Pete M

I sure hope you're working on some better pics. :no: :D

I've added that to the to-do list for the 88. :D I didn't need A/C anyways, right? :(

This should be my most recent doodling. My plans are to have it as invisible as possible. The front sheetmetal is dispensable in my mind. But I'd like to try and preserve the inner structure. And yes, my truck will be even heavier than it is now. :D

Is it a 4.0 or 2.5?

Check the resistor pack. It's located right next to the passengers feet and looks like a little door held to the ductwork with a little screw or two. Check it for corrosion. :thumbsup:

If I'm understanding you correctly, then no. Something needs to be welded to the axle tube. Rotation will be inevitable otherwise.

I have plans for a cage. But no money for one yet. :( I'd like to protect the A-pillars on my 88. Doesn't take much to completely fubar them. :doh:

The guys at "Extreme 4x4" rolled a buggy of theirs that looked pretty stout and they ended up deflecting the entire upper half of the cage to the side from only a minor roll. :eek: Made a believer out of me. (Not that I didn't already know about gussets and triangulation, I am an engineer after all).

Technically it's a "switch" rather than a sensor, but it definitely could be faulty either way. Or corrosion is screwing with the electrical signal. Might be time to think about upgrading the the full cluster with gauges? :brows:

You'll definitely want to use an adapter plate when joining tube to the sheetmetal frames on an MJ so you can spread out the forces and not just tear the bar from the sheetmetal. These are some of the various designs on my 88. My rollbar is only expected to survive one good roll. It's no rock buggy. :D rollbar front legs. The angled steel is just a crosscut of 3x5 box steel tube I found in the scrap bin. That is welded to a ~4x6 piece of 1/4" plate and that is welded to the frame. Rollbar rear legs. They are not actually welded to the frame, but rather the adapter plate (1/4") is bolted to the rear bumper plate (also 1/4" steel) and through the frame with a 3/4" grade 8 bolt.) And my rocker guards. These actually penetrate through the frame and are welded to both sides. The finished bar with tire carrier.

Off hand I don't know. It's possible that they carry both types.

I'm not sure I'll ever understand the desire to extend the arms. Stock ones are quite long already. :hmm: I don't even run heims, just the factory Ford bayonets with poly bushings (and Ford van brackets on the truck). The biggest restriction to flex I've encountered has been the poly C-bushings. They sucked. I went back to the 30 year old rubber bushings and I can max out my shocks and fenders. The front now compliments the rear flex and the truck is very balanced. :D

I imagine with careful measurements you can keep both the wipers and range of hood movement. :thumbsup:

Only until I have the money to throw in a Richmond 6-speed. :D (it's a real expensive transmission but doable)

The spring perches are different widths apart. I don't think the stock XJ mounts are usable. All I did for my 88 was trim the shock mounts a bit to clear the axle tube and mounted them right between the leafs and spring perch. Every picture you see of my 88 wheeling it is using the stock MJ shocks in the stock MJ shock orientation, just the leafs are SOA. Worked out great! (even though it was done spur-of-the-moment out of necessity rather than any "plan") :thumbsup:

Yup. And I figured out what went wrong (all by myself :D ). My computer apparently saw a place in the menu to add in a password and so it did. And it added my username in the space right above that. :shake: I didn't notice it since I was doing stuff way down at the bottom of the page. Hopefully that won't happen again. :thumbsup:

The '88 is my wheeling rig, the 90 will eventually be a DD, but the answer is nope either way. :D

It's all about practice and the desire to succeed. You'd be surprised what one can accomplish if the alternative is walking in the snow. :D

Isn't there more to a 4.5 lift than LCAs and springs?

Isn't one of yours 2wd? :razz: As to the other, I wouldn't be shocked if some snuck through or were converted over the years. The next owner of my 90 is going to be in for a surprise if I don't tell him what I've done. :D

Don't know yet. All it's done is putter across the street to it's spot in the parking lot. There's more work to be done before it's street worthy again.

Only late year 89s will have the AX-15. 1990s will work for you too as the HO came out in 91.

Me thinks they need more practice so they can learn to love the clutch pedal. :D

An AAL that is advertised to lift an XJ 3" should lift an MJ up about 1.5"s. If you do go aftermarket AAL, get a long one, not a short one.

You'd save more money buying a decent 4.0 ZJ or XJ for a couple grand and putting the rest towards gas. :thumbsup: Real world mpg in my CRD libby is 25-32 highway. Oh, and you can't pay me to buy a vehicle that has thus far spent its life in the rust belt. :ack: People up here don't wash their cars enough, especially if it was a lease. :( It's really quite depressing.