undercoverwalrus

i get 21-30 mpg with my straight stock 2.5 with no roof, 2wd. i can't wait to take it down with some mods, though... once it shocked me by getting 35 mpg going 55mph to jacksonville and back, about 400 miles round trip. i was coming back with a 600 pound industrial oven, too. good gas, i guess.

pics soon, i have spotty internet. it's only half done because it was so tricky. yeah, it's the standard ten point roll cage from s&w, just like 88mjay's, but they didn't bend the bars to the right specifics like 88mjay got them to. i didn't have the cash to send it back, but the bars bent to the cherokee's specs doesn't look half bad. pics soon, i promise.

really really difficult to put together. especially when they don't bend the tubes like you asked them to to fit them in a comanche. but the roll cage is pretty sturdy. anybody done anything interesting roll-cage wise?

Does anybody know what bucket seats will come closest to fitting in the original bench bolts? It's crazy hot here in Florida and I'm feeling lazy. I need a quick bolt-on that I can get from the junkyard out of any truck. thanks!

i found a build sheet when i took off the driver's side door panel. :???: pretty nifty reading material for the bathroom.

i have a whine coming from one of the pulleys under the hood that makes the thing sound like it has a turbo. not a bad sound to have when i first bought the thing but now is it ever annoying. i'm going to have to talk to some people about getting a replacement pully, as the PO thought it was coming from the air conditioner - looking under the hood i count one... two... two appliances: alternator and water pump. no ac. :thwak:

yeah i've got to get up early tomorrow and get to an autozone myself. i turned the truck on this morning and this gawdawful rattling/buzzing answered. got under the truck and there's a flap of metal hanging off the muffler. it's loud, that's for sure.

ooh! ooh! i'll take them off of your hands! :D sense-a-tracs, huh? definitely need to check in on those. my front shocks are so shot, it's not funny. thanks for the inadvertent tip!

not that i know of, at least not on the road. i don't take it on the trail in its' present condition. that would be scary. :eek:

so, this is my mj. picked it up from a volvo mechanic who had it sitting out in front of the garage amid the parts cars. he got it from a guy he was fixing a volvo for who had a tree fall on the mj, took a saws-all to it and drove it for about a year. he got into a fender bender and replaced the driver's side fender panel. i got it as a trade for a volvo with a bum engine (very good trade if i do say so myself). yeah, that's me there. :oops: it's an '86 Custom with a 2.5l, five speed, pretty much everything stock. at this time i had ripped out the carpet, popped some holes in the floor for draining purposes and rustoleumed the $#!+ out of it. some rattle-can truck bed liner and i'm temporarily done. (very poor and very busy. i'm opening a restaurant at the moment) some heavy duty floor mats keep it very quiet, i was surprised. plans! -complete cold air intake -smooth out the lines from initial saws-all session -get a roll cage from s&w like 88mjay -complete the interior with a trip to a rhinoliner shop -custom vinyl top! -super simple exhaust with cherrybomb glasspack (redneck machine!) -stripped dash and interior with steel dash from s&w (climate control? nah) -black dyed seat, maybe vinyl doors -new rims (chrome!) -chrome trim swap - fog lights, search lights, air horns, huge "cb" antenna, work lights, etc i'm keeping the engine mostly stock for now, i don't have the cash to do an engine swap or any major lift project and the only trail-riding that's worth anything in tallahassee is in the mudflats, and mudding is for rich white suburban kids in this town. i like the rat-rod look so i don't think i'm going to clean up the exterior very much, just keep it running until i can lift it and up the horsepower. i'm thinking a rhinoliner paint-job in the future... :brows: i'm quite an amateur so i'm sure i can use all the tips i can get. progress will be slow until the restaurant is open. i think wednesday i'll trim it up and get some better pictures. input is appreciated! dave

sounds like it's time to get new tires anyway. it might help the wobble too.

i've got the exact same problem. without fail when i hit 45 the thing starts shaking. i've looked around and everything's tight. i'm pretty sure i need to get my tires rotated and balanced. just a matter of getting over to the tire place, i don't have tire equipment. so i'd check that. what state are your tires in? has the truck sat for a long while? something to think about.

i've got a 2.5 five speed in an '86 and i was thinking about going loud myself. i was thinking about a straight pipe from the manifold (no emissions testing in florida) to a cherrybomb glasspack to a turndown keeping the stock 2". i was hoping to get some more power out of the 2.5 (and it's really cheap too). good idea? :dunno:

y'know? that might be something. when i went to change the crankcase oil i opened the fill plug first to be sure i could get it opened (once burnt twice learnt) and a quart and a half of milky, greenish fluid that smelled like puke poured out. i'm guessing that since the vehicle doesn't have a top and it sat out in a junkyard for six months before i got it some water got into the tranny through the shifter-hole (for lack of better terminology). and i couldn't get the drain plug off anyway because i didn't have a big enough socket. now that i have a big enough socket i couldn't find the time. tomorrow i do, though, and i'm putting some of that oil additive stuff you get at autozone in it, hopefully that will help. a bit of a ramble, sorry :oops: thanks for all the tips!

good deal. ignorance breeds paranoia and dread :roll: i figured that bleeding the clutch would be a several day process. thanks!