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  2. This, plus some 84-86 2.5s with 5 speeds came with 3.73s.
  3. @pizzaman09 Black was available all years, 86-89 is called Classic Black (PX6 vs. PX8 for 90-92). When you filter select the “contains” option and enter black.
  4. The chart you’re looking at is reasonably accurate for both XJ and MJ. There are a few exceptions, of course, but they’re not common, and usually the result of a swap. The one thing that’s missing from the list, the 2.5 was available both with a four-speed and five-speed manual transmission, the AX4 and AX5 respectively. The AX4 would come with 3.55 gears and the AX5 with 4.10. I suspect that’s what that blanket statement is referencing but sometimes information available online is simply not accurate.
  5. Meh. No one running a company that large gives a $#!& about any of us at the bottom. Doesn’t matter what country they send their money back to. All they care about is making money for the shareholders, who are the exact same group of people who give no $#!&s about us. The shareholders vote for who runs the show, the more money you have the more shares you can buy and the more votes you get. Every large company is like this. And the bottom line is that low-feature cars don’t sell well and don’t generate much revenue so no one wants to build them. Until we have an entire generation of people who aren’t wanting to massively overspend when buying a new car I don’t see that changing. The people who are sensible with their money aren’t buying new cars, and manufacturers only build cars for the people who will buy them.
  6. Pleases to report the C2C OEM style floor pans have very usable fitment. Some massaging here and there, they'll fit like a glove. Side note, I got 90% of the passenger side rust cut out, enough to move onto the driver side and get it into the garage this weekend hopefully! Before final install, some more cutting, grinding, and massaging will be in order.
  7. Since we're on axle topics I'm hunting an a front Axle for a 4wd conversion. I'm finding some conflicting information when it comes to axles used. I don't remember where I found this but I've held onto this screen shot for a long time. But I just read from somewhere else a blanket statement that the MJ shipped with 3.55 gearing. What is the truth here? My MJ is an 88 Manual with the 4.0L so I was thinking I was looking for a 3.07 axle. 3.55 would be nice... There's a lot more of them out there.
  8. It appears to be all submodels but only 90-92, no black trucks appear before 90.
  9. Awesome project resurrection! Welcome back
  10. Stellantis is a poor curator for Jeep. The head of Jeep, a historically very American brand, is from Fiat Italy, which is rather strange. Carlos Taveres, the head of Stellantis, seems to be indifferent about US customs and Stellantis was the only one of the 3 three traditional Detroit automakers to not halt production when the Detroit Lions won. More importantly, they are clearly pushing out US design and engineering. To fire 400 engineers over an automated video call is incredibly low brow. I will not be giving a single penny to Stellantis for the foreseeable future. Stellantis is truly no longer a Detroit automaker. I hope the US government does not give them anything when they go bankrupt, I just hope Jeep doesn't get purchased by BYD / Geely / alphabet soup foreign company.
  11. I still have this Comanche 18 years later, I'm working on setting it up for mostly trail use but I will be able to drive it to the trails. I have 4.88 gears, air lockers, long arms and 36" SS Irocs with bead locks. Axles are d44 from an Isuzu rodeo and d44 from a grand wagoneer ( still on the bench). It has been off the road since 2009. Plan is to build some kind of flat bed with roll bar.
  12. My mopar units won’t sit flush either. There’s units out there that have a built in inlet and there’s some that don’t. I’ve always despised using the built in one as my MJ does not have that set up, my XJ might though but to each is there own on which style they want to use.
  13. I saw something about four, maybe five years ago that had me scratching my head. It caaaaame from Wal-Mart!!!! I was driving by the local Wally World, had to stop at the intersection direction in front of it. As I'm waiting for the light to change a different shade of green and go, I saw leaving the parking lot, a 1980's/1990's Chevy Monte Carlo with the following: Ahem... Spray bombed top to bottom a matte black, with various shapes and figures in neon orange all over it. A plow-like design affixed to the grille- yes the grille- the same black color. Shaped like one of those wooden sticks the doctors uses to check your mouth with, and it had three long black spikes protruding our from the front- likely spray bombed traffic cones. Aft the B-pillar was chopped, so it was basically converted into a ute. The rear bumper had so many long antennas on the top of it, and it looked like an aftermarket rear bumper you'd see one someone's 4x4 rig. Also, it looked like between the rear bumper and the bumper guard, there were a series of used shock coils... The tires were hideous. Plasti-dipped in (I think) red, had stickers all over them. I know I saw a Wile. E. Coyote sticker... The hood had large air scoops on it. And I think that's about it... From the outside at least.
  14. Hey cruiser I am looking for an intermittent wiper switch for my 87. Have the black box but it still doesn’t wipe intermittently. I’m going to try to change out that switch. You don’t happen to have a non tilt, floor shift, working intermittent wiper switch do you? 4.0 4x4 87, no tilt.
  15. In all honesty, fresh faces aren't inherently a bad thing. I have a lot to say about the current ownership, leadership, and engineering in the Jeep brand, some for better, some for worse. Incidentally, I'm not of the view that radical, extreme, and colorful concepts need to be the focus for any product. I get a lot of comments at my work about concepts from all sorts of brands and when I see more conservative or more mellow concepts, I can't help but smile believing that said company doesn't want to cater only to one mindset, the extremes!!!! But that's just me. My favorite Jeep concept was probably ten years ago with two-door Wrangler-based pickup. I would rather have that, myself. However, hindsight being 20/20, there are times when I'm driving the Pioneer or my '88 Ranger, and I could use the extended cab of a new truck...
  16. Look through the registry spreadsheet and filter by color to see what models have been posted.
  17. I would like to throw my 2 cents out there. Currently I am doing a water pump+heater line replacement on my '93 ZJ Laredo, 4.0. I have the GMB kit from Rock Auto that I closed the fan clutch too. I ran into a snag when I was putting the water pump together on Sunday and haven't gotten back to it due to work and a recent freeze (thanks, March...). Apparently, some of the water pump replacements have tapered (pipe) threads, so unlike the original water pump, the inlet hose nut won't fit flush against the unit. I don't know if the 2.5 i4 uses the same part or not but keep in mind that if the procedure is the same as it is for the 4.0, don't get hung up on the inlet pipe not threading on the last 1/3......... ...... So I'm told. If anyone else with experience has any advice to the contrary let's hear it!
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  19. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that would want basically no amenities. Its crazy to me that a base model with 0 options is north of 30 grand, especially when Wranglers are not known for all of their creature comforts. The fresh faces would explain why the vehicles are underwhelming. I did not know that there were new people there.
  20. This. I look at what the Willys edition was to what is has become, and it’s getting closer to what the Rubicon started as. It should really be something simple like the Shortcut concept was. Even if were to share the same body and structure as the two door Wrangler?… fine. Just make it a la carte. Give me two doors, a rubber floor, crank windows, 4 cyl/manual, 4.10s, and a decent price. I think the EJS concepts are a fun exercise in design, but Jeep also has a bunch of fresh faces at the top. Can’t say I’m too surprised with the mildly lack luster appeal of this year’s vehicles. From what they’ve shown in the recent past, I think it’s okay for it to seem like an off year.
  21. Today I learned that the 1997+ Dash absolutely requires the 1997+ pedals, this whole time I thought I would be retaining my original pedals. Hurt my eyes to see the $300-$400 pedal assemblies for 1997+ Manual XJ's....but way down the list, seemingly hidden on ebay I found this listing and immediately bought it. Should be here later this week.
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