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While at this years' Jeep Jamboree, I saw 2 comanches in the crowd. Anyone from this group? Both came in trailered- tandem style. Just curious how they enjoyed there weekend. The weather couldn't have been better. ;)

We are still on for this weekend. Rain, snow, ice, etc. can't slow us down- much. ;)

Thanks guys for all of the suggestions. The MJ came home for a short-overnight stay Sunday morning. After removing bench seat and panel, finally got the door opened. ;) Found a broken spring assemblies in bottom of door cavity. :cry: The door opens and closes ok. If the door get's locked, it stays locked until I can play with the correct latches. Therefore, I left the panel off for now. Hope to finish up around Thanksgiving. Anyone have a door latching assembly (drivers side) they can part with from a junk door?

Redbird is having a night ride on Nov. 11th. They will be charging 10.00 for Sat. and 10.00 for Sun. For this you will be able to ride all day Sat. and Sat. night, plus camp in the parking lot and ride all day Sun. Please come out and help the Redbird Management Group make there last event of the season a big one. :cheers:

October 7-8, 2006 - IOK Swap Meet- Cleves, Ohio. $3.00 admission FREE overnight night camping with booth space. For more info, contact Dave Sneed 812/432-5848 or Dick Burg 859/291-8833 http://www.gravelrama.com/iok/ -scroll down left side to swap meets I'll might be down there for the weekend. Looks like a few more MJ guys will be too- :cheers:

Thanks JJ- :cheers:

What are my chances of pulling the door panel off with the door closed? It appears it's "do-able" if I pull the bench seat out. I'll try the WD 40 trick first. Wish me luck. :roll:

Drivers door won't unlatch- can't unlock. PITA to crawl over seat. :mad: 1. Tried different keys- 2. Sprayed oil in lock- 3. Played with both inside and outside latches. Only to get door open to pull panel...someday. Any suggestions just short of tearing the door off of hinges? :headpop:

Hello, I am with the Fat Boys Jeepers and I would like to invite everyone to come over to Haspin Acres on Oct. 28th for Halloween @ Haspin at 9:00 a.m. We will be hosting this event for the Indiana Four Wheel Drive Association (www.ifwda.org) AND GUESTS. You will need to pay your admission at the gate and then come down to the big shelter and sign-in with us and pick up a goodie bag. We will have the Fat Boys grill there for lunch. Feel free to eat with us, we will have a donation can that will benefit the association. It looks like we are going to have chili and hot dogs around noon. Trail rides will be informal, we will have some guided trails for those that don't know the property but feel free to take off on your own. Please let us know if you plan on coming and if you plan on eating with us. (That way we don't run out of food.) If you have any questions you can contact Kelly at snkjeeper@aol.com :cheers:

Here is some info on this event- Sept. 22 -24, 2006 - 25th O'Reilly Auto Parts 4-Wheel & Off Road Jamboree in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more info, go to www.familyevents.com Yes, I'll be there. I plan on being at the Indiana Four Wheel Dive Association (IFWDA) booth Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Ask for Scott. I always have time to talk jeeps... :cheers:

NEW FAIRGROUNDS POLICIES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Memorandum TO: All Pre-registered 25th Anniversary 4-Wheel Jamboree Participants FROM: The Promotions Company and Special Events Important information regarding Alcohol on the Indiana State Fairgrounds! Participants are allowed to bring coolers into the show in their vehicle for food and drinks. However, the Indiana State Fairgrounds has forewarned Special Events that the fairgrounds is a licensed premise for the sale of alcohol. Therefore it is illegal to bring in or consume alcoholic beverages on the Fairgrounds which were not purchased on the Fairgrounds. Indiana Code 7.1-5-8-5 Taking alcoholic beverage on licensed premises ________________________________________ © It is a Class C misdemeanor for a person, for the person's own use, to knowingly carry on, convey to, or consume on or about the licensed premises of a permittee, an alcoholic beverage that was not then and there purchased from that permittee. (Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.713; P.L.177-1999, SEC.8; P.L.136-2000, SEC.5; P.L.204-2001, SEC.56. Basically, Special Events stating "no Alcohol allowed on the fairgrounds unless purchased from a vendor at the jamboree". You can still bring a cooler in as a participant, as long as no alcoholic beverages are in the cooler. :cheers:

Yes, a big help. Thank you. ;) Oh, by the way, I even used distilled water this time. :cheers:

Radiator switch done!!! Even did the 99+ XJ upper hose swap too. :cheers: Thanks for the input. Next, gas tank swap- :banana:

Good suggestion- http://www.ufwda.org http://www.ufwda.org/smf/ http://www.treadlightly.org/ http://www.sharetrails.org/ Let us know how it goes!

Thanks, I PM'ed you.

Well the old radiator died. Lucked out today and bought a new 3 core Go-Dan radiator for 93 XJ (Model No. 43-2335) for $114.30 here in town!!! I was looking at paying $137.00 off of ebay/internet. New cap brought the total to $119.28. :cheers: Next, it's time to order the remaining parts from Jeep. :banana: Thanks for the articles!!!

If anyone wants to have a reason to go wheeling later this month, here is something worth looking at. Hope to see you there... http://www.redbirdsra.com/vendorday2006.htm Feel free to visit Redbird anytime. Nightride and swap meet coming up in June. ;)

I ended up buying a set of RE? rock rails/sliders for a XJ at a swap meet. Since I have a SWB, I ended up modifing the mounting points so they would fit better and match the profile of the MJ. They saved the MJ rockers out in Colorado 5+years ago. ;)

FREE :wink: My buddy took a MJ down to the swap meet. Since we had some "dead" time, we decided to pull the liner and see how the bed was. If the bed was in poor shape, the bedliner would have stayed "in place". Bed was in pretty good shape for an 89. Since it was out, he said that I might as well have it and put it in mine. OK- he didn't have to twist my arm twice. :lol: He sold the truck the next day.

Knowing that many of you are die-hard MJ owners and lovers, I thought I would share this "score" with you. :lol: I picked up a factory plastic bedliner and tailgate cover yesterday from the 4x4 swap meet. The scrip "Comanche" is at the head end of the bed. NEAT... Knowing there are several pro's and con's on owning one, I really couldn't pass up the offer. :wink: Has anyone got a tip or two on prepping the steel bed before installation? I was thinking about spraying a light coat of oil in the bed to protect it in future years. I'm starting to appreciate the qerks on owning this truck- Scott

I would like to get my CC working since it has never worked in the past. Could it be as simple as replacing the brain box/module? I was told that there are different colored boxes. Mine is yellow. Therefore, I would need to find a yellow one to see if that works. Too simple? :roll: Any better suggestions. Thanks, Scott

Other than scanning the web/ebay, anyone have a good source for a SWB gas tank? Anything over 3/4 tank full starts dripping on the ground. :oops: Thanks!!

After seeing that most of you guys are in need of a LWB roll bar, what is the going price on them? Looks like dana 44's and rollbars are the hot items to have. What else is there to look for in the junk yards? Having a SWB MJ, I guess the reason I haven't gotten too interested in one is because of my camping shell I sometimes install. :roll: I have looked at installing a Fabtech Motorsports rear tire carrier so I can have a full size spare with me. I would put the mounting plates on Q.D. mounts when I need to use the bed to haul someting. :wink:

I believe I saw a posting once that spelled out how to turn your front/corner marker-parking lights into turn signals. For some reason, I can't remember where I saw it. Is it safe to say is that all I need to do is to patch into the front wires to the turn signals and rewire the front/corner marker-parking lights and to make sure the light bulbs are the same? :roll:

I just happen to have an extra steering box bracket/brace from my CJ. It looks like I can re-work it and use on the MJ. :roll: I would appreciate it if someone could post a photograph or two showing me where and how it bolts to the passenger side of the frame. It looks like I may have to grind a little of the steering box webbing near the pitman arm to make that portion fit. Is there anything else I'm missing? Thanks alot!!! Scott