My MJ

reson46 · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 12:54 pm

Since Deb has an MJ, I guess it was time for me to get one. Picked it up yesterday. :banana:

It is a '91, 2WD, 4.0, AW4, and D35 with a lunch box locker.

I don't really have big plans for it. I've got other projects in line ahead of it. I'll probably drive it around like it is for a couple of years. Maybe eventually make it 4WD.

A few things I plan to do in the near future.

- Swap in some XJ buckets I've got
- Look into brakes, currently not the best
- Fix speedometer, it's somewhat intermittent
- XJ center console
- Replace the passenger side window roller handle
- Maybe swap over Deb's old bumper if I can straighten it out

Willy

jpdocdave · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 2:11 pm

holly shiney mj :drool:

looks great, does it have a lift to, looks kinda tall for a 2wd. and what are people putting lockers in 2wd for? :nuts:

reson46 · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 3:07 pm

It has some spacers up front and a couple of extra overload leaves in the rear.

Willy

freakjeep93 · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 3:31 pm

I'm putting a locker in mine so i can go offroading with a 2wd cuz i don't wanna convert in to 4wd

anyway really nice find man :bowdown:

looks almost exacly like i want mine to be like :rock on:

$500 MJ · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 2:35 pm

freakjeep93 wrote:

I'm putting a locker in mine so i can go offroading with a 2wd cuz i don't wanna convert in to 4wd

anyway really nice find man :bowdown:

looks almost exacly like i want mine to be like :rock on:

x2 - Looks like a nice find.

You are starting to come full circle with your MJ addiction, one just isnt enough :thumbsup:

BBCchris · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 5:53 pm

Thats pretty clean.

NWPhotog · **Joined:** Sun May 03, 2009 10:50 am **Posts:** 120

Nice ride Willy! I looked at the ad for that but really wanted a long bed. That's how I came to need a 4.0 liter! :group beer:

P.S. If you ditch the spacers and helper springs I would love them! Some how I think you will be going higher!

reson46 · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 11:45 am

NWPhotog wrote:

Nice ride Willy! I looked at the ad for that but really wanted a long bed. That's how I came to need a 4.0 liter! :group beer:

P.S. If you ditch the spacers and helper springs I would love them! Some how I think you will be going higher!

I don't plan on any major changes in the near future. I may remove one of the overloads. It is the kind that bolts to the top half of the leaf pack behind the axle.

Willy

reson46 · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 11:52 am

Hello comfort!

Got rid of the bench seat. The padding was pretty shot on the driver side, plus bench seats suck. :thumbsup:

The buckets are much better. :yes:

Anybody interested in the old bench? It is a later one with head rests. It's missing the seat brackets and will be heading to the scrap yard when I get rid of the XJ.

Willy

randimal · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 1:28 pm

I might take a look at the bench. Mine is a little run down.

subeng · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 10:58 pm

jpdocdave wrote:

holly shiney mj :drool:

looks great, does it have a lift to, looks kinda tall for a 2wd. and what are people putting lockers in 2wd for? :nuts:

Because you unhook the front swaybar to allow the rear tires to always stay planted and you go places that your 4WD friends with no lockers have trouble with. That and driving to a ski area every night at midnight on unplowed roads to groom, 200lbs of gravel tubes in the back and a locker and there's no stopping it.

NWPhotog, you won't want the spacers, they're homemade and they are basically two 1 inch thick poly (thick cuttingboard material) spacers. The rear has the rear half overloads (used to get about 8 whitewater kayaks up on the topper) and the short stubby add-a-leafs.

Yeah, this is my old Comanche, finally picked up a WJ (finally a 4WD) to be able to bring my 2 year old along, child seats don't work so great in an MJ. Was kind of sad when it left on the trailer, lots of great memories in that truck, but it least it went to a good home.

Have fun with it William.

reson46 · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 2:25 pm

I took it for the emissions check yesterday. Their equipment couldn't handle the SuperTrapp. :no:

So off it came. :yes:

I returned for the emissions check today and passed. Even without a catalytic converter. :clapping:

It still has a glass pack, but is definitely louder when you get on the gas.

I also removed the bolt on set of overload leaves.

Willy

streetjeep2.5 · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 4:22 pm

Hey, willy.
The State of Washington seems to contain lotsa good, rust free 'manches! Bought mine in 2002 in Edgewood WA (inbetween Federal Way and Puyallup). Found it hidden away in the back of a little car lot and it was rust free! Scrubbed it clean of the green mold and I have a nice, clean MJ with 307,000 on it now!
Good find! We are not a two MJ family, but are an MJ (me) and XJ (wife) family, both 4x2's.

subeng · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 10:58 pm

Congrats on the emission test :cheers:

, I never would have believed it would pass without the cat and with the cracked manifold. The supertrapp was put on it to lower the sound level some and get rid of the raspiness of the glasspack. It sounds like a straight pipe without the supertrapp.

I don't know what the knocking lockers on 2WD's is about, every truck I ever owned but this one came with a limited slip.

reson46 · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 2:30 pm

I definitely need to do something about the exhaust eventually. It is way too loud for me. Hopefully in the next few months I'm going to redo the exhaust on the '88. I'll probably pull the muffler off it and use it on this one.

I live next to a 15% grade for a 1/2 mile. Coming up that hill is very noisy. :ack:

Willy

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