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A roll of toilet paper in a coffee can with some kerosene works. At least it does on farm tractors...so it should work just fine on a Cherokee! Lol

Do you have any large lakes near you with a lot of boats? Look for a shop that does canvas boat tops.

I'm so glad you wrote this! My 99 has 140K on it. New rad, water pump, thermostat(NAPA brand), and t-stat housing. Also a complete flush and refilled with proper distilled water and coolant. It cools very well. 2 years ago the e-fan cracked a blade so I disconnected it. Even with no electric fan...

Fluid film is not a permanent treatment, but it is amazing stuff. On my plow truck i used to coat the entire undercarriage twice a year. Once in the fall before the snow and road salt started and once in the spring after it was all gone. I would go to the self serve car wash and pressure wash...

If you google "cowl induction hood scoops" there are a bunch available in steel and fiberglass in different sizes. I wonder how hard it would be to add a cowl induction scoop to a hood rather than cutting a stock hood into one.

I drive in the snow a lot. My commute to/from work is almost 2 hours. Three times so far this year I got stuck driving home in a major snowstorm. Don't fear snow. Mud tires with large, widely spaced blocks don't work as well as all terrain tires with lots of little sipes and grooves do, but...

First...I have spent quite a bit of time searching(here and google), but didn't come up with much. I have a pristine 2000 2 door with a 4 cyl 5 speed and a rusty 1999 4 door 6cyl auto. Both are non Cali emissions. The 1999 6 cyl Jeep only has 138K on it and is mechanically sound but really...

It sounds like you have already decided, but to put your mind at ease about the frame stiffeners....it is absolutely not necessary. You are building a near stock XJ that will see limited off road use. There are literally hundreds of thousands of Cherokees on the road. Half or more with over...

I cant really help you with the actual Warn parts, but you do have 2 other options. Most o-rings are a standard or at least commonly available size. You can try Harbor Freight or even most auto parts stores for a universal o-ring kit. It will have 30 or 40 different size o-rings from tiny up to...

Since the 2WD front end is basically a solid axle with no center section, shafts, etc, wouldn't he still have to worry about caster since it has pretty much the same ball joint/knuckle arrangement as the D30? It will be easier to correct since he doesn't have to worry about the front drive shaft...

Price on the doubler and which one is it?

I kinda figured it would be junk, but with my luck i'll toss it and have someone ask me about it a week later. Ghost...what do you mean about the stub axles? People doing 2WD XJ's want the stub axles for building a custom front end?

Some plating couldn't hurt. That doesn't sound bad. How does it drive on the street? Can you feel the rear end shifting sideways at all. Hell....you may just be starting a new trend!! LOL

This may sound like a silly questions to some, but I honestly have no idea so I am asking. I have a 2WD XJ I will be converting to 4WD, 1 tons, etc. Is there ANY desirability to the 2WD front axle beam? In other words send it to scrap or try to find someone who could use it since they are hard...

Not trying to be a jerk, but you can tell us better than we can tell you. Either there is enough room for the shackle to compress(fold) without bottoming against the spring/frame when the tire is at full stuff or there isn't. Put the rear tire up on a rock, etc with it stuffed all the way up in...