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Patient is alive, but I'm supposed to change the dressing over the incision on Saturday. The incision is high on the left side, just beneath the left armpit. I have no idea how-in-ell I'm supposed to change that.

There is no "return" for the rear brake circuit. There are many internet sources that claim this, but it's incorrect. The second line to the rear is an emergency bypass line. The purpose is to bypass the load-sensing proportioning valve and allow full brake pressure to the rear if the front brake circuit fails. Under normal conditions, no brake fluid ever flows through that bypass circuit, but it's there and it must be bled if you want the rear brakes to function properly. There is a special procedure in the FSM for bleeding the brakes in an MJ with the load-sensing proportioning valve. https://comancheclub.com/topic/4647-brake-bleeding/ https://comancheclub.com/topic/40428-brake-bleeding/?tab=comments#comment-407703 Also, the smaller (front) reservoir in the master cylinder is the one that supplies the rear brakes, so the fact it appears to be drawing fluid from there is entirely correct.

For those who care, it would be interesting to know the year associated with Cruiser's image and Schardein's image. Also the dimensions. They convey the same information but someone trying to do an accurate reproduction of the label for their truck would probably want to use the template that's correct for the model year.

Who cares? They're both aluminum-cased, faux Dana 44s.

Yeah. After it was in, the doctor said, "You're a real trooper. Well done." My response was, "So why do I feel like such a wimp?"

This is what the parts manuals refer to as a "Type 1" cluster. I much prefer it to the cluster that came in my '88 XJ. It should work in any 6-cylinder XJ or MJ through 1990. However, the Type 1 clusters can't be adjusted for 4-cylinder / 6-cylinder operation. The Type 2 tachometer has a potentiometer that can be used to calibrate it to 4 or 6 cylinders.

I special ordered both my 2000 XJ Sport and my late wife's 2000 XJ Classic. I ordered both without ABS. My recollection is that, even in 2000, ABS came only with a Dana 35 rear axle.

I'm surprised that the slave cylinder is larger diameter than the master. The master may simply not be moving enough fluid. I would double check with novak to be sure they sent you the correct parts.

Yes. Also known as "Cunifer" -- for the chemical abbreviations for the three major elements in the alloy. Cu is copper, Ni is nickel, and Fe is steel (actually, Fe is for iron -- think where the term "ferrous metal" comes from). I bought two 25-foot coils of it from a vendor on Amazon, and it's all I use now. My friend the VW shop foreman says all the European car makers use the stuff now, and that it stands up much better against the liquid salt auto eater they use on the roads in Connecticut these days. It is very easy to work with, and easy to flare. If you're a neat freak, they also make a device for straightening the coil stock to make long runs look right.

In my case, I have had a fairly heavy cough since New Year's weekend. The doctors think the severe coughing finally ruptured some air sacs in the lung, allowing air to escape into the chest cavity. Other causes (besides physical trauma, like a broken rib) can include smoking, COPD, pneumonia, and a couple of other factors I can't remember at the moment. Oh -- and being tall and skinny apparently is a factor (not that I'm tall or skinny these days, but the doc said tall, skinny, basketball player types are more prone than the rest of us to see a collapsed lung in their 20s. Otherwise, it's more likely in us olde phartes.)

This place is tough on moderators. Went to bed Saturday night and felt some (slight) pain on the left side of my chest when lying on my back or on my left side. Tried taking a hot shower to loosen up congestion, went back to bed ... same thing. Got up researched heart attacks, and my symptoms didn't seem like a classic heart attack but they also didn't clearly spell out "SOMETHING ELSE." All articles on heart attacks say to get help sooner rather than later, so I went to the VA hospital emergency room and told them I was concerned that I might have had a mild heart attack. EKG was completely normal. Then they did a chest x-ray. TA-DA! I had a collapsed lung! The treatment for that is to carve a hole into your upper chest cavity to insert a tube, which they hook up to suction to pull air (and other stuff) out of the chest in order to allow the lung to re-expand, and to seal up any leaks. From the ER I was taken up to a room -- which I subsequently found is the surgical ICU. Spent Sunday and Monday on suction. Tuesday they removed the suction, but they kept the tube in place just in case. I awoke every morning to an x-ray technician, arriving between 05:30 and 06:00 for progress photos. Today they decided things looked okay, so they pulled the suction tube out. Two hours later they did a follow-up x-ray, which looked okay, so they sent me home. Got home at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. Left arm is basically useless for a week or two because the incision for the tube is just beneath the left armpit. You do NOT want to go through this. The tube was inserted in the ER, and using only local anesthetics, not general anesthesia. Translation -- I was awake, and it HURT!!!! I have never experienced pain anywhere near that bad. Anyway, I'm back ... not that anybody missed me.

Clogged catalytic converter?

Good fix, BUT ... If you read the comments, it is noted (somewhat indirectly) that this fix eliminates the fuse for the gauges. The OP then comments that he needs to add an in-line fuse ... to which I would absolutely agree.

Correct. But, as Jeep Driver mentioned, someone has put the grille in upside down.

A SOA modification is going to lift the rear at least 5-1/2 inches, so you're going to end up with a very visible rake.

The angle of the drag link has to match the angle of the track bar (the straight line from end joint to end joint, ignoring the bends in the bars). If you change one of them without changing the other, you introduce bump steer. There are several older threads with photos to illustrate that. Irrespective of length (which is what an adjustable track bar changes), if the frame end hasn't been dropped you do NOT want to use a dropped pitman arm. Bump steer is an unpleasant phenomenon at best, and can be dangerous. If you are concerned about stress on the steering box, get a steering box brace. Actually, IMHO the single best thing you can do for the steering box (and tie rod ends) is train yourself to NEVER turn the steering wheel unless the front tires are rolling, even if it's only a 1 MPH.

Why do you want a drop pitman arm? Did you lower the frame end of your track bar? If not, you DON'T want to drop the pitman arm.

Pretty much.

I'm pretty sure the 4.7L V8 wasn't offered with the 242 -- only the 4.0L I6. The 4.7 was only offered with QuadraTrac (or the optional QuadraDrive, which added the gerotor packs on the differentials). I absolutely have to disagree with you on the tranny -- and, remember, I speak from [unfortunate] first-hand experience. The entire drive rain of the V8 '99 WJ was trash. Mine spent nearly as much time in the shop as it did on the road, which is why I was going to go lemon law with it. I easily qualified, based on how much time it was in the shop.

What parts do you think you'll be able to use? I owned a '99 WJ -- for less than a year before Daimler-Chrysler bought it back to stop me from going lemon law on it. The transmission is trash. The rear axle is the aluminum case "Dana 44" that's possibly the only live axle in the universe worse than a Dana 35. The wheel lug bolt circle doesn't match the MJ/XJ. Doesn't sound like a bargain to me.

Of course it helps. An internal combustion engine needs three things to start and run: fuel, air, and spark. If all you know is that it won't start, you don't know what to check first. If you can pour gas into the throttle body and it starts, that verifies that the ignition system isn't a problem. So you DON'T worry about CPS, ECM, coil, or distributor. Also, it's getting air so you don't worry about valves or camshaft. So you're down to a fuel delivery problem. Focus your attention on troubleshooting the fuel system.

Military wrap has the second leaf wrapped around the front bushing as well as the main leaf. Photo from Rough Country web site

I wonder if it's 4WD or 6WD ...

And an '86 CommandTrac was probably an 207, not a 231. Low range was 2.6x, not 2.72

Holy moly! A stick shift? WOW!!!!!!!!!