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Admittedly, I don't drive my XJ much. Some years are well below 1k miles driven. But even then, I last changed the battery in Nov 2013, making it the longest lasting car battery I've ever had. It does seem to crank a bit slow nowadays, but I'm going to see how long I can go before it completely...

Hi all. Was doing some work on my XJ and I noticed that one of my tires was just plastered with 1/4 oz weights on the inside of the rim. I have 32 weights on one side and 4 on the opposite side in the wheel. I've had these tires for a year or so, and they've been great (35" BFG KM3's), but the...

I use my XJ a lot to tow a small-ish trailer (4 ft. x 8 ft), mostly in lieu of buying a truck to haul dirt, wood, stuff that won't fit in the cab, etc. The trailer lights work great for braking and turn signals, but the trailer lights don't light up when the headlights are turned on. The...

I am about to dive into the process of rotating the axle C's to get a better caster angle. Prior to making any adjustments, I measured the current angle on both the driver and passenger sides and am getting different measurements. The passenger side shows 1.1 degrees and the driver side shows...

I haven't driven my '99 XJ regularly for years. It's mostly used for running errands around town, towing our small trailer, etc. I randomly decided to drive it to work the other day, which is 37 miles away and almost all freeway (70+ MPH). On the way home, I noticed that the temperature gauge...

My upright Craftsman air compressor (26 gallons) has worked flawlessly for the 9 or so years I've owned it. I went to fire it up today and it's like it won't kick into high gear. It kind of sputters and sometimes won't move at all and just hum. After a few tries, it fired up, but wouldn't do it...

Years ago, when I installed the extended SS brake lines in the front, the brake lines didn't come with any brackets to secure them to the body. I was recently warned that I need to get brackets to secure them to the body or else I could fail safety inspections. This is funny cause nobody has...

I got my XJ inspected today, and like always, I swapped my stock tires on in place of my 35s so I could pass. When I got back home to take swap them back, one of the lugs sheered off. The dang technician must have cross threaded the lug nut when putting the rear tire back on. My dana 44 rear...

Hi all. I have a '99 4.0 auto XJ that randomly dies or won't start now and then. I need to replace the Crankshaft Position Sensor, and I recall reading on here that not all CPS manufacturers were created equal. I can't find the thread that stated which ones to avoid and which one to buy. Anyone...

I have been searching threads for over an hour with not much luck. It sounds like it may be a crank position sensor, but maybe not. I have a '99 XJ w/ 155k on the clock. My wife is now the main driver of the XJ since I take the small car to work. Whenever I drive the Jeep, it runs flawlessly...

I’m currently in the process of purchasing a collector car that I found for sale on a forum dedicated to that particular type of car. This car is rare enough that I never find them for sale locally. This means that I am not going to have the opportunity to pay for the car in person. The man...

The driver side horn on my 1999 XJ is sick and needs to be replaced. When I was shopping for replacements, all the parts catalogs show two different horns: a low and a high tone. Is one of them a high tone and the other a low tone, or are they both high or both low tone? I plan on replacing them...

Noticed this a few months ago on my '99. I pressed the lock button on the keyless remote, and when the horn honked, it sounded weak. I inspected them today and both of the horns are working, but they just don't sound right. Do these parts wear out and go bad? I assume that since they are both...

I must say that there are a lot of cooling system threads. I searched over two years' worth but with to no avail for this specific question. First off, I understand that the pressure in the cooling system is regulated by the radiator cap. I have a '99 4.0 w/ 150k on the clock. Radiator cap is...

So I have a big freaking nail or other metallic object on the outside of my 35" BFG MT tire. I saw it there one day as I was working on the Jeep. I went to Discount Tire and the guy thought that it might be too big to repair. This is fine because I bought whatever warranty they sell to replace a...

Last year my '99 Jeep developed a rust area on the passenger side front body panel. This is what it looked like: A few months ago, I sanded it down, primed, and painted it. The finished product looked something like this: I could definitely tell that the rust was coming from the other side...

I have a '99 XJ that recently having a clunking noise coming from the front axle that is related to wheel speed, but it only happens if I have left the XJ parked for a few hours. It first appeared when I drove it in the first winter storm of this year in 4-wheel drive, but now it seems to happen...

I got this as part of a package deal when I bought other things from a fellow NAXJA member. After prepping and painting it, I realized that I am never going to install this. It was removed from a '99 XJ. Not sure what other years it will fit on. Comes with what you see in the picture, minus the...

I bought an upgraded headlight wiring harness as well as H4 headlights for my '99 XJ. I just got done installing it, and neither of the headlights, new or old, will work. They both work fine if I hook them up to the stock harness. This is what I bought...

I have a white '99 XJ with a white and black grill on the front. It would appear that the black paint on my grill is wearing away to expose white paint underneath. While this is not a big deal, and while I plan to have the grill off the Jeep while I work on other things, I figure it might as...