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It's pricey, but you can buy carburetor setups for the 2.5L. Whatever you do, do NOT try to use the factory carburetor. It's partially computer controlled, and it's a horror. I haven't done it, but I see no reason whatsoever that you can't swap the throttle body for a carburetor and retain the existing ignition system. It'll just be sending a signal to a dead circuit for the injector -- so what? Rusty's used to sell the carb conversion. I don't trust Rusty's springs and track bars, but the carburetor is from a reputable company and Rusty just sells it, and the reports have all been good. Also, Google "Nutter bypass."

That would be incorrect. They were discontinued because they were TOO popular, and Dodge didn't want another truck in-house that was in direct competition against the Dakota. So the Comanche got the ax. So how old WAS this DMV clerk? The last "Super Six" I know of was the Hudson in-line 6 that predated the engine series culminating in the famous Hornets. The last Super Six Hudson was the 1947 model year.

Most likely vacuum problems. The transfer case shifts into 4WD by the lever. The front axle disconnect shifts by vacuum. The indicator light is also controlled by vacuum, I believe by a switch on the firewall where the vacuum harness feeds down to the axle. If the light goes off and on, your vacuum is intermittent.

Looks like Hermes' rack is significantly longer than the roof, and the aft end is supported by the relocated roll bar rather than the roof. I like the Surco Wrangler rack better as a potential MJ roof rack.

The REAL answer has been posted here, somewhere. One of the early members of NAXJA named Matthew ___, NAXJA screen name ComancheGuy IIRC, has been a member here. "Back in the day" his father sold truck/camper caps. The authoritative answer was that the best fit is the early Chevy S10 caps. Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact range of years he gave, but probably the range that was contemporary with when the MJs were being built.

You are comparing an HO against a non-HO. The Renix (non-HO) version of the 4.0L engine has a torque peak at around 2400 RPM. It isn't meant to be a street rocket, it was designed to produce torque at low RPM. The torque peak on the '92 HO version is at 4,000 RPM. It breathes much freer at high RPM and revs easier, but it doesn't have the low-end power/torque that the Renix version does. That said, the Renix easily cruises at extra-legal speeds and volunteer firefighters are not authorized to exceed the speed limit under any circumstances, so I fail to see a problem. My MJs and my original XJ are all Renix models. I don't drive that fast but 80+ MPH is not a problem. But 5th gear is useless under 55 MPH -- if you're trying to use overdrive at lower speeds, you're lugging the engine and just beating up on the entire drive train.

Sorry, but I have to disagree. While a new track bar and/or new shocks might (or probably might not) help with death wobble, in this case it has been established that the original poster does NOT have death wobble. He has wheel shimmy, which is always caused by tire balance (unless there's a bent rim). Track bar and/or shocks won;t do anything to eliminate shimmy.

The mutt is the vehicle in the photo Pete posted, with the horizontal grille slots. Pete is correct -- the WW2 Jeeps were all the same, regardless of who made them. The mutt was a different vehicle, that followed the WW2 Jeeps. We had the mutts in Vietnam, and they were very prone to tipping over. Your source definitely does NOT know what he's talking about.

Then what you have is not death wobble. You have wheel shimmy, caused by tire balance, and 55 MPH seems to be the magic speed where it shows up. If you accelerate to 65 or so, it probably disappears, right? If you had death wobble, there would be no way you could describe it as "nothing major," and you would NOT be able to drive through it to a faster speed.

XJs use 5/16" pins. I haven't disassembled or rebuilt any MJ spring packs but didn't someone post awhile back that they are 3/8"?

The engine and the gears. My XJs and MJs all have AM/FM/CD heads in them, but they almost never get turned on.

They are the same as any XJ/MJ bumper cap, except they are painted Platinum.

FWIW, a few days ago a female professor at University of Alabama Huntsville killed three of her colleagues and wounded three more. She had an entitlement attitude, too. She felt she was "entitled" to tenure even though her students (and apparently a number of her colleagues) thought she was a lousy teacher. Brilliant scientist, perhaps, but a lousy teacher. Doctor Amy Bishop didn't deal well with rejection (especially from an inferior school -- after all, she went to Hahvahd), so her response was to start shooting. Welcome to the real world. In the real world, there are fire codes that dictate things like lockers in school corridors should remain closed because those same corridors just might be filled with students in the event of a fire. Is it really worth potentially seeing several of your classmates trampled because you don't think you should even have to close your locker? Reality check -- how difficult IS that, anyway?

I had a '78 with the 360 V8 and QuadraTrac as my plow vehicle for several years. My brother had one, as well. I always had the feeling they were essentially unstoppable. The weakness (for here in the rust belt) was/is that the frames are prone to rusting out.

Measure from the center of the wheel/axle to the UNDERSIDE of the flare -- the edge of the wheel opening. For a stock vehicle, the front should measure 17-1/2" and the rear should measure about 21-1/2"

I would do the bearings. They aren't that expensive, and it's a LOT easier to do them with the engine out of the vehicle and turned upside down on an engine stand.

My 1987 SWB Pioneer has the chrome "Pioneer" on the front fenders below the "Comanche," exactly the same as my '88 Cherokee Pioneer. And the 87 has NO stripes. I bought it from the original owner's daughter, so I'm 99.37% certain it's original.

Good point. Electrical current seeks a ground. If you interrupt the ground kindly provided by the factory, it'll seek out a ground path anywhere it can. It's just the nature of the beast.

Is anybody besides me old enough to remember when Steve Garvey (he of the gorgeous, blonde wife) played first base for the Dodgers? Steve-a-rino was interviewed by somebody and made a big deal out of talking up the fact that professional ball players are role models for kids, and how they should remember their fans, and not always be in the game just for the money. It was a great speech ... I loved it! One or two years later he dumped the Dodgers for a higher offer from wherever he went next. Then came the news about the extra-marital affairs and the kids he fathered with multiple women other than his wife. That was the end of the line for me. When I was growing up, the players were identified by the team they played for, not by the size of their paycheck. Can you imagine Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle not being Yankees? Ted Williams or Carl Yastremski not being Red Sox? Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale not being Dodgers? Let 'em rot.

Check the fuse panel. The headlights use the built-in circuit breaker in the switch, but IIRC the parking lights are fused on the panel. If the fuses look good, get a test light or multimeter, turn the light switch to parking lights, connect the negative probe to a known good ground and check to verify that you have power to the socket (or not).

If you have front parking lights and headlights, the switch is not the problem. Have you replaced the bulbs? Parking lights and taillights are the same thing, using the lower brightness filament in each bulb. It's possible that new bulbs might cure it.

Tiger who?

ALERT: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS GROSS OVER-SIMPLIFICATIONS. People were different back then. For WW1 and again for WW2 there were people lying about their age to get INTO the army (or Navy, or whatever) to serve. Fast forward to the Vietnam era, and people were doing just about anything they could think of to avoid entering the military and serving their country. My late grandfather didn't make it to nearly 109 years of age, but he was in some respects like this gentleman. My grandfather was American, but the family heritage (especially on his side) was English and Scottish. My grandfather had just finished college when WW1 broke out. The United States would not enter the war for another two years. My grandfather felt so strongly about it that he went to Scotland and enlisted in the Black Watch. Like Mr. Babcock, my grandfather didn't see combat. Although he was accepted and officially enrolled, he was subsequently discharged for medical reasons as being unsuitable for combat. He was always disappointed that he didn't get to serve, but he was nonetheless proud to be able to say that he had been a member of Scotland's famed Black Watch. In WW2, my father and both of his brothers served, my mother's brother served, and the husband of my mother's sister served. In my generation, only one male cousin and I went in. I had a first cousin once removed (my mother's first cousin) who served in three wars: he was a pilot in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. The world might be a better place today if more people today might be less interested in taking and more interested in serving. R.I.P. Mr. Babcock. He represents the end of an era.

What size tires will you be using? For general street use with stock size tires, I think the 2.5L works well with the 4.10 geas that the factory used behind the 5-speeds. The early 4-cylinder 4-speeds came with 3.55 gears. That's not bad with no overdrive, but 5th gear would be pretty useless with that ratio behind a 2.5L.

UNTRUE! HERESY! LIES! Kill it with fire!