The_Slow_Norris

:doh: Point taken. :D

Ok... Ok... Point taken on the Rusty's thing. After the verbal whipping, I landed back in the real world and remember just how bummed and sort of pissed I was when I dealt with them before. Thanks for the reality check. My MJ already has some sort of lift on it as it is running 31x10.5s... front coils are red, though I'm not sure that says anything. I don't really have any spec as to what the stock fender to hub length should be? In any case. I think a something around a 5" lift and 33s sounds juicy enough for wheeling, while not totally killing it as a DD. Honestly, I think I'll work on acquiring doors and bedsides, and do some body work before the lift... I can easily get a more than a few good miles off the Coopers that are on it. Right now, here in Utah, it is just damned cold anyway, I have no heated workspace, and they are calling for a high of 18 degrees (low of 2 degrees) this weekend, so I have some time to digest all my plans. Thanks for all the advice. :thumbsup:

Yeah, now that I settled on selling the CJ5 I had been working on, I am going to look into this wiring deal they did. They really should (and probably would) show me. I looked under the hood while changing the fluid the other day and found no new wiring. Maybe they just ran a wire from the ECU to the fuse box. The jack asses I paid to put new speakers and a sub in (I know, I know, why pay? I was swamped at work and dealing with a crazy landlady sitch where I was just in a rush to get CJ5 mobile) left a messy wiring setup under the dash, so I'll be under there to look in the next week or so. If I can't see anything obvious I'll go back and ask for an schematic or a visual of what they did. I was able to get the wring diagram off of our lovely website here, so in the future I will probably not be sending to them for that again. I must say they made it right, but some communication might have been nice? I would probably give tham another shot I guess, should it be required.

By the way, say the current economic conditions has me going with Rusty's kit... Does one really need to lower the t-case for a 4.5" lift? It doesn't come with LCA either? Needed?

Royal Purple have sulfer? I'm trying to stay brand-tastic. :D

I must say that, I never contacted Rusty's on that sag... truth is after about a month I figured I was good. Then shortly after I noticed the sag... It got worse, but it was my daily driver, so I didn't have time to return springs and wait. Not to mention my apartment complex would not have a truck up on jacks for a week. Other Rusty's lameness was the brake hardware I ordered was incomplete and I ordered a shorty header and got a full one. Not bad except I was not prepared for the additional expense it cost me to ding it in off of my tranny and have an inlet welded (I don't weld, though I probably need to learn :D ). Perhaps this isn't really worth complaining about? They still owe me $30 or so store credit. I'll keep the u-joint thing in mind. After digging through the forums, I found the writeups on the cooling s system. I think I'll wait till mine goes south, before I mess with it. I am feeling the urge to lift, roll bar, and some new BFGs... Those fiberglass things look kind of cool, but honestly I think I like stock look suits me better. Maybe the flared front fenders would provide better tire coverage though. The Utah fuzz is well know for picking on things like that. :( I searched up on the lift thing as well. The motion stuff looks pretty good, but pricey compared to Rusty's or Rocky-Road... not sure how much money I want to dump into her. (I had a charging system mishap this summer that has me doubting the wiring pretty bad.) BUT I know often times you get what you pay for... I read the comments on Rocky-Road. It seems everybody I have known that has had OME spring just loves them. What exactly is it about the "pucks" that folk don't like? I have never seen one break or anything. In terms of their SOA setup... I have the D44 that they say requires "modification." That makes me a little nervous... Not to mention the fact that it would seem that to build it right new perches should really be welded on? Thoughts? I don't weld, but I would rather have a more modest lift, done right, with what I can do, than something that is going to be failure prone. This MJ may be my daily driver for sometime (after the CJ5 bled me :D )

I decided to keep my MJ and get rid of the CJ5 (a matter of space)... I have a couple of questions for those that might be in the know... -Rusty's sells MJ besides (fiberglass)... Of the two orders I placed with Rusty's they have screwed up three items and one of the full leaf packs I put on my XJ sagged hardcore after one month on the truck... ANybody know about these bedsides? Is it worth a shot? ANy other place anyone might recommend? -I know that MJs and XJs are pretty much identical from the cab up, but could one put the new style XJ doors on my 89 MJ? (Really just looking for the newer interior panels... How about Huskey Floor liners? -How hard is it to put the newer style XJ front fascia on? There is a dude here in SLC I have seen driving around with one. It looks pretty cool. Definitly unique. -Anyone know any good write-ups on the open cooling system mod? The closed is doing fine now, but when it goes I think I would like to swap it. -How high can one lift an MJ before having to put on a SYE or longer driveline? -Rocky-Road Outfitters has a SOA 5" or 6" kit, and Rusty's has a 4.5" (with full leaf packs) kit, any other kits out there? (I already mentioned my reservations about Rusty's) Thanks for any input folks... :)

I decided to keep my MJ and get rid of the CJ5 (a matter of space)... I have a couple of questions for those that might be in the know... -Rusty's sells MJ besides (fiberglass)... Of the two orders I placed with Rusty's they have screwed up three items and one of the full leaf packs I put on my XJ sagged hardcore after one month on the truck... ANybody know about these bedsides? Is it worth a shot? ANy other place anyone might recommend? -I know that MJs and XJs are pretty much identical from the cab up, but could one put the new style XJ doors on my 89 MJ? (Really just looking for the newer interior panels... How about Huskey Floor liners? -How hard is it to put the newer style XJ front fascia on? There is a dude here in SLC I have seen driving around with one. It looks pretty cool. Definitly unique. -Anyone know any good write-ups on the open cooling system mod? The closed is doing fine now, but when it goes I think I would like to swap it. -How high can one lift an MJ before having to put on a SYE or longer driveline? -Rocky-Road Outfitters has a SOA 5" or 6" kit, and Rusty's has a 4.5" (with full leaf packs) kit, any other kits out there? (I already mentioned my reservations about Rusty's) Thanks for any input folks... :)

WOW 10w-30 eh? That makes me nervous... The idea of putting anything other than gear oil in a manual tranny makes me nervous. :| How about quantity's for the tranny and t-case?

WOW 10w-30 eh? That makes me nervous... The idea of putting anything other than gear oil in a manual tranny makes me nervous. :| How about quantity's for the tranny and t-case?

How do? I have an 89 Comanche, 4.0L, Manual, D30 (front), D44 (rear), NP231... What fluids should I use? or would you folks recommend? (I don't have the manual) Anything to Royal Purple? TIA

Are you going to lift in the future? If so and a 2"-3" is good enough, just buy the lift w/ new leaf packs... and an adjustable trackbar... You won't need anything else and you'll have a mild lift. Maybe cheaper to grab some of those AALs off of one of the dudes here though. (Have a grinder handy)

Well, I got it back... $920 for the rear main seal, CPS sensor, and diagnosing the short. They ended up running a new wire from the fuse box to the second starter solenoid with a diode on the end. They said that the particular circuit in the ECU that controls spark/fuel during starting. What do ya'll think?

How about a CJ5 w/ a DANA 300? Should I remove one of the drive lines?

Jeez... If I at least had my MJ I could take a picture of the piece and email it to you, Then I'm sure your dealer could match it up with there 2001 TJ diagram. Alas, my MJ have been in the shop for 2 weeks. :cry: I know it's the same tread pattern for the H.O. 4.0L that was in my 91 Cherokee... I'm not sure about the renix system in my 89 MJ.