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Looks good to me, Pete. Let's just make it happen.

Thanks, Pete. I'm still in limbo for connectivity, but I'll send some $$$ to you by snail mail.

I am devastated. I've been out of power and communication since Sunday afternoon due to an ice storm here in Connecticut. Got power back late last night, the house is starting to warm up, and I logged onto Comanche Club to find this. I have been concerned that there weren't any updates, but this surely wasn't the update that I was expecting or hoping for. Abby, Alma, Kelly, Chris, and all of the Hornbrook family, I offer my deepest sympathy and my condolences. I never met Don in person but I considered him a friend, as well as a comrade in arms (I'm also a Vietnam veteran). If I recall correctly, I think I was the one who suggested Don to Pete as a moderator here, and he was a good choice. This place is going to seem very empty without his input. Gotta go. Screen's getting fuzzy.

Death toll is up to 73 at last report -- and about an equal number badly injured. You really have to wonder about people who think it's a great idea to take a shower in gasoline.

Have you checked where the vacuum line runs beneath the battery tray in the engine compartment? That's where it connects to the vacuum reservoir (a.k.a. the "blimp" or the "football") behind the front bumper. The line often deteriorates beneath the battery tray.

Naval Jelly

Welcome, Amigo -- I'm glad you resurfaced among us. I still relate the story of the time we all ended a trail ride at Wright's Farm in RI, and someone offered to pass you the salad bowl. "Salad?!? That's not food, that's what food eats!"

I used to know someone in NAXJA who used the screen name CheapXJ. Is that you, Ryan?

The thing is, the version is Pete's images is basically our official (or quasi-official) logo at this point. Another image might be more realistic (for those who have huge tires), but it won't be representative of the Comanche Club as an organization. I went through this years ago with the old Javelin/AMX Sports Car Club of Connecticut. We had a logo, using the outline of the state of Connecticut infilled with the red, white, and blue colors of AMC. At one point we needed to get new decals made up. While the officers were getting prices, one of the members (who was a vice-president of a Fortune 500 company, and a very self-important asshat) took things into his own hands and had his graphics department make up a bunch. The problem was, they didn't use our design -- they came up with their own design. They got the shape of the state wrong, the arrangement of the colors within the outline wrong, the used the wrong type font -- and they didn't use the correct AMC colors. So, to summarize -- they were crap.

I like #3

Eliminator? Those were the outlyers.

From the manuscript of the book I started. Please note: This is copyrighted, and by posting it here I do NOT grant permission to copy it and distribute it anywhere, in any form. CC members can make a copy for their own reference, but not transfer or transmit it in any form to anyone. Please respect my intellectual property. In general, the parts to be concerned with in keeping the front brakes compatible are the steering knuckles, the hub/bearing assemblies, the rotors, and the calipers. (There is a more complete enumeration of the interrelationship of these parts in Chapter 6, Axles.) Only two steering knuckle designs were used: 1984 through 1989, and 1990 through 2001. Left and right side knuckles are different part numbers within each group. Three different hub/bearing units were used. The hub/bearing units are the same for both sides of the vehicle. The different years for hub/bearing assemblies were: 1984 through 1989; 1990 through mid-1999 (composite rotors); and late-1999 through 2001 (cast rotors). Three rotor types were used: 1984 through 1989; 1990 through mid-1999 (composite); and late-1999 through 2001 (cast). Only two caliper types were used: 1984 through 1989, and 1990 through 2001. Left and right side calipers are different part numbers within each group.

There may be a difference. The XJs had floor-mounted shifters for the automatics, so they didn't have a PRNDL display in the cluster. The MJs with the automatic did have the PRNDL display. There are work-arounds ... you can use an XJ shifter in an MJ, or you can simply install a PRNDL on the steering colum, as Hornbrod did.

Color? Trim level?

The rear window is glued in, like the windshield. The rubber trim is just that ... trim. It's been discontinued from the factory for years, so you're not likely to find a replacement anywhere.

I think Pete is correct. Which means it's an early '89. Better to look for a complete bellhousing/transmission/transfer case from a '94 or newer Cherokee. That will get you the AX-15 transmission and the externa slave cylinder.

I owned a WJ with the 4.7 engine. Worst car-buying mistake I ever made. I think I only owned it about nine months -- Daimler-Chrysler bought it back to keep me from invoking the lemon law on them. After I got rid of mine, a friend mentioned that he was looking at buying one -- used. I recommended against it. He bought it. He hadn't had it very long before the engine blew.

I have resisted responding because I don't have any XJs or MJs with the AX-15 transmission and the external slave, so I'm not positive. But ... since nobody else has posted, I'll go out on a limb and say that the bellhousing appears to be set up for an external slave cylinder, so you're probably looking for an AX-15 transmission from a 1994 or newer XJ. However, I believe there was a change in the pilot bearing somewhere along the line, so you may need to take some measurements to determine what pilot bearing you need.

The temp sensor in the head ONLY provides a signal to the temp gauge (or idiot light) on the dashboard. If you have a gauge, it's a variable resistance sensor. If you have idiot lights, it's a simple ON-OFF switch. The temp sensor that controls when the ECU switches from open loop to closed loop mode is the sensor on the lower, driver's side of the block. Have you checked or replaced the thermostat? In fact, does it even have a thermostat? Many people don't understand that the purpose of the thermostat is to keep the temperature UP. If someone put in too cold of a thermostat, the engine may never warm up enough to switch into closed loop mode.

FWIW, the backspacing on all the Jeep factory 15x7 wheels was 5-1/4 inches.

How can it have a shift lever if there's no transmission? The shift lever for any of the manual transmissions used with the 4.0L engine goes directly into the transmission. Do you have the bellhousing? Is there a clutch and flywheel attached to the engine?

Did it come with an engine? The engine will determine what transmissions you can use. Also -- do you want it to be standard, or automatic? What is it now -- is there a clutch peddle? Is there a shift lever on the steering column?

Never heard of a rental -- house or apartment -- that didn't include the basics of a range (including an oven) and refrigerator.

I don't think there is anything inside a Jeep (Saginaw -- GM) steering box that can be "bent" -- especially not indirectly by a wheel hitting a curb. Check over the front end and see if something else might be bent -- like the tie rod, or the drag link, or possibly (but not likely) the track bar. Also, the steering wheel centering is adjustable by the sleeve at the upper end of the drag link. Setting that is part of an alignment. What kind of alignment shop does an alignment and doesn't set the steering wheel to center? This sounds to me like a scam shop that's looking to sell you on a steering box you don't need.