Pete M

yes. :thumbsup:

it's possible we're screwed for a while. I haven't yet found any pertinent info on the problem. :(

the photos you see are not hosted here. I don't see how they would be different than the youtube vids. :dunno:

I never got better than 14 in my 88 back in 98 when it was a 10 year truck and my daily driver. It's a truck. It's an old truck. Don't expect miracles. :D Single digits are where I would start to get worried. tire size is more than just the ratio in the axles. the further you are from the sweet spot of ratio to peak engine torque to speed at every given moment, it's practically exponential how much more gasoline it takes to get moving.

bad u-joint on that side?

building a set isn't all that hard. I made mine with a hole saw and a 4" grinder and then paid a pro to weld it all up.

some 30s might rub. I had 30" bfg ATs on Jeep alloys and they never made contact.

last night our board software was finally updated by our awesome hosts at VertexHost. if anyone notices a change here or there, let me know, either good or bad (since I haven't noticed any changes at all other than it has stopped trying to remind me to update). :dunno: Qui Gon used to be covering updates, but he hasn't responded to an email in quite a while (hope he's ok). phpbb advertised this update as an "automatic" update, meaning that after this update, it should take care of itself for the future. which would be nice, but I'm not going to assume anything until I see it with my own eyes. :D any chance that youtube vids can be embedded now? :rotf: probably not, which means I still have to work on that. oh, and we're exceeding our bandwidth. something about linking to our site from other sites or something like that. I always figured we'd be immune to that, but whatever. I'll figure something out. :typing: If it turns out that embedding youtube stuff affects our bandwidth, then that's likely never going to happen anytime soon.

same length as MJ arms. you just need to nip off the steel bushing ends that you can see poking out in this pic.

yup, the frames do different things, and an XJ one would be a foot short.

once upon a time I accidentally dislodged the charcoal canister line from the canister. I spent a few days chasing down a gasoline smell. :( Sorry to say, but most of the stuff in the engine bay does indeed have a real world purpose. :dunno: the charcoal canister traps fumes that would have normally escaped from the tank and then the engine burns them later on, so technically the canister would increase mpgs, though by an infinitesimal amount. :D

as a direct replacement? long arm mount? what is it you're looking to do?

so then the small vortex that forms behind the cab gives its best results when it's restricted to about 3 feet of bed room? that makes sense. It'd be about as wide as it is tall as I imagine it wants to swirl in a circle.

mythbusters busted that one. :thumbsup:

4wd MJ? it'll be real close. some 31s on stock rims can fit a stock 4wd MJ with a bit of rubbing on the lower control arms. This can be alleviated by adjusting the steering stops or swapping in WJ lower control arms. 31s on Jeep rims with WJ arms on my 90 4x4:

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fixed it for ya. :D

44 shafts will be fine with 32s. :thumbsup:

which rims?

2.5 or 4.0? auto or manual trans?

:drool:

the projects forum is really more for us asking questions about your truck. your questions should go in the tech forum so that more eyes will see them (increasing the chances of a correct and thorough answer) and also that it will then be in the archives for searching. but while I'm here, frame stiffeners can be beneficial for XJs because they are overhyped grocery-getters. :D MJs were made for working and come with very strong and rigid frames. :thumbsup: rust is the one thing that MJs have to worry about since that can cause the frame to break in two.

don't forget your hilift jack: http://prolineracing.com/performance-pa ... ortment-2/ and cooler: http://prolineracing.com/performance-pa ... ortment-1/

:drool: I see it's that super rare short-short bed. :rotf: guess it wouldn't fit on the same chassis as the XJ body if it was full length.

I've got plaster walls (with metal mesh here and there) on the first floor. I fear punching holes. :( an electrician friend stopped by today to help out (for some reason I felt a bit better when the electrician is stumped :D ) and he told me: -the issue probably stems from a shared neutral somewhere (that's still a guess though) -I should start from scratch with that circuit and run new wire :( he gave me a lot of pointers for running wires without tearing apart the plaster walls, but he conceded that some of it won't be easy and that I might need to retain certain sections of the original wiring. But since most of this circuit is lights (only 2 outlets and I hope to pull both of them off of it anyway), it should be ok in the end as long as the old wires don't disintegrate when I touch them. :ack: