Pete M

Yeah, it's just the angle of the shot. They are just as uneven as any other unaltered MJ. :(

Very different axles. If fact, it's possible that everything is different. The big points are the JK is high-pinion, 4 " wider, and has 5on5" rim bolt pattern.

If you stick with factory Jeep rims, the rubbing will be limited to the lower control arms at full turn. Swapping in WJ lower control arms will fix that (or you can add a washer or two behind the steering stop bolts). If you go with aftermarket rims that stick out further, then the tires will start eating away at the flares and trimming will be necessary. 31s on 0" lift with WJ LCAs: WJ LCAs:

If you go with 4.10s and find a junkyard front Dana 30 with them already installed (2.5L/5spd), you'll be way ahead of the game. :thumbsup:

It's not a JK front is it? Cause there's no matching rear in the pictures and I gotta imagine you'd have snagged that too.

Depends on your definition of "personality". My 88 has as much personality as some pets. :D Personality comes from character, flaws, or habits, and those are generally only picked up by the ones that know them best. A perfectly working truck may not exude as much "personality", but my old truck has more quirks, gremlins, and character than you can shake a stick at. And, having owned it for a mind-boggling (to me at least) 12 years now, I've gotten to know all of them. Having changed/modded/altered/replaced almost everything in it now, no one knows my truck better than me. :D She's different than any other truck, and those differences give her personality (to me at least).

Not yet. Qui Gon has been, um, a bit "distracted" the past couple weeks (I'll let him fill in the story if he wants) and I never heard back on this particular topic. I'll remind him about it, but I'm sure it's on his to-do list once the storm blows over. :thumbsup:

Well above the legal limit. :D I've got 4.10s and 33s and while it's ok, I'd like to have a bit lower gear. 4.56 make for a good compromise. :thumbsup: Oh, and 4.88 is a lower gear ratio than 3.08. Higher number = lower ratio

I like to be different and went with Zolatone. Kinda hard to describe what it is, but it's sorta a cross between a paint and a bedliner and diamonds. :D I traded an axle for it, but I think it's a bit over $100 per gallon (I used a bit under 2 not including the mess I made on the floor). Use a pressurized sprayer. Preferably with disposable parts, as I don't know what dissolves it. :dunno:

In type, I refer to my trucks by year: 88,90,86, and the empty shell in Georgia gets to be an "89" (even though it's technically a 90). In speech I generally refer to them by color: the gray truck, the red truck, the white truck, etc. Not very creative, I know. It all started to help my family know which one I was talking about after I bought the 86 and suddenly had 2 MJs, a red one and a white one. It just stuck. Of course now I'm screwed. I painted the red one a tan color and still find myself referring to it as "the red truck". :shake: Maybe I should call it "the tan truck formally known as the red truck". :D

Meh. My Dak R/T had 28" tires and 3.92 gears from the factory and I never thought it was too much gear. :dunno: Overdrive is a necessity though. :thumbsup:

Bummer. Happens to the best of us sometimes. Let us know what they find. :thumbsup:

Which warning message were you getting?

Good point. That would definitely need to be checked before assuming they'll match up. :thumbsup:

Anyone know what the WW2 era Jeeps are really going for? Someone please tell me he's off his rocker. :ack: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/cto/1178748458.html

My trucks are sooooo envious. :cheers: Blinding though it may be, I'm sure the bright white helps keep it cool in the sunshine. 8) I know my dark/flat red paint that was previously on the 88 really soaked up the heat. After a couple hours of combined driving/sunshine the hood could get hot enough for gloves. :fs1: Now she's covered in a glossy tan color and that should help out immensely. :D

Have you tried car-part.com yet?

What specifically are you looking for? MJ stuff is pretty scattered across the net.

I'm really racking my brain on this one, but I think you can swap in the thermostat housing from a later model engine and use the temp sensor that goes in it. Or something like that.

Count the splines on the input shaft. :thumbsup: My guess is that it'll be 21 spline. The AX-15s are 23 spline. You couldn't pay me to run a Peugeot in my trucks, so I'd go about finding either a 23 spline t-case (preferably the later models with the sealed rear output) or find a 23 spline input shaft and swap that into your current t-case.

Yes indeedy. There's an MJ on the cover of my "Accessories" brochure with both a rollbar and a tonneau cover. Although the blip inside the book that talks about the tonneau cover mentions nothing about a rollbar option.

What does this have to do with the topic? It's getting tiresome. Says the man that hasn't yet been stranded on the side of the road on the way to work 'cause his 35 decided to start spitting out gear teeth for no obvious reason. You're right though. My prior post wasn't precisely pertinent to the pressing point of the previous poster. Besides, a Peugeot makes for a better boat anchor. :D

Admittedly, I'd probably run it until I noticed that side sagging lower than the other. :shake:

Interesting. :hmm: How close to the end of the coil is the bad area?

bump for the move to DIY. :thumbsup: