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:eek: that is heavy! Mine (only a guesstimate) is around 250#. I do plan on making a garage/shop lift for it as well. Hornbrod, any chance I could get you to pm me some basic plans based off your set up - if you get a chance :D . I have been looking through the Grainger catalogue for some time trying to figure out a cheap solution :idea: . TIA - Rich

Mine is a fiberglass LWB topper and it is heavy and awkward to put on yourself, but it can be done. I can do on my own, but it is only because I have no one else to help. The LWB topper on a lifted MJ is a two man job, I am just asking for a pulled muscle & damage to my sheetmetal. - Rich

Thank you '67 :cheers: . And I am now broke too, can't afford a paint job unless it could be picked out of a junk yard :rant:. I am glad you approve :clapping: - Rich

This is my Mvusse tribute thread :cheers: I had the jeeps up on the fork & walkie lifts at work this evening. The MJ was awesome, but I did notice a few issues with clearance that need to be addressed -> The rear shock is bottoming out early :fs1: . And the front may need to be trimmed or bump stopped -> More pictures are in my build-up page - Rich

I was killing some time tonight before I went home and decided to give the jeeps a flex test with the fork lift & Walkie :brows: . I learned a lot about what is going to be needed in terms of clearance. The flex out of the MJ was very impressive :eek: . I will have to either increase the bump stops in front, or do some trimming. The rear shock bottomed out prematurely, so I will have to move the shock mount lower. I will have to spend some more quality time with the fork lift and see exactly what modifications will be needed. Now on to the pictures. Team Blue -> Front -> Side shots -> Front shock still has room -> Rear shock bottomed out :shake: -> You can see I still have stuffing room out back :banana: -> Crazy rear shot -> The CJ8 did some flexing, but I seriously need to work on getting the SOA done on it-> I did for get to unhook the sway bar, but I don’t know how much that would help?

I love all the pictures :cheers: . This is going to be an exciting build-up. I assume all the usable XJ parts are going into the MJ - :popcorn: :banana: - Rich

I will take the ~1 - Military Green Long Sleeve < X-Large > = $19.00 + shipping. if it is not too late? - Rich

you name it, and that's why. if it can be done, it needs to be done and then it needs to go back to it's owner :cheers: JeepcoMJ :clapping: :thumbsup:. I can't wait to see what you do to Baby :cheers:

Awesome fix :bowdown: ! Welcome to the Comanche Club :cheers:

Cut 'em and weld sliders in - hit the wrong option :grrrr:

:agree:

Keeping the Dream Alive :waving: . I need to start hinting about vacation times at work - none taken in two years. Are you still thinking late spring/early summer? - Rich

WOW - WoW - wOw ^! The suspension on that MJ is nice :cheers:

:rotfl2: QG-J, Sorry to hear of your troubles. You got food poisoning on top of the gout :eek: - bad luck. Get well soon - Rich

So sorry Rick :shake: . Unfortunately, the only way you will get them to change is by either hitting them in the pocket, or having Media attention drawn to the problems. In a world where malpractice & abuse are the norm, this is hardly news worthy :fs1:. Nothing will get quicker results then taking money out of the Big Wigs pockets. I think, in cases like this, it is an honorable thing to do. Spare the next unfortunate person the pain and suffering that Cindy has gone through. I keep forgetting to email you this, but your packages were sent out. I am sure you have some decent neighbors looking out for you and your place, so let them know. Still in our prayers - Rich

:eek: That is a beautiful thing! Man that is a nice looking floor - oops, "it moved." ~ Seinfeld reference :cheers:

Oh my - your build has come along way. I completely missed the last 9 or so pages. Last time I check in you had been clipped by a car in the rear. I am all caught up now :popcorn: . Great job installing the locker :cheers:

Glad you posted some pictures, but I can’t wait until you post ones with the new rims & tires :drool: . This MJ is even nicer in person - no rust :thumbsup: .

Thanks, I am up most of the night planning these projects

I was not prepared for the last couple of pictures. I am scrolling down . . . enjoying the evolution with a :D . . . then bam! That really stinks. It still looks great, but just when it was coming all together :fs1: . I am glad you are ok. I like the vents black better ;) . Keep us posted - Rich

Too cool :bowdown:

:agree: I can't wait to see it finished :thumbsup:

I have used a similar line on my wife with the same results. That's great :clapping:

I have been experiencing a freaky problem with my Comanche. On occasion, when I was backing up the truck, the front wheels refused to turn straight. It acted like it has hung up on the sway bar bracket arm, or I had turned the steering past the point of no return. The front tires would resist for a hundred feet and then submit. Really weird and I thought what the heck is this all about? But then it would not happen for a week or so and I would forget. I basically thought it was because I was turning the wheel to far and the power steering pump was messed up. I would avoid making too sharp of a turn in reverse and I was fine. But then :fs1: when I was following a buddy in his ridiculously tall CJ7, it happened again. As we were pulling out of a gas station, I was going forward this time; I could not turn at all! This really freaked me out big time. I could only describe it as having the feeling of the front wheels locking up :idea: - oh wait, I have a front locker! But I was sure the switch was not on :hmm: ? A year ago, I had posted a thread asking everyone how I could get these nifty and expensive rocker switches to work with the new Eaton E-lockers. Never could get the lockers to work with the new switches, so I let the rear factory switch hang out like so -> I know; real classy. Well, I never disconnected the front locker from the switch – :dunce: . I figured out that a tiny bit of juice was getting to the front locker, just enough that when I went into reverse it allowed the front to LOCK up :eek: . I quickly removed the wiring from the switch. Now, I was stuck having to figure out where I was going to place these ugly Eaton factory switches? I have a few holes in the dash apron where some idiot had tried to drill something into it. These screw holes really bother me. I figured I may be able to use the one inch holes to kill two birds with one stone. :rant: no luck, they were unevenly spaced and in a spot that the plugs would never fit into the holes! This is the alternative location that I came up with. Marked out the position of the switch holes in the center console insert-> I got a cheap Home Depot 1’’ hole saw and hoped it would make a clean cut -> Drilled out the first hole – not too shabby -> And then the second switch hole -> Tip for getting the switches to snuggly fit into the (or other) thicker material. I trimmed a bit of the “wing things” to allow for the increased wall thickness of the console tray. They had an area on the “wings” that are designed to be trimmed if needed. If you look closely at the picture below you can see the so called wings I am talking about. There are a total of four wings – two top and two on the bottom. You can see the one on the right does not look as nice as the left one - that is because I did not see the cut outs before I installed the first one :ack: -> I will have to post up pictures of the finished product later . . . I have another wiring project going on that I am dying to share, but it isn’t finished yet. So here is a picture of the nearly finished, but not yet installed product -> It is a great spot IMHO because; A – I don’t really care for the looks of these switches and they are pretty well hidden. B – The coin tray allows me to use my fingers to help my thumb to engage the lockers switches. C- I can use the other switches for more important things like NOS – Neon Frame Lighting (NFL) – and some wicked hydraulic power ups (Boing)!

After fixing the fuse block I thought I had solved my brake light issues - I was wrong. So, I had to park the Comanche and drive the :ack: Explorer until I could figure out the problem. It turns out the brake light switch connector was bad. The PO hot wired it up and melted it good. Because of this the brake lights worked sporadically :eek: ! I went down to the pick-n-pull today to get a replacement connector. I got to meet CC member "mm's mj" while I was down there :waving: . Besides being a really nice guy, he has a very nice MJ. Wait until he posts up some pictures of his MJ :popcorn: - it’s a bueat :drool: . Here is the old and new (used) connector - I just removed the plastic connector piece and snapped the old wires and clips into it. It really snapped on well to the brake light switch and I am now confident the problem has been fixed. :banana: