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You can run 31s on an MJ with no lift, if you stay with stock Jeep rims. The tires WILL rub the lower control arms when the steering wheel is cranked all the way over toward full lock. BUT ... all the lift in the world will NOT correct that problem, because the control arms are still going to be pretty much in the same place. The two obvious solutions are (1) aftermarket rims with less backspacing; or (2) replacing the straight MJ lower control arms with WJ LCAs that have a bend in them to clear the tires. Running wheels with less backspace means that when the suspension "stuffs" the tires will hit the bodywork rather than tucking inside as they do with the stock rims. Therefore, the most elegant solution is the WJ lower control arms.

Man, if that makes you old, I don't want to think about what that makes me. I remember John Havlicek from when he was in college. I started being a Celts fan when Bob Cousy was still an active player. There have been guards since Cousy, but IMHO Bob Cousy will always be Mr. Celtics and Mr. Basketball. He was a real class act, an incomparable player. http://www.nba.com/history/players/cousy_bio.html

Yeah, I saw he replaced the IAC. But he didn't clean the throttle body itself.

When my '88 did that, it was a hinge in the throttle linkage. The cable from the gas pedal goes through the firewall and connects to an arm down low on the left side of the engine, below the exhaust manifold. There's a pivot there. Mine had gotten rusty after many years of New England winters. I sprayed it liberally with PB Blaster (penetrating oil), worked it a number of times, then sprayed it some more. No more problem. You should also inspect the cable itself to ensure that it isn't frayed, preventing it from fully retracting.

Fast idle on start-up is almost always the IAC (idle air controller) being dirty. Second choice is throttle position sensor. ECU is about a probability of 0.00000001%. Mine does it every once in awhile. I dump a can of fuel system cleaner into a half tank of gas and within a day (two at most) it clears up.

Cool -- if you live to tell about it. If you haven't experienced it ... unlike the (anti)sway bar, there is nothing even remotely optional about the track bar. Without it, you have no steering.

Here's the photo of an MJ valve body that I sectioned. The lower part is different from the XJ valve. but the upper part with the slider that triggers the plunger switch for the warning light is the same

Yeah, I always believe a $15 generic repair book over the $90 factory-authorized repair manual written by the people who built the vehicle and used in the factory-authorized repair shops.

Stock XJ rear shocks are too short for an MJ. I tried to cheap out and put a set from an XJ into an MJ. With the truck sitting on the axles on jack stands (IOW at stock ride height), the shocks when fulley expended were 1/2" to 3/4" too short to span between the upper and lower mounting studs.

He had the pressureplate resurfaced? Man, I have NEVER heard of that. The FSM specifically warns not to resurface the flywheel, but they don't even mention resurfacing the pressure plate. That is truly redneck. Unbelievable.

You mean on the plunger that activates the brake failure warning? Yes, there should be two o-rings on it. One on each end, IIRC. Wildman, I looked at the link you provided, and I don't understand what he's going. He removed the internal o-ring, that I understand. But when he reassembled, he installed the spring. Everyone I know of who has done that mod (remember, kids, that applies ONLY to the XJ combination valve, NOT the MJ) removed the spring and pushed the plunger as far into the nut as possible. If the object is to allow full brake flow, in reality I don't see any reason to even have the plunger in there. I'm seriously considering removing the guts from mine and just mounting a bolt with an o-ring to close of the forward end.

This is in NO way meant to ignore or diminish those who are now in the military or those who are veterans, but ... Please remember that Memorial Day is the day to honor those who DIED in service to their country. It is not for anyone else. We have Veterans' Day for those of us like me, who were fortunate enough to make it home. It's really sad that so many Americans today don't even know what Memorial Day means. Here's a bit of background, for those interested -- and then a link to the site from which the info was borrowed: http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html Memorial Day -- It ain't about hot dogs and hamburgers.

Oh, well. I much prefer the "Before" look ...

You can click the "Img" button or add the image code manually. It goes in the format The photos have to be hosted on an external server. You are posting a link to a photo on another site, you are not uploading pictures to the forum and you can't link to pics on your own hard drive (unless you are a server directly on the Internet).

The problem is that many people today don't know how to drive a standard. They think it's smart to hold the vehicle on a hill by slipping the clutch, for example. This is what wears out clutches and creates hot spots in the flywheel. When I was in college, I had a fraternity brother who had a Chevy Impala 327 4-speed. He moaned and groaned loud and long because he had gone through three clutches in 13,000 miles and the dealer wouldn't replace the clutch under warranty. He told the whole world that Chevy made lousy cars with lousy clutches. So one night several of us went out for pizza. The house driveway was long, and sloped uphill. He had to back out. To do so, he revved it up to about 3,000 RPM and slipped the clutch all the way up the driveway. He also used the clutch to hold the car on hills at stoplights. Small wonder he went through clutches like most people go through Kleenex. I replaced the clutch in the '88 XJ at 204,000 miles. The clutch looked brand new, but the slave cylinder had gone and it didn't make sense with everything apart NOT to replace the clutch. No hotspots on the flywheel, so I didn't replace it, and I have no chatter. But I learned to drive a standard from my grandfather, who never owned an automatic until he was in his 70s. He drummed into our heads that a clutch should either be disengaged, or completely engaged. If you slip it, you kill it. My '88 MJ, on the other hand, cannot be driven without chattering. It's the ONLY vehicle I've ever driven that I cannot start off in 1st gear smoothly, and it irritates me no end.

A clutch disk is probably $12 to $15 ... but it's not likely the problem. The problem is much more likely to be a hot-spotted flywheel.

A 92 or 93 will have the Chrysler ignition/injection system. That takes a different CPS, so the flex plate on that motor won't work in your Renix vehicle. But -- putting a new flex plate on while the engine is out of the vehicle is perhaps good insurance anyway.

unfortunately it's not that easy. you need to drill the MJ bench pedistals off of the ONE seat track each side has. you need two seat tracks so start with xj brackets. remove pedistals from both switch pedistals install. this includes drilling several rivets and spot welds, and either welding the pedistals on, bolting them on, or both (my choice) watch out though. if you like your seats at the current height, but just want buckets, you need to use 2 door xj bucket seats, with NON-SWIVEL pedistals. if you use the swivel pedistals, you will gain 3" in seat height and some people would be into the roof then (I'm 6' tall and i like the extra height) Yeppers -- all true. Good point. It was awhile ago I was playing with that and many of the details are a bit ... fuzzy.

Like ... WOW!

First choice - NGK (the ordinary ones, NOT the platinum tip) Second choice - Champion truck plugs

Do you care about color? I have one in pretty decent condition. It's been in the basement for awhile, if memory serves (which it may not) I believe it's all vinyl and either red or brown in color.

New? As in, "new"? The MJ has been out of production for 16 years -- the possibility of any new MJ D44s existing is so small I don't think mathematics has developed a name for the number of zeroes after the decimal point before you get to the significant digit. Theoretically possible on a side pull, but highly unlikely if the winch is installed correctly.

And since the FSM specifically says not to resurface the flywheel, that's not really an option, either. That causes incomplete disengagement, which in turn may result in ... hot spots. Or a broken tranny -- take your pick.

You need the MJ pedestals for ANY seat you want to put in an MJ -- unless you want to build seat bases. The nice thing is that if you unbolt the pedestals from the bench seat, you can use them for the buckets. The only thing you lose is the ability to (easily) adjust the passenger side seat forward and back, because with the bench there's no lever on the right side pedestal. If you have some 1/4" or 5/16" round rod and a welder, that can be overcome rather easily.

I think an MJ would look good in that Solar Yellow (or whatever they called it) color that Jeep used on a special model of the XJ in 2000.