Pete M

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.

That could be construed as an abuse of said power. :D

I hadn't noticed that. But if the snow ever goes away, I have examples of both types of hoods here and I can grab a scale and go see. Remind me about that when/if it gets warmer outside. :thumbsup:

I put them on mostly because I knew the truck wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Plus, the boots are only a bad thing when people don't pull them off after playtime to do some simple maintenance and cleaning. :thumbsup:

If the starter relay in the engine bay doesn't click, then your starter will never try to do anything.

It's always good to have a couple quotes. Also important with a job this big is the quality of the warranty and having a guarantee that they won't exceed the original written quote by more than a certain percentage. :thumbsup:

That is usually an indication of a blown resistor pack. (when the resistors are blown, it generally leave HIGH as the only choice) It is located next to the passengers feet and looks like a little cover held to the air duct by a little screw or 2. Be careful though, as a dying blower motor has been known to pull too many amps and slowly kill the resistor pack, and if that's the case it'll eventually take out the new one too. I recommend getting a functioning resistor pack from the nearest pull a part junkyard for cheap and trying that. I do believe they are available at the dealerships still. :thumbsup:

Pretty much any year 4.0 will work fine since you'll be swapping everything from it: wiring, dash, drivetrain, etc. Make sure it all works well, the wiring isn't all hacked up, and corrosion isn't rampant in the electrical system.

Pull your part type junkyards are awesome for little stuff like that. The last TPS I bought was free since I was also buying a large item that day. :D Don't for get that a new TPS needs to be dialed in once installed. I forget where I saw the procedure though. Maybe someone else will remember where it is.

:cheers:

Find me an MJ that didn't have a CAD on it from the factory (aside from the rare-ish 86 MJs with the 229 t-case). Almost all 4wd MJs had CAD Dana 30s. :thumbsup: But anyways, any XJ with AWD (whether the 242 or the 229) will have a non-CAD, as well as many XJs in the 92-93 period when the CAD started to disappear on XJs, and then any XJ after 93. Don't worry about swapping the entire axle unless there is a gearing upgrade to be had. The axle shafts themselves can be upgraded without dumping the axle assembly itself. :cheers:

Everyone has to start their research somewhere. He started his here. :thumbsup:

To put a 318 into your truck would require a lot of custom adaptation and a whole new drivetrain, as nothing there (except maybe the t-case) would be able to handle a v8. advanceadapters.com is a great place to start v8 swap research. :thumbsup: Also, when it comes to v8 swaps, the rule of thumb is, "just because the engine is cheap/free, doesn't mean it's a good candidate for swapping". I'm assuming from how specific you are about which engine you want to use, that it's already in your possession?

Interesting. I'll have to look into that. And by "look into that" I mean I'll ask Qui Gon-Jinn to look into it. :D