the Mitchell at the library.

 

Yucca-Man

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Location

Castle Rock, CO

• Oct 8, 2006

• #6

Factory Service Manuals - find 'em in the Classifieds, on eBay, or at www.techauthority.com

 

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Timber

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Slohio

• Oct 8, 2006

• #7

Waid Here said:

Thanks for the ideas - the FSM sounds like a good idea. I will also check out the Mitchell at the library.

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If your library doesn't offer it, check toledolibrary.org, and go to the databases section. You might be able to get it that way. Some people even without local cards can get it.

 

UNCC_99XJ

Twisted Up

NAXJA Member

Location

Harrisburg, NC

• Oct 8, 2006

• #8

I"ll 4th the FSM.....best $100 I've spent on my XJ so far...never leaves the Jeep and has come in extremely handy for when the heep gives me trouble.

 

Yucca-Man

NAXJA Member # 683

Location

Castle Rock, CO

• Oct 8, 2006

• #9

Mine never goes in the Jeep - but that's 'cuz I bought the CD version and can print out only what's pertinent to my procedure.

 

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mikeny59

NAXJA Member #300

Location

NY and/or Fl.

• Oct 10, 2006

• #10

FSM worth it's weight - but don't let many of the factory service tools scare ya

 

Menzenski

Formerly Mambeu

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Home: Ithaca, NY School: Albuquerque, NM

• Oct 10, 2006

• #11

99XJSPORT06 said:

the FSM.....best $100 I've spent on my XJ so far

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x2 (x5?). Except mine cost less than $100.

The section on the AW4 alone is longer than an entire Haynes manual (seriously, it's over two hundred pages).

 

Kurt04

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Location

Leadwood, Mo

• Oct 10, 2006

• #12

Mambeu said:

x2 (x5?). Except mine cost less than $100.

The section on the AW4 alone is longer than an entire Haynes manual (seriously, it's over two hundred pages).

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I should be getting one this week.