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Hey all- I'm still around and kicking. At any given time I've got 4 or 5 Jeeps in the driveway. 4 at the moment: 2001 XJ, 2006 XK, 2006 WK, and a 1996 ZJ. I got the ZJ in 1999 with 45,000 miles on it. Owned it almost 24 years. Unfortunately in February a lady t-boned me so now it's just...

Hey all. Putting the '96 ZJ back on the road and the radio is no good. I am looking for an OEM replacement. The Jeep came originally with just a tape deck, so I'm ok with the tape deck version or the tape/CD version. Anyone have one laying around? I posted on Marketplace that I'm looking...

Are there going to be plans made for the "every 5 year" jaunt to Moab in October of 2023?

Just did a water pump on the 5.7 Hemi. Filled the radiator with coolant, turned on the heat to the lowest setting and fired the truck up. Rather than the coolant getting sucked in to the system, it started overflowing the fill hole. I let it run for about 5 minutes and the temp guage on the...

Went to start my XJ the other day and it wouldn't start. Not surprising, as I haven't driven in a couple months. Jumped it off and let it run about 30 minutes with a couple runs around the neighborhood. Shut it off and when I went to start it again it wouldn't do anything - like there wasn't...

I'm going to be in Iowa in March, and as is tradition, I always hit a junkyard on my birthday. Are there any pull a part yards near Ames or Des Moines, Altoona, Boone - basically 30-45 minute drive any direction from Ames.

Installed a set of flush mount LEDs on the XJ. The wiring kit was pretty much plug and play and very easy to install. The kit came with the switch - 3 wires: white, black, and blue. However, my XJ came with factory fog lights and has the factory switch in the dash. I'd like to use that...

Need to replace the oil pan gasket and the rear main on my '98 5.2 L ZJ. Unfortunately, the exhaust cross pipe is in the way of letting the pan drop out. All the tutorials I've read indicate you need to remove the y-pipe from both exhaust manifolds and drop the exhaust out of the way. My...

I’m flying into Denver on 4/7 and driving to Winter Park that afternoon. I’ll have most all day on 4/8 to do some exploring in the Winter Park area. I’ll have a rental 4x4 - who knows what - but I’d love to explore some forest roads and have a little dirt therapy that day. Any suggestions...

I have a braided line/cable under the Jeep. One end is attached to the crossmember, and the other is attached to a bolt in the exhaust system just before the muffler. It broke at the bolt at the crossmember. I assume this is a ground. So my questions are (a) what does it ground, and (b) how...

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My brother is starting to search around for a vehicle for my nephew for when he turns 16 in December. He ultimately would like a pick up, but has shown interest in the XJ. I’d want him to get. 97-01. Not sure he has a preference on pick up, but his dad is a Ford guy. They are in the Katy...

Got in the '98 ZJ this morning and the battery was low, but the truck turned over. Drove 3 miles and stopped at the gas station for a drink and shut it off. The truck locked itself, and the key fob wouldn't unlock the Jeep. I opened it manually knowing that the alarm would sound until I fired...

One last wheeling trip before the year is over. Make plans and come on over. So far we have 3 rigs confirmed. We'll meet up at the gate house by 9:30. Trails will be open "until dusk."

So I found a set of pristine dash needles for my '96 ZJ at a junk yard and pulled them out to bring home. Last week I swapped out my sunfaded light orange/white gauge needles for these mint one. Now my speedometer and my tachometer don't work. My other 4 gauges work fine, as does the digital...

Was getting a PO138 code and since I had a strong hunch the O2 sensors were the ones that came from the factory at new (95,900 miles) I went ahead and changed them both and cleared the code. Immediately after changing them, on the first drive, I was noticing some weird shift points, meaning...

What is the best technique to remove O2 sensors that are rusted into the exhaust? I've tried penetrating oil, a large wrench, and a pipe wrench. I was thinking I might cut the wires and slip a socket over it, but if that didn't budge the sensor, I didn't want the wires cut and the sensor to be...

I was recently looking for headliner material to match an Agave interior. I wanted something that was a dead on match so that I didn't need to redo the overhead console and the sun visors. I found a place on Long Island that has a ton of colors and sent me free samples of all their grey...

I need to do a headliner and Joann’s has been out of fabric since about April, so I was looking outside the box. They had a neoprene material with fabric on both sides with the spongy section sandwiched in between. Essentially a divers wetsuit with fabric on it. It appears to be a perfect...