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Well, the insurance company (Progressive Auto Ins) is jerking me around over my XJ, so I’m going to try to take them to arbitration. I’m posting up here to see if any of you guys can suggest some good arguments that I should make or help me find some facts online to support my arguments (such as...

I've got one of those plug-in electrical connector thingies that I just an't get open. There was an orange latch piece on it that threaded between teeth. I've slid that piece out and now the teeth appear to be free to move, but the thing won't open and doesn't feel like it is giving at all...

Is the For Sale (private parties) forum only for paying naxja members? I've looked through the rules and I don't see any rule saying that, but when I try to post there it won't let me - except the message is confusing, saying something about waiting for the moderator to approve something.

Well it happened, every beater’s nightmare, somebody ran into me and caused more body damage than my XJ is officially “worth.” So they’re going to total it and I’m gonna buy it back and so I get a few hundred bucks and then I need to get it fixed. My question is, what kind of real mechanical...

Anybody used this stuff? I just got my first supply a week ago and have finished processing the first group of things, and so for I'm impressed. Great way to save old tools and keep newer tools looking good, to refurbish old bolts and other parts instead of buying new ones, and to totally strip...

I had my engine rebuilt at 157K miles and since then I've used nothing but Mobil 1 synthetic oil, changed at approx 5K intervals. I saw the warnings about not using synthetics on high mileage engines due to leak problems, but I figured that rebuilt = low mileage in this context. Well, today...

I’ve got the 1997 version of the Warn front bumper winch mount, and back then it was a lot less beefy than the one they sell today. The way it ties into the frame rail is kind of weird too, as it uses a big-U loop of metal to go around the plastic air dam under the front bumper, instead of...

I've noticed in several overheating-related threads that people describe what happens to their temp guage reading as it nears redline (260), and sometimes after. I've heard from somewhere that you really shouldn't drive with the temp much above 230-240 for any extended period of time, or you...

When I have my ac on, half or more of the cold air comes out the defrost vents. That means a leak in the vacuum system, right? I suspect the vacuum canister thing that's in the front bumper, because I busted it in pieces this winter and just taped it back together with duct tape, and I don't...

One guy said his was a relay on the fuse box under the dash. Here's my fuse box - I've tried unplugging the two big round shiny things, and the buzzer kept going. The rectangular shiny thing I know is a circuit breaker for the wiper motor. So how can I quiet that annoying buzzer?

I just swapped in a new steering column that came with a key, everything went fine except I can't get the key out of the ignition. Dumb me, I didn't think to test that when I bought the column. The key just WON'T turn all the way to the "lock" mark - I tried pretty major force until I was afraid...

What years stering column will replace my 1992? I have delay wipers but do not have cruise control - will one with both delay and cruise replace mine? will one WITHOUT delay replace mine and still have all the connectors plug up with no problem?

Some time ago my jeep was stolen via the usual busted steering column method, and one consequence was that the high beams no longer come on when you pull the wiper control/turn signal lever. However, I can still work the switch by pushing down on the exposed metal piece shown in the picture...

My wipers quit recently so I got a new motor and swapped it out, and after reassembly the wipers still don't work. Several questions: I wasn't sure how the arm assembly (whatever its called, all the levers and gears under the hood that the arms attach too) should go, and there's a good chance...

I'm working on this right now, and so far I've been gentle. Hopefully somebody will happen to be on the board right now who has done this already, and can give me the secret before I start trying to force things. All is disconnected, the old one is sitting loose in the well, and I have the...

The fabric on my headliner is sagging in spots, so here's what I'm planning to do to fix it. Any suggestions or warnings? I'm not overly concerned with looks, but I'd rather it look better than not. I think my method is going to look kind of bad if you look close, but hopefully won't be too...

What's a good price for converting and servicing an r-12 a/c system? The local Midas shop quoted me $230 to do it. Most of the places I call say they can't even do it, because they don't have the equipment to recover the old r-12. By the way, is there an easy way to confirm that I am using r-12...

I've been fighting battery corrosion for a long time. Lately it has gotten so bad that it was sometimes hard starting the engine, and then today the positive cable broke off at the terminal. It was corroded all the way through and I had to go over 2 inches back to get to relatively clean copper...

When you're coasting along say at 30 MPH and then step on the brakes as you come to a stop sign, what sensors tell the AW4 it's time to shift into 1st?

How do you break an axle/drivetrain? Does it always happen when you’re stationary or almost so, pinned against an obstacle that you’re trying to mount and giving it more and more gas? Does it ever break on the go? Exactly what breaks, and how does it break? Is it always the weakest link in the...