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I want to say it's right around 43.5" or so, but don't quote me on that. If noone else can confirm, I've got my stock 'shaft down in storage and can go measure it for you. Jeff edit: on second thought, that may be the measurement between the spring perches on the rear axle.....I confuse easily in my old age after about 10 beers or so :D

seller is out of Richmond, VA. I gotta find out who he is....he's got some darn good deals.

that's right in my backyard......wonder who that is :???: Jeff

pwned :cheers: Nicely played. I've bought entire vehicles for less than my missus has paid for certain pairs of shoes. And I'm not kidding, either. Jeff

If you're disk-ing it Don, hang onto those drum parts, especially the backing plates. Them sunsabeotches ain't cheap......you might could help out a fellow Jeeper with them. Jeff

If you replaced the rear lines because of a blowout, there's a switch in the prop valve in front of the MC that probably tripped...you may need to reset it. Push down on the pedal, steadily and hard, until you hear a "click". That will be the switch resetting, and the light should go out. Jeff

weenie............ :rotf: Jeff

Needed a new radiator for the TJ, and on a suggestion from NAXJA I checked radiatorbarn.com as well as the local usual places. HOLY FAST SHIPPING BATMAN!!! I ordered a rad from them online yesterday afternoon, around 2 PM....the big brown truck dropped it off a bit after noon today (I took a sick day 'cause I had to rebuild the front driveshaft before it exploded :D ) Kudos to rad barn, if anyone needs a new rad I would highly suggest them. Free shipping and a $5 discount if you order online Jeff

they did....the gearing was a feeble attempt to make up for the lack of OD in the tranny. Many, many moons ago when I first decided to convert mine to 4WD I bought a D30 from a local guy who had an 86 2.5L. I never checked the ratio, just ASSumed it was 4.10 :oops: 87-89 2.5's got the AW4, not the 904...and came with 4.56's. Jeff

x2. :thumbsup: comes in 4x8 sheets and can be had with the reflective aluminum on one side. That's what I used in mine a couple three months ago (foil backed). 2 sheets @ $15/ea and some duct tape to seal the seams. I added them moreso for the summer because my door has a SW exposure and catches sunlight from about 1PM until sunset, but it's working out quite nicely in the cold. My garage stays right about 20-25 degrees above ambient. Of course, the extra insulation I installed whie it was being built helps alot too :D Jeff

Holy Hanna....the dead have risen.... how ya been James? Good to see ya ;) Jeff

I was gonna help her, but...... I was laughing to myself so much I didn't think I could keep a straight face. The register attendant gave her the only thing she could think of, which was an extra winsheild squeegie thingy. Hillarity then ensued :D

I've yet to find one in any junkyard I've been in....not saying they don't exist, but they're kind of a rare bird. Advance Adapters now offers a "kit" to mate the two together. Not cheap, but readily available. Jeff

not to offend, but are you sure that TC has an actual SYE installed, or is it just the newer style case with a (stock) sealed output? If it does indeed have an SYE you'll have to build or have made a new rear driveshaft. If it's just a sealed output you can reuse your existing shaft. Jeff

I swear I'm not making this up. Stopped by the local gas station to pick up the newspaper on my way into work this morning, and noticed a TJ at the pump and a smoking hot blond walking from it toward the door of the station. I hold the door open for her, she goes in and right up to the register as I get my paper. When it's her turn, she asks the attendant if he has anything she can use to get her keys out of her LOCKED Jeep outside.......she says she has the window open but can't reach the keys in the ignition. The TJ had a soft top on it. I giggled as I got in my TJ and drove away. Jeff

they're about 1.5 quarts each, give or take.....I just buy a gallon jug which is usually enough to fill both. Odds are that I have a leftover bottle from a previous change that has a little in it if I need more :D Jeff

yeah Don, I'm wondering too..... :roll: Jeff

saw that over on PBB the other day.....effin hillarious :rotf:

I was just askin' about you and where you've been...... Merry Christmas :cheers: Jeff

^^^WTH???????^^^ (I woulda said "WTF" but this is a family place, ya know......) Oh, and cool by the way ;) Jeff

that would be me, but I haven't gotten down to my storage place to verify yet... :oops: Sounds like TrailReadyMJ has verified tho :cheers: One other small overlooked detail is that the cooling fan is center-mounted on TJ/YJ's whereas MS/XJ's are offset. You'll have to swap all of your MJ front accessories/brackets, including possibly the water pump, to the TJ block to get it all to line up in your MJ. I learned this the hard way swapping an XJ 4.0 into my neighbor's YJ last year. Jeff

'72 Nova, 305/TH350, was my mom's old car....got rearended in a minimart parking lot during a snowstorm one winter and buckled the frame above the rear axle so it went to the junkyard :shake: If I knew then what I know now I'd still have it. I've been half-seriously looking for a shell Nova for the last couple years to rebuild and recapture my youth :D All I want/need is a fairly straight body and good frame and glass (cause everything else is gonna go anyway) but can't seem to find anything even remotely in my price range....

"cheapest" and "clutch kit" are words I would never use, together.......just sayin' ;) Jeff

the AT pattern is called the Warden, I was gonna go with them since I've been running the BFG AT's on mine for the last three years and was very happy with them....but I'm gonna start having some fun with the TJ and went with the MT tread. Buddy of mine has a set of Wardens on his Chebby p/u down here and has been more than pleased with them so far :cheers: Dismount/mount/balance/new valve stems cost me $15 per down here, YMMV. If you're thinking about ordering trreadwrights, be advised they are backordered on at least the 31" size and it'll take them about 3 weeks to ship out. I ordered mine on November 20th, and they got here yesterday :clapping: Jeff

yeah, Goodyear not BFG :oops: Took 'em up to the local Firestone place early this morning (pulled the wheels/tires off the TJ and threw them and the new tires in the back of the MJ). I had the TJ there last week to get an inspection and they tried to sell me a set of their MT's, and I told them I had new skins on the way and would bring them up to have them dismount/mount and balance....they said "cool". Got there and after waiting 15 minutes to be helped, the writer said they couldn't mount those "big tires" I had. I said not the 35's on the MJ, but the 31's in the bed.....he said "oh, well maybe we can do them but you'll have to leave them here, and it may be tomorrow until we get to them". Mind you this was 0915 this morning. Left there and drove to an independant shop that I should have gone to in the first place, and had them swapped over in 10 minutes. Ran 'em around town a bit and then up to 70 mph on I95, they're like driving on a cloud :yes: Typical MT drone, but not as bad as the Kuhmo's on the MJ. I'm a happy camper..put a new softtop on it last weekend as well, it's like a new Jeep again LOL Image Not Found