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Well, the 25 year old TJ has another head scratcher for me. Last week my interior lights stopped coming on when you open the doors. I have had issue before, replaced door switches, but this time it’s different. Checked fuse #4, no problems. Here is the twist, yes the lights turn on with the...

Screw City Jeep 815, a Jeep club in Northern Illinois held a ‘Jeep Freeze’, a fund raiser for a local non-profit which was an opportunity for you to pull your doors, drop a top and decorate a Jeep then ride through town. 100 of us took the plunge, collected around $2,500! Temperature yesterday...

Rebuilt the rusted out front bump stops, added 1-1/4” wheel spacers, replaced the fender flares, and replaced the steering!

My comment is based on the sway bar being free to float back and forth in the frame bushings. So assuming the axle is centered, once the chassis torque is returned to neutral, so should the sway bar. If the axle is off center due to track bar, the sway bar bolts they used on those links will...

Not sure what brand sway bar disconnect that is, if the axle is centered, the sway bar should self center, maybe they bolt is too long. By the way, did you notice your bump stop has fallen off? The actual bump stop tube is open on the top, will fill up with wet debris and fall off….mine did!

I did a 4” lift on my 2000 several years ago and if I recall, I had to drill a new mounting hole for the axle end of the track bar. If they put a new OEM style, did they mount it in the original hole? Frankly, I did a budget lift, doing it over, I would have purchased an adjustable track bar...

Well, a couple years ago I replaced my front stabilizer bar bushings with greaseable poly bushings and aluminum stops. The stabilizer was pretty rusted under the rubber bushings, so I cleaned it up a little and called it good enough. Well, now it’s a pretty sloppy fit and I’m looking to...

It’s clear the frame was given a rattle can paint job (overspray on the underside body mounts), but the frame rails look pretty good. I had to repair rusted out frame rails on my 2000. I did note a drain hole in the bottom of the frame rail, something my 2000 was missing. Front suspension...

It usually depends on how much and what type of lift is on the suspension system and wether or not you have a slip yoke eliminator on your transfer case.

I built a bracket to hold my third brake light and a pair of lights. Now, not wanting to blind anyone in parking lots so I wired in a relay to supply power to them. I spliced into the factory back up lights to provide a switched power source to trigger the relay. It doesn’t matter what type...

I have a 2000 TJ with 4.0L 5-speed, came with 30 - 9.50 X 15 and I have been will over 100,000 miles on 32 - 11.50 X 15’s without any issues, stock 3.73 gears.

My 2000, 4.0L 5-Speed came stock with 3.73 gears.

FYI, I’ve put all 216,000 miles on my 2000 and 1st to 2nd has never shifted that great, and when 3rd to 2nd started grinding gears, I switched to Redline MTL and it shifts must beet now.

Have your compression checked, my guess would be head gasket. My 2000 had a failed head gasket between cylinders 3 and 4. I found it when those 2 cylinders low on a compression test. The only symptom was low power on a hill!

How are your shocks...the upper mounting bolts are know to be a problem.