Pete M

I like the foglights. :thumbsup:

found it, but upon closer inspection there is a crack in it (I got it with a pile of other parts in a trade). looks like the previous owner set the engine down and dented the pan. :( it's fixable, but I'm not sure if you still want it.

try all they might, that thing looks like it came out of a junkyard wars episode. like 5 different cars all welded together. :shake:

Try getting a hold of Rick (xjs4ever). he knows more of the trails. plus it sounds like he could use a day off too.

I though they had already succeeded?

probably. since the title says 9pm eastern :D

I'm envious. the only rig I have that my dad was the original owner is a 97 minivan. :(

Time to cover your house in nerf foam. :D

I liked Slaughterhouse, but then, that's the only CO trail I've done. :D

what condition are your brake lines? especially where they run past the gas tank?

depends. some Jeepers have swapped in the 8.8 and ran it as-is. Others have found there to be too much rear brakes and needed to add an adjustible proportioning valve. (summit racing has one I believe) the front valve in an MJ may look like a prop valve, but it's really just a splitter. Are you eliminating the rear prop valve or keeping it?

If you're going to Aussie the front, look into getting the later model Dana 30 shafts with the bigger 297 U-joints (if you haven't already).

We had a vibration in the liberty (only happened at around 55 mph) that turned out to be a dry rear U-joint.

didn't get much time to search. :( but I'm back from the camping trip and will make a renewed effort tomorrow. :thumbsup:

My first post here is pretty obvious, so I did some searching and found my intro post from the old yahoo group page (dated March 14 2002). :D I noticed I didn't mention that the 86 was a metric ton. I wonder if I knew that yet?

I can. throughout history the greedy or power-hungry have used religion as an excuse or motivator in order to wage war. the guys on the ground may think they're doing their god's work, but the war was all about gaining more power for the guys in charge. I'm a christian, but I view the creation story as a story that was written for the people of the time, who had very little knowledge about the universe. How could the people born thousands of years ago possibly grasp much beyond "God did it".

I'm not sure I could lie down flat in an ssr. :hmm:

I think there's a 2.5 oil pan in the garage. If you can come get it I'll trade ya for some Mountain Dew (or Beer if you're old enough) or a donation for the website costs. I'm in Riverview, MI 48193. But you'll have to wait til Friday as I'm off camping tues-thurs. I'll try to poke around in the garage tonight to see if it's still there.

Then that might be your problem. The key with a sealed system is to keep is sealed. If pressure is escaping out the pressure bottle, then the temp will rise.

that's a matter of debate. there's nothing wrong with a closed system that's working well. In fact, it's better due to the higher temps you can run (higher temps are better for burning gas, but you can't go higher than the temp limit for the engine components). lots of guys tout that the open system cured their woes, but most would probably have fixed their woes when replacing the same components with new, but retaining the closed system. either or will work fine. Is there any hissing or leaking coming from your pressure bottle? (the thing that looks like an overflow bottle)

x2 I had a reman fail and leave me stranded after about 10k miles (which limited my options to what the nearest parts store had on hand which happened to be another reman :fs1: ). I still think it's the old radiator.

is it overheating when stationary? or when on the road?

plan on swapping absolutely everything from the Cherokee, including the wire harness. :thumbsup:

4.3 will be easier to keep cool. ask pilotblake about his v8 cooling issues. :D

If you use the 231, there's no more using 4wd on dry pavement. You'll lose the fulltime feature that the 242 affords. I think the 242 is a bit longer than the 231. But I'm straining the brain here and I might be wrong. :dunno: