Pete M

needs more wheelbase...

the turn signals and flashers use separate flasher boxes. did you replace the right one? Try swapping them.

If you "bookmark" the topic, it gets saved on your bookmark page. :cheers:

I'm betting the stock WJ arms with rubber are better than stock MJ arms with poly.

It's possible that the renix era trucks are more resilient to a drop in octane than 91+. :dunno: Lots of variables involved here.

New tires are so overpriced. :( I only buy gently-used tires. Sets of 4 for 200 or so are not uncommon. my 4k mile 33" trxus were 300 and came with rims (the wrong rims for my ford axles, but that's beside the point). :D For new tires, shopping around and haggling is the only way to get a good deal. There's an outrageous markup on these things, so it's not that hard to save a hundred bucks or more. :thumbsup:

If I remember right, he rolled into a ditch while avoiding a collision with an animal.

I know your truck doesn't want anything less than 87. There's not enough octane in 85. Octane is the big difference between the different gasses. More octane means the fuel can take more punishment before pre-detonating and so the timing can be advanced more and make more power. Less octane means less power (or much worse in the case of high performance engines).

does your camera have a "macro" setting? It helps the camera focus on closer objects. :thumbsup:

Why would you want poly?

unfortunately, that particular MJ is no longer with us. It was wrecked in an accident. :(

says the man with bent axle tubes... :D

There are 3 components to a seat, the floor brackets, the sliding track, and the seat itself. The floor brackets are shared between the MJ bench and MJ buckets, but they don't share the track (the bench has half a track on each side). XJs and MJs have very different floors, so they do not share the floor brackets. But the XJ bucket track can be adapted to the MJ floor brackets. So to install XJ buckets, you need the complete XJ buckets, remove the XJ floor brackets, and attach the MJ floor brackets. But be aware that not all XJ buckets are made the same. There are 3 different types of track assembly, and 2 different kinds of seats. Track assemblies: -straight sliding -curved sliding -power the straight is the one you want. the curved will raise the seat up like 3" and the power assembly is huge and a real pain to install. As to the seat itself, 4-door XJ seats do not lean forward like MJ buckets. But 2-door XJ seats do. 2-door are preferred, but it's not a deal breaker if you find a nice set of 4-door seats. Several members have them and have gotten used to sliding the seat forward to access the rear area.

starting spitting out ring gear teeth on the way to work. turned out to be slightly bent too, but we don't know if the bend caused the teeth to go or if mye continuing to drive that last mile caused the housing to give. :yes: 4.0/2wd/stick/30" tires

Aside from the normal learning curve, those 3.07 gears aren't helping anything. :(

car-part.com should be able to find you some 4.10 MJ axles. But you really should look into an Explorer 8.8. Much stronger and common to find in 3.73 and 4.10. Yes they take a bit more work, but you shouldn't ever need to replace it again. :D

I like to be thorough. :D The floor brackets are the big missing part needed to mount up XJ buckets.

which year clutch did you get?

A donor Cherokee with the same engine/trans/era would probably be the cheapest. But then you're not upgrading anything. Picking and choosing your parts from the junkyard may cost a bit more (or be more work), but then you get better-then-stock stuff. I would focus on getting: -an AX-15 trans -axles with better gear ratios (at least 3.55) -np-242 t-case for allwheeldrive capability

how much was the bushing? I had 2 choices when I got mine. One was like $10 bucks, one was $2. The two dollar part was the correct one.

You're driving your new-to-you truck, yes? what size tires are on it?

does the bushing fit on the transmission input shaft?

I've seen 85 octane fuel for sale on my travels out west.

Thanks for volunteering. :D I haven't gotten a reply from my email. :dunno: