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Guys, I posted this question over in the Electrical section, got a handful of viewers, but no responses; so, I thought I'd post it here in hopes of someone reading it with experience/advice to share: I have an '85 CJ7 (6-cylinder) with a fuel gauge that does not work. I don't want to pay a...

Hey Guys, I have an '85 CJ7 (6-cylinder) with a fuel gauge that does not work. I don't want to pay a shop to replace it (they have looked at it and said the sending unit and tank are okay, just needs a new gauge), but I am not exactly sure how to go about doing it myself. I really don't want...

Hey Guys: I have a 1985 CJ7 with the 6-cylinder engine, and no hard top. The tires, I believe are either 30 or 31 x 10.5 (I don't know for certain, and the Jeep is out of town, otherwise I would check), so they add some weight over the stock tires. Can someone tell me approximately what it...

Hi Guys: I have a problem with my '85 CJ7. A couple days ago, I saw a whole lot of transmission fluid on the garage floor under the Jeep. Since I'd gotten it a year ago, it had an occasional, slow leak which I had dealt with by periodically topping it off. Anyway, it is now a big...

Hey Guys: I can't lower the tailgate on my '85 CJ7. Due to the age and condition of some of the vehicle when I got it, I figure there was maybe some rust inside the hinges. It did lower, though with some resistance. Now that I have painted it, I cannot lower the gate. I scraped off the...

Hi Guys: Been a while since I have been on the forum here. I have been busy shaping up my '85 CJ7. I am just about done and when I am, I will try to post some pics of the finished product. Anyway, when I acquired the vehicle the "Jeep" lettering on the sides just forward of the doors was...

:???: Okay, now that I have my bedliner material applied, I have another issue/question. I unbolted the seat belt retractor housing/gizmos from the interior of my CJ7 prior to doing the bedliner, to get it applied behind the retractors. Now, I want to reinstall them, but I cannot get them in...

Well, I finally got around to spraying the liner in my tub yesterday. I went with the Duplicolor product, figuring at half the price of the Herculiner, it was a gamble worth taking. I can always buy a spray can or two more to touch up/add depth, if needed. Anyway, I sprayed it in, and it did...

Anyone have a passenger side windshield hinge that would fit my '85 CJ7? Mine broke yesterday when I was trying to lower the windshield to replace the cowl strip. Doesn't need to be stainless, fancy, or new, just functional. Thanks, Crusader

For those of you who have sprayed the bedliner material in your Jeep (I am doing the compressor method), how should the surface be prepped? I know some folks have said to use Scotch Brite pads to "scuff it up," and prep it until you are think you're through and then do it again, but what should...

Oh, one other question I forgot to ask--the large Torx bolts that are so abundant on my Jeep (holding the seat belt brackets in, for instance)--what size are they, T50 or T55?

:? The '85 CJ7 I bought came with the original fold and tumble seat, uninstalled. It did not have the brackets that mount the seat to the floor. Thanks to LVRockCrawler, I now have the brackets. However, I want to be sure I know how to install them--do the tops of the brackets (the "finger"...

Okay, guys, I still need lots of help. I have decided to go the spray-in route for applying bedliner material inside my Jeep. However, I know nothing about the guns and what to use. I have read comments about using an "undercoating" gun, but have checked Auto Zone and Cummins Tools around...

Hi Guys: Have any of you painted your Jeep with spray cans? If so, can you tell me about it--why you did it that way, what brand you used, how many coats did you apply, did it come out okay, better/worse than you anticipated? I just bought my 85 CJ7 and it is primered, but needs a paint job...

Hey Guys: What is a good website to buy replacement side mirrors for my CJ? Some of the places show real good prices on the mirrors, but then ream you on the shipping. If anyone has a preferred, inexpensive vendor for this, I would like to hear about it. Thanks in advance!

Hello, All: I am a new member of the Jeep fan club, having just acquired a '85 CJ7. I am primarily going to use it out at our farm as a sort of farm/hunting rig, but may drive it around town some. Mechanically it is solid, but there are a few things I want to do to the body. First, the body...