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How to Slot the CPS This is in response to this thread: New to my XJ and Wrenching... Trying to get meaningful photos in situ is beyond my skills and resources, but with a spare tranny on hand I figured I could do this justice. For starters, there is the need to remove the CPS from the...

But I have gotten over it. This followed me home today: Hardly any rust at the bottom of the tailgate: Worst it has is this wheel arch: It has all the right things wrong with it. Previous owner repainted it red and then tried to make it look like a woody. So it needs paint...

I just needed to move a trailer on my property. Just to pull it in front of my shop to work on it. 4WD and A/T tires just wouldn't cut it. Chains required just to pull it up a slight incline so I could then back it down into place. And it is not like it is a ton of snow on the ground...

Still a ways to go before I hit the road:

I know I saw this somewhere, but I cannot find it now. Maybe it was in the registration form? Could someone post up the build requirements for the 3 different levels of trail difficulty?

Just wondering what sort of impact a Federal Shut-Down may have on Moab. The last time the Feds did this it screwed up my camping plans. Had to find a state park. If there is a shut-down I expect Arches and Canyonlands will be closed. For all I know they are small-minded enough to try to...

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I have issues with trying to store my hitch stingers. They are heavy. They don't stack. They don't nest. And the one I need always seems to be at the bottom. To make things worse, I added a receiver mount winch into the equation. It may...

So I got a bunch of, um, barbells: I hope he doesn't complain there isn't enough weight to work with. Free weights are expensive. Fortunately I didn't have to lift any of these. Seller had the whole passel all slung up in chain and set them down on the trailer with a forklift. Here...

I think Mac is up to his eyeballs in alligators and has not had time to post this information here. I am not trying to steal his thunder, but to give folks as much advance notice as possible. Moab had added to the requirements for group runs, and one of the new requirements is that every run...

I am going to try to do some trailer mods, and hopefully not end up finding myself building a completely new trailer from scratch. The starting point is a trailer that I picked up used 5 years ago. It came with a mismatched pair of 3,500 lb axles, only one of which had brakes. But the axles...

This isn't a daily driver, but it isn't a tow rig either. I don't know where else to put the farm truck. This seems the closest match. I have been acquainted with this truck for nearly 30 years. It belonged to a good friend and is the truck with which he started his landscaping business...

I am trying to put together a parts train for an OTC Ball Joint Service tool set (heavy, dense, but relatively compact and clean). It needs to make it from Valencia to Moab. Anybody able to help?

I don't know how much of this may apply to the RS axle seal, but these three things made the LS axle seal a breeze. 1: There is no need to remove the axle at the spindle side of the equation. Adequate access can be had from just removing the tire and the LS sway bar end link. With the end...

Varmint #1 has a particularly noisy fuel pump, so I am looking for a replacement for it. From what I have seen in the past Airtex is not worth considering. I have been happy with Bosch. It appears Bosch P/N 69302 is the "correct" part, but requires some modification to work. Carter P/N...

Google gets me answers ranging from 3 fingers to 4" of clearance. Quite the range. I am hoping I can get better answers here. Trailer is a tandem axle car hauler which has had the axles/springs modified from spring under to spring over. Fenders are now ridiculously high relative to the...

New twist for the new normal: Every time a player collapses of heart attack you have to finish off your beer.

Had breakfast with some friends early this morning. When I left my XJ started right up and then stalled immediately. That is a new one. Tried to re-start, no go. Turned the key all the way off and tried to re-start and it started. Drove two blocks and it stalled. Took several tries to get...

I don't know about the rest of you all, but the markings on my sockets have been getting harder and harder to find. It seems I spend as much time turning them over and over in my hands, trying to find their markings, as I do actually using them. Being forced by Covid to slow down a bit a few...

:flamemad: Last fall I went through a bunch of maintenance on my Cummins to get it in shape for another season of towing. Among the things I did was take care of some old vacuum lines and fittings, especially en route between the vacuum pump and the brake booster diaphragm. Well, today I try...

The Bride has objected to me naming any of my XJ's "Miz Warren", but if ever one deserved it, this one does. I purchased this one several years ago for $800. It is a very basic 2wd '95. Manual trans. Needed a starter, and leaks oil like the Exxon Valdez. I had no need to put it into...