Pete M

If my trucks weren't in so much need of other stuff, I'd consider doing that mod preemptively on them. :D

Holy cow I need some money. :D

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Put water in it and watch. :D

I almost want to do that preemptively to all my trucks! :bowdown: MonkeyWrench

Haha! More power!!

Not sure. Someone else here should know that though. :thumbsup:

Very nice. :D Do make sure that new body goes to an appreciative owner to build up. :thumbsup:

Looks like he's got that special order widetrack rear axle. :D

:clapping: Who'da thunk that a couple pieces of sheetmetal couldn't pull out a 5k lb truck?

A bucket of water will confirm that. :D

Lengthening a driveshaft (by adding a short length of tube to the existing tube) is not recommended. Find a longer one and get it shortened. :thumbsup: I would hang on to your current one for the day you upgrade to a Dana 44. :D

If you pour water into the cowl, you should see it come out below, behind the fender. I would be looking inside the cowl for cracks or rust holes.

New pressure bottles have been showing up on ebay for pretty cheap. :thumbsup:

In my humble opinion, the AMC 20 is quite under-rated. It's gotten a bad wrap from the CJ 2-piece shafts, and the ginormous weight of the Waggys (5k+ with passengers) sitting on them. The MJ has neither of those drawbacks. :D

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What all comes with the Mopar repair kit? One of the upper hinges in my rust free shell has just started to crack the welds. :(

It's a decent price if the axle is in decent shape. :thumbsup:

You only need the factory parts off a PS equipped MJ/XJ with the same engine. Pump, resevoir, brackets, belt, power steering box, etc. Anything associated with it. :thumbsup: Where do you live?

If they are for a 6" XJ lift, the fronts will work, the rears can be made to work (depends on where you're locating the lower mounts).

Give him a club business card. :D I remember the controversy over those pictures. It was hilarious. :rotf:

You can snag an AX-5 from a 2.5L/2.8L Cherokee/Comanche or 2.5L Wrangler of any year. Another good upgrade for you is to grab the rear axle out of that rig you get the trans from. As a general rule of thumb: 2.5L+4spd manual = 3.55 gears, 2.5L+5spd manual = 4.10 gears

This article should give you a good start: http://jeep.off-road.com/jeep/article/a ... ?id=277008

Chrysler's new oil spec now call for 10w-40 engine oil in the AX-15. And for what it's worth, I've had a couple manual trannys in my Jeeps that needed to warm up a bit to work well. :dunno:

Once the XJ is on the dolly, I would unbolt the rear shaft from the rear axle (it's only 4 nuts) and strap it up securely under the Jeep. If you pull the driveshaft from the t-case, the fluid will come pouring out. :thumbsup: