Pete M

Best I can do is that I know who he was. I was technically alive at that time, but reeeally young. So unless he did a cameo on Sesame Street, i never saw him back in the day. Still a bummer. :(

Aww, it's a darn shame I can't make it. I'll be in GA at least through the weekend. :D oops, I mean: :(

Got a display cabinet for them yet? :brows:

Sounds like a good buy. :thumbsup:

Double check that your CPS wires aren't touching anything (especially the exhaust)

Glad to hear it was an easy fix. :thumbsup:

No ratio chart is ever complete. :shake: The easier (and cleaner way) to determine the ratio is to put the trans or t-case in neutral, jack up one rear tire and rotate the tire around twice and count how many times the driveshaft turns (if it has a posi rear, then jack up both and rotate them once). 3 and a half times is 3.55, 4 times is 4.10, etc.

A plastic punch works good too. No matter how long it sits, the engine will still drip oil on you. :ack: Be prepared and wear eye/ear protection. Let the silicone sit and cure before firing up the truck. Take your time and make sure you won't need the truck the following day. Plenty can go wrong that might require a trip to the always-closed-when-you-need-it-most parts store. As far as I know, all 4.0s can have the RMS replaced without removing the transmissions. 2.5Ls have a one-piece seal that requires tranny removal.

I don't remember ever seeing a photo, but then my memory sucks so that really doesn't prove anything. :doh: Other way around. XJ perches are spaced further apart than MJ perches (XJ leafs are mounted outside the frame, MJs are directly under the frame)

"Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus." :D

Back in GA from FL, and boy are my arms tired. That was a lot of work moving out an entire condo. :ack: thank goodness that the local Goodwill came and got the stuff that was being donated. Other wise I'd have been loading up the trailer twice. No make that 3 times since I did load the trailer twice with the same stuff after we discovered there was way too much tongue weight (this borrowed trailer looks almost like it should have been a double axle but they didn't install the forward most axle at the factory :dunno: ) and had to do our best to shift the heavy stuff back even more. In the end we were successful and didn't kill ourselves or anyone else on the trip back up to GA. Thanks God for small miracles. :bowdown: So the bottom line is that I now have the same slow internet as before (but it sure beats the zero internet I had in FL)

I also found this on one of those random "answers" websites.

Not sure if this helps at all, but I just found a post on another forum where the guy had the opposite issue (ran fine in drive, stalled in reverse) and it turned out to be loose bolts between the trans and engine that allowed the trans to move and it was apparently binding up the torque converter when in reverse.

I just might do that if he'll lend me his tow dolly. I leave tomorrow morning for Florida so I can't under take this endeavor until I get back on Weds.

Well, the good news is that the truck is still mine for the buying. :D Apparently he's been swamped with work and that's why he couldn't deliver it last week. I didn't ask why he never called my mom to say he wasn't coming over Sat evening, or why he didn't ever call me to tell me what was up, but I guess if the truck still gets here someday I don't much care. :shake:

Well, just as I suspected, the internet is painfully slow here (stealing local wi-fi). :fs1: so I'm likely to not be as chatty as usual. :typing: Which sucks cause it's oppressively hot outside. I don't know how you southerners deal with it day in day out. :ack:

Yeah, I'm curious about that 4spd too. :hmm: The AX-4 will bolt right in place of an AX-5, maybe it was replaced at one point in time. :dunno:

Nope. :thumbsup: There are many owners that like their benches. Some to the point of paying decent money to have them re-covered.

Don't know, I never did it. Truck does a lot of sitting still these days. :(

I wouldn't doubt it if a lot of the modern meters could actually tell the meter maid when they are about to go. Either way, $85 is pretty dang steep. :eek:

Leaving tomorrow morning (June 26th) for Georgia. Only there for a day and then I'm heading to Florida. Only there for 2 days to help a friend move (who's stuck up in Michigan and the buyer of their condo wants to take residence by the 1st) and then back to GA for a few days, maybe a week. Internet access may be sporadic so please be patient. If anyone knows of a new member trying to sign up, let them know it might be a couple days, but they'll be approved as soon as I can. :thumbsup:

The t-case drop is unnecessary in an MJ and kills an inch of ground clearance. Save your money. Make sure your control arms are sized to the lift you're going for. There's a relationship between the two that determines your caster and the tire's location in the wheelwell. Don't forget, at that much lift you'll be wanting uppers too. This person better be able to produce receipts for anything they say they purchased new. Mega money and it means re-using a Dana 35 for what I'm assuming will be big tires. Is he capable of setting up gears? They aren't just "bolted in 'n go".

I wouldn't buy that for 1800. The 2wd+2.5+4spd is almost the worst drivetrain to come in an MJ. It's the opposite of "amazing power". 700 would be more in line with reality. And he better have some paperwork backing up the claim of a rebuild.

Does it have the v-belts or the serpentine belt?

Seems you guys have covered the basics so I'll just add that I adapted the new plastic slave line to my old steel master line (the master was practically brand new at the time) using a 1/4"-to-5/16" compression fitting from the hardware store. :thumbsup: