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Fricken fracken.... Starter went out in my '99 at noon while we were out gathering cattle. Thank goodness I have a manual so I roll started it and drove to the local parts store to pick up a starter. Two stores in my town, Advanced Auto Parts and a Carquest. Neither one had one on the shelf. Then called the Chrystler dealership in the next town over and the parts guy says they don't even make them any more and only aftermarket ones available and he can order it for me. No thanks at twice the cost and I want it NOW. So then I call EVERY auto parts store in the three towns within 30-40 miles of me and not a single one has it in stock. So I give in and get my local store to order it for me to have tomorrow morning and park on our hill so I can "turn her on" tomorrow to haul the kid to school before picking up the starter and changing it out. I don't mind that we don't live in a "big city", but come on, I see a lot of TJ's around here, you would think they could carry at least some of the parts that tend to go out more than once in the lifetime of the vehicle. This is not the first time I've had no luck on getting a part the same day for my TJ.