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:agree: X 2 - Thank you!

I was driving through town a few weeks ago with the vent windows cracked open to keep me from getting heat stroke. As I am cruising along, a large bug hits the window and is deflected right into my chest. Oh crap - I hope it isn’t a bee. For the next 5 minutes I am looking everywhere for this thing, but I was not able to locate it. I get a big chuckle out of “what if” :yes: . About another five minutes into the ride I rest my arm on the center console and BAM!! I get tagged hard in the elbow. This was the biggest wasp I have ever seen and I am trapped inside with him. I kid you not, there is a cop right next to me and I almost clipped him. I pull over – he pulls over – I am freaking out like Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommy Boy. Actually, more like a fatter and shorter version of Chris Farley. The Po-Po sees that I now have a golf ball sized welt on my elbow and an eerie ability to channel the screams of a 12 year old girl. He quickly assesses the situation and decides that I have it handled. No kidding; it really hurt that bad. After this little experience, and the fact that I have not been able to keep the water from leaking into the cab from the vent windows, I have decided to try out the solid vent window for a while. I am going to try to get the originals to seal better while they are out. I went down to the P-N-P and grab a set of solid vent windows to install. The little bugger that lets wasps and rain into my cab -> The driver’s side one piece window I got from LQK -> Need to take off the interior piece to get to the one 10mm nut -> Two small screws on top -> The old vent window out -> Working the new window in -> Tada -> I like the look of the movable vent windows better, but I got to tell you I can see a lot more of the side mirrors now that they can’t be opened. I will have to roll with these for a while and see if I really want to go back??

:eek: :ack: OMG - how it manage that?

That is great to know :thumbsup: . I was worried about this pump because I only had one pre-90 option at the pick-n-pull. The resivoir did not look the same on the nicer/newer XJ's. Thank you - It had spent some time in CT :(

I was working on cleaning up my garage this afternoon when this little fellow stopped by to see what all the racket was about -> Critter and a MJ = :banana: I relocated the Gopher Tortoise to my friend’s 100 acre farm. I hate when these guys get run over. I still can’t figure out how he made it into my development :dunno: . At least he is safe now. :thumbsup:

My power steering pump has been howling for a while now, so I went to the LQK and picked up a used pump and reservoir -> I removed my old pump and picked up the high and low pressure PS lines from Napa -> I get the new used pump in and, while attaching the low pressure line to the reservoir, I manage to snap off the plastic nipple -> I am pretty ticked off at this point. Nobody in town had the pump and reservoir combo in stock, but they do sell just the rebuilt pump (just need to re-use the old reservoir). The new pump does not come with a pulley and I don’t have a pulley puller. I decided to see if I could remove my old reservoir and replace the broken one on the junk yard part. It is pretty simple to do. You just need to knock off two clips that look like this -> Lift up the locking clip with a small screw driver and tap them off. The Junk Yard pump attached to the old reservoir-> Tapping on the clip -> Both clips re-installed and ready to go in -> And installed -> Thank goodness the JY pump was good. It is nice and quiet now!

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I guess I am in the minority on this one. I haven't seen the show, but it sounds like it could be cool. Cutting stuff is Kool, but it could be because I aint much smarter than a 10 year old :oops: .

:bowdown: That is good stuff.

I am not done with that yet, so I will check that out :thumbsup: .

Wow, it has been a while :yes: . I just got done with the majority of the swap this weekend. I am doing a write-up on it, but I will not be able to complete it until after my final on Monday. Not sure about the vent hose - I am no longer concerned over having one. I been running it for two days now and it has been great. This AX15 is a huge improvement over the BA10. I was considering getting a short throw shifter for it, but after driving it for a short while I don't believe it is necessary. It has a real tight shift pattern - night and day difference over the BA10. I will be updating my build-up page when the write-up is complete. It will mainly focus on the differences between the two transmissions & what I was not able to find in the other write-ups I had found. I have plenty of pictures to go along with it too

I was pretty upset at the amount of rust back then :( to the point I thought it was beyond repair. Looking back on it now - no big deal! I could probably fix it myself now too. :offtopic: I am almost done with my AX15 swap. Just waiting on a few more parts and I will be able to complete the write-up and share some of the things I have learned. TBC

Let us know how it works out :cheers:

Congrats on making the bolt yourself - nice. What are you going to use to glue the glass back in?

That was fine :thumbsup:, thanks. I have the new AX15 bolted up to the 231 and ready to go in. The BA10 looks like it could go another 100k. The clutch & pressure plate look to be in great shape too. I am still going to put a new clutch in though. I have taken a ton of pictures to add to my build-up page when I get it back together.

Uggh - sounds like it is gone. Went to try to bleed the lines at the bellhousing and they are all flopping around. Thank you all for your input :cheers: . I am starting my AX15 swap today!

The Comanche has been down for a week due to another over heating problem. I back flushed the radiator and some how unblocked the new radiator. I got back into the truck to park it in the garage and the clutch pedal went limp. Reservoir still has fluid in it. Did I blow out the internal slave cylinder? BA10 with internal slave - FYI.

:yes: , not with gators and leeches - oooh leeeches. :agree: I do need to get it dirty already.

I should have some free time to catch up on these projects as soon as this class I am taking is over :ack: . Thank you :cheers:

I hope you got it going? I also like the dark green color :thumbsup:

Looking good! How about a picture with those refurbished wheels back on - they came out nice :cheers:

Sweet shifter knob too .

I second CaffeineSam on the floor repair - a lot of members have had to replace the floors. There was a post a few weeks back on a few companies that sold replacement floor panels too - I am on lunch right now, so I do not have the time to find it for you right now. The MJ looks like an intimidating project with the front off and the hood open like that, but it looks like a good truck :thumbsup: . Welcome to the club and be sure to post a ton of progress pictures. :cheers: - Rich

:thumbsup: Nice

holy crap, that NEEDS to be on a tee shirt.... i would so put that on my daughter.... I stole it from David Letterman :cheers: