Pete M

the 242 will need a 242 shifter gate.

car-part.com may be of some help in finding junkyard parts. search for, say, a 96 XJ front axle with 4.10 gears, and a 96 Explorer rear axle with matching gears.

possibly six seconds. :D

nope, i stand corrected. that particular 242 is a 93.

my ax-15 is the original 90, the 242 I think came from a 99.

My 242 bolted right up to my AX-15. make sure you get a 23 spline 242. some of the early ones were 21 spine.

go junkyard shopping. The last Dana 30 I bought was under 150 and the last Explorer 8.8 I bought was $75. knowing what to buy and where to get it can save you a ton of cash (and save you from the headaches of getting your butt towed out of the wheeling hole)

MJs were never "officially" offered with the 242, but back then if you were willing to pay for it, pretty much anything was possible. i mean, the parts just swap right out and so any dealership could make it happen.

with a v8, axle strength is going to be even more vital. you'll at least want to swap in later model dana 30 front axle shafts. And if the rear is a Dana 35, swap that out soon.

looks like he's getting a 283 v8. :D

stock MJ axles don't really get along with 33x12s. try to be easy on the gas. :thumbsup:

what are you doing for axle strength or gearing?

the rocky road kit is NOT a complete kit. you WILL need to buy more things on top of their "bargain" price.

why don't you just buy a decent kit?

we'll have to see what comes out of it, but we'll be trying to keep the emphasis on the truck.

what size tires? mostly city or mostly highway? how fast do you normally drive on the highway?

how do you plan to use the truck? size of tire? how much budget do you have?

I prefer a non-competitive MJofM. no voting, no contest, no stacking the deck or stuffing the ballot. Simply once a month an MJ is chosen and its backstory and details are highlighted. It'll probably be a sticky in the Pub and prior months will be moved to a gathering spot (not sure where yet). any truck could be chosen, the only requirement is some decent photos (gotta have something to look at afterall). Calendars might be a challenge, but I'll leave that for a later discussion since it'll be a while before we have 12.

you might want to start new threads for those questions. :thumbsup: better chance of those in-the-know noticing.

I'm not too entirely familiar with brackets of the ZJ rear axle. what are the chances that the 2 are even remotely interchangable? (without removing everything and starting from scratch of course).

A muddy MJ is a happy MJ. :D except in those rust holes. be sure to wash them out. :thumbsup:

got a fan shroud? E-fan?

tru dat. semi-common in TJs too. but both models are low pinion (and ZJs sometimes came with CV joints) I guess it all depends on what you want to do with the truck.

4.0 +5SPD = 3.07 3.73 gears are fairly hard to find in an XJ dana 30. don't buy a rear without getting your hands on a front (unless the truck will remain 2wd of course).

only the front axle is vacuum actuated. your t-case is lever actuated. Just yank out all of that vacuum harness and cap the last port leading to the engine. :thumbsup: this site should help with the details: http://www.jeeptech.com/convtrans/ax15swap.html