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Hmmmm. When I was looking at Mile Marker winches last year I could only find 8000, 9500 and 12,000 pound ones. But then a buddy had a used XRC10 for cheap so I got it instead.

They single out Wranglers, but Cherokees and Comanches have the same problem.

Mile Maker doesn't make a 9000 pound winch... As for a bumper, any Cherokee one will work. I had mine made by JawzJPCustoms (link in signature), The bumper is $550 but I don't know what it would cost to ship it across the continent. There are a number of mail order companies that sell Cherokee front bumpers as well. A local fab shop near you could probably also do it. Find a local Jeep club, see what they have for bumpers and where they got them. For the rear axle, there is a chart floating around with pictures of rear ends, or you could upload a photo. Instructions are here.

No. The Comanche has a much larger rear wheel opening than a Cherokee does,

Does the 14 mpg take your speedometer and odometer being off because of the larger tires into account? Okay, now back to the regear: 3.73 will put you back more or less to the stock final drive ratio and get the speedometer and odometer to read correctly or close to it. That is what I would go with. The transfer case has a 1:2.72 low range for off road, which is plenty. If you do insist on having more torque available at the wheels I would go with 4.10 gears, but your mileage will get worse again. BUT I would not waste the money on regearing the rear Dana 35. Count on $400 to $500 per axle to regear them. You should be able to get a 29 spline Chrysler 8.25" out of a 97 or newer Cherokee for $100 to $150. If you have patience you can get it with the correct gears you want already installed. If staying spring under axle, pay $10 or so for a pair of stock spring perches and about $20 to have them welded on in the correct place. A few minutes with a cutting disk on an angle grinder will take care of the Cherokee perches and shock mounts, and a grinding wheel on the same will get the area where the welding needs to be done nice and shiny. Even a front axle you might be able to find with the gears you want for less than the cost of a regear. Stay away from Grand Cherokee and 2000/2001 Cherokees as they are low pinion, Believe TJ ones are as well. If you get one from a 97 (96? 95?) or newer Cherokee it should already have shafts with the larger/stronger u joints and no axle disconnect.

If the front axle was not engages and does not have a locker installed, it shouldn't have done any damage to anything as the disconnected passenger inner shaft would have made up for any speed differences between front and rear axle in turns.

I stand corrected (again.)

Rear ZJ coils are shorter than the front. A popular way to lift the rear of a ZJ is to use front coils. When I lifted Sparkles I first used 1.75" spacers, but my bastard rear spring pack sat higher. I then used a pair of new Moog V8 ZJ front coils (and kept the spacers) and gained another 2". Assuming the original springs had sagged 1" over time, the V8 ZJ springs sit 1" higher than XJ/MJ 6 cylinder coils.

Looks like any other 4.0, caused by blow-by. You can try to clean it with gasoline or kerosene along with a scotch brite pad.

I though the 94 to 98 ZJs with the 5.2 all got the 44RE, and the only 46(RE, not RH) was behind the 5.9 that was available in 98 only without a 46RH being available in any Grand Cherokee. But it is also quite possible I have been misinformed. Wouldn't be the first time. :dunno:

Bad bulbs?

The XJ sound bar uses 5.25" speakers.

Without vacuum, it defaults to the defog vents. Your problem is a broken vacuum hose somewhere,

TH400 is easy to find, has a lot of aftermarket support and is damn near bullet proof.

Interested in going in September.

$3.79

The AX4/AX5 also uses the front locations. I swapped a 4wd AW4 into a 96 XJ in place of it's 2wd AW4 and I reused the mount. Your swapping in an AX15, but what are you swapping out?

After collecting parts for a month I have seen a diesel conversion completed over a weekend. But this was a VW Jetta engine into a Samurai. Off the shelf kit. I know there are kits to put a Mercedes diesel into a Toyota, which has a transmission closely related to the AW4. May not be too big a deal to adapt it to an MJ (possibly with the Yota tranny).

Found the main harness for the power windows and locks in the part XJ. Turns out it runs underneath the carpet in the footwell instead of through the dash. Got a pretty good start tearing into it. Removing everything I don't need like back door windows, keyless entry, alarm hookup. So far one plug has been completely cut out and another 10 pin plug only has 4 pins left (and might lose another one). There's one more plug to completely remove and probably a few more wires before I wrap it all up in black tape again. Window power plugs straight into the front of the fuse block, but ground and lock power come in from the dash harness. haven't decided how I'm going to do that yet.

Heat it to at least 90C and you will be fine. The higher viscosity means it needs to be heated to be injected and properly atomized. Failure to inject with a low viscosity fuel can lead to polymerization in the engine. Biodiesel's viscosity is pretty much the same as petroleum diesel. Heating the fuel before burning it is needed for running WVO, which is what Joop is talking about.

Glad I don't live in CA (or HI for that matter).

Another 242? Because a 242 output shaft will not swap into a 231.

4.5" lift, 33x12.50R15 on back, P235/75R15 on front. (Front tires got replaced with 33" tires right after I took this picture.)

With 4.56 you will lose a bit of power, but highway mileage should be a bit better. 4.88 will overshoot the 31" tires. My 2.5 has 3.55 gears (originally had an ax4), which gives me the same final drive ratio as an ax5 with 4.10 gears. Great mileage at 60mpg (27mpg), but only got 19 at 75. Installed an ax5 but kept the 3.55 gears and mileage at 60 is still 27 mpg, but at 75 I now get 24. With 4.56 gears your final drive ratio on 31" tires will fall somewhere in between my current and your current on stock tires.

3.85 today.