ThatJeepGuy

Pizzaman09 are you a pizza delivery boy that graduated in 09?

Years ago I had one of my jeeps black flagged by insurance and it was no longer insurable by a specific carrier. They claimed the vehicle was far too modified for legal street use... If I gave you a shot at guessing you may be surprised to hear they black flagged the black XJ. (33s and 3.5" lift) I argued with them for almost a month before I told my insurance agent to pull everything else (home and 3 other autos) and let's find another carrier. To this day I have changed ins carriers 2 times and am back with them and guess what they cover without issue - the orange MJ (ls swapped on 1 ton axles and 37" trepadors) in the first picture an my JK on 35s and 4" lift. Both in my opinion are far more imposing than the XJ ever was. ive never dealt with hagerty because none of my vehicles stay stock for long apparently but i also think there is a level of Who you talk to that can change the outcome. ? No ? for a final note i had my agent send an insurance inquiry to the problem ins carrier I mentioned above when we first signed back on with them with a few pictures and specifically mention "it's his adventure vehicle" They never got back to me

Imagine removing the seam sealed thin sheet of metal from the trans tunnel to "quickly" change the cps at a later date... The level of disregard that would overcome you while swinging a small hammer at the poorly placed chisel in the space under the dash trim and next to the gas pedal

Don't church it up son it's a gaping hole you'll try to cover up. Why lockable? You afraid the cps will escape or something?

For the level of work and time involved with any level of respectable, serviceable approach to an access panel to "quick change" your cps - you could just change out your cps and be done with it. On the other hand if you don't care one bit on the How - just that it's done quickly- well surely a big enough hole saw and some swear words later and you'll have exactly what you desire - a gaping access hole

Sneaky fella with the title. It's definitely intriguing how the comanche profile lands on foreign markets (? I'm not the sharpest on toy markets so I'm just guessing these are foreign) and soo little in the states Personally I'm rather attached to the majorette Cherokee 4x4 1/64 trucks and the majorette super rockers.

Yikes, unfortunate situation? Whichever route you go I wish you best of luck and hopefully you get reasonably what your asking for them? Have you listed them here?

It's taken me this long to recognize this thread.... I'm Alex from the Grand Rapids MI area.

Would you mind speaking a little more on the topic of your fuel tank setup and fitment?

How much did they hit you for on the split rear window?

I try and grease the wheel that squeaks the loudest per say but sometimes it's absolutely a going with the creative flow deal. Currently excited to investigate it more but like I had said above - trying to stay on the current skweek vs entertaining the wobbly wheel that's present. I can appreciate this more than my wife ever could 😜 This is one of those subtle selling points I try and argue to some folks with only minimal success. It only seems to sell with other like minded folks with multiple hobbies. Some want the Swiss army knife - others want the kitchen knife block.

Anyone else secumbing to their distractions? It's prolly why I struggle to finish most projects but when your really wanting a FSJ Cherokee and one comes up at just your right price range.... We'll why not So instead of maintaining the progress to my 73 Jtruck LS swap, I'll squirrel away for a few weeks and eventually get back on track

Behold! 2 shift forks and 2 shift levers. This is just a 3D printed version for trial and error. This is actually Months old and ik just rather late to this party location. At this point it's just a matter of ripping into one of my spare cases and installing this beta setup to validate my idea. I've been holding off until I have the time and funds to 100% dedicate it to finishing this. If this concept works then next would be bringing it to a few different machinist shops to have it duplicated in steel and also having it hardened which could cost me a bit!

Sry, I've been distracted with other projects and haven't made any progress to this. What I keep coming back to though is the approach to securing the tank. I think I'm going to make a tube cradle the tank will sit in vs adapting the tj factory skid. This would attach to the bottom of x-brace in the unibody and then also to the rear bumper. This would act as a skid to completely deflect anything to the rear of the vehicle - adding the tank there definitely begs the attention for potential future hang ups. Again though - just the thought direction for the thing I haven't gotten back to yet

Pontiac Aztec was my suggestion, the only thing it had going for it was being featured on breaking bad

Something I've toyed with the idea of a few times and I've even gone as far as to kinda re-invent the wheel to some degree on how I'd make it work. Current fork has 2 purposes, 2wd/4wd and then also high/low range... can it really be that bad to separate those into independent functions? Also gaining the ability to have 2wd-low range. I realize teraflex makes a 2-low fork but at the $350 price tag I think I could do better and also by not adding a 5th position to the already somewhat clunky factory tcase shift setup.

I came here anticipating pictures of vehicles with every box auto parts store stick on accessory imaginable. Very gawdy accesorizing. I'm not saying I'm disappointed but let's just say there are plenty more abomination-esq vehicles out there over a tesla/cyber truck

That is a bit of a fable. I find chew marks on the soap bars I leave all around the vehicle inside and out after winter storage The smell factor is legit. I also don't see any tampering or nest building with these sheets after winter storage either

Fuel pump isn't too hard a problem to resolve. Just adapt a higher rated fuel pump into your existing sending unit. Just Google research a bit under the criteria of jeep MJ LS swap fuel pump and I'm sure you can figure it out. Mine currently is setup with a fuel cell and inline walbro pump. Eventually I'd like to get this TJ tank and pump setup fitted to my liking and run that but what I have works for now

Don't push out the possibility that front D44 could be bent as well. Not uncommon at all. I think what your asking is a rather unfair question though. What's it worth- your intentions- your abilities. There's a few unknowns here. What could be considered your mild to wild can very drastically from one other on here consider at both ends of that spectrum. A cheaper route for trial and error I would suggest- get a moderate lift (3" or soo) get some bigger tires. Find a Ford 8.8 w/ the lsd and 4.10 gears. Gear swap the d30 to match and then go wheeling. You may realize your already more than capable enough for your intended needs.

The mj unibody rail isn't parallel to the rockers like it is on the XJs. Like Pete mentioned, absolutely could do it but the legs going to the actual unibody would have to be modified

They make factory replacements and they are just fine. I have an XJ tank just behind the cab of one of my trucks but it's far from stock- lifted, flat bed/cage setup etc. The tank isn't really ideal under any part of the MJ compared to stock tank setup I'm sure others will chime in about the TJ tank in the rear where the spare tire would be but I can attest to it NOT being as simple as it's made out to be. There is also the fact of routing your fuel filler hose to it that becomes problematic as well.

Thanks for the incite, thats pretty helpful info. I too have considered the contractor style cap with the full doors on the back but with no noted success stories through these webs on others applying - say a ranger or s10 sized unit like they would for just a topper I've been hesitant to swing on one for the trial and error fitment. If I came across one cheap enough maybe but they to no surprise aren't cheap

Beuller?

May be a negligible question but how OK or annoyed are you with placement of the tent over the bed? Does it affect rear view much, could it be higher or is the high center of gravity weight very noticeable? I too scheme to eventually get into the Roof Top Tent (let's say RTT for simplicity) game and do more independent camping/exploring. For now though this is something I've come to think about often either a tonneau cover setup and then RTT mounts low- preferably overall height no higher than the cab OR the RTT mounts mid height/over the cab height to even accommodate a topper