Pete M

I've had similar issues with various vehicles over the years. In the MJs it was either a bad alternator or bad connections with the main cables. Don't forget to check the grounds running to the engine block.

What brand oil filter are you using?

I've had several different variations of sound systems in my 88 and the best was a 4way amp powering some quality 5 1/4 + tweeter components in the doors and a small subwoofer behind the passenger seat. Fullrange speakers behind the seats never really did much (even when they were 6x9s being pushed by 75 watts rms) so I eventually dumped them. The 8 inch woofer provides good bass and the door speakers provide excellent sound reproduction.

I had a leak in the 88 that was originating from the seal at the back of the hood, snaking its way down through the engine bay, and finding some wires that were running through the fire wall and following them into the cab. Baby powder is your friend when it comes to leaks. Sprinkle a bit around in any suspicious area and the water will make trails through it. :thumbsup:

My highbeams in the 88 didn't work because the linkage bar that runs down the column wasn't fully pushing on the switch near the base of the column.

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Yay!! :clapping:

I remember that smile. That's the smile I had when I bought my first MJ. :D Congrats! :thumbsup:

Don't forget to try and get a trans that has the external slave (and get all the guts inside the bellhousing with it). I think 91 was the return of the external slave, but it might have been 94 (which was the start of the externals for the AX-15). Also 84-86 had the external. And you might want to post in the classifieds so more people will see it. :thumbsup:

Here ya go. Legitimate progress. I inflated the tire and installed the new fender. :D I didn't say it was a lot of progress... :shake:

Even if you had fixed the coil buckets by moving them, you'd likely still have issues with alignment. :( .

If it's gutless (and is a 4.0L), it could have a clogged cat, or a stretched timing chain, or poor seal at the rings, or clogged fuel injectors, or any number of other curable issues. :thumbsup: Best to do a compression check before buying though.

I'm guessing a faulty TPS. :hmm:

I would start tracking the electricity. See if it's getting to the starter relay. See if it's getting past the starter relay.

Two bolts should hold it up. I had a problem once with those two loosening, but that's neither here nor there. Do you have 12 volts at the starter? Do you here the starter relay in the engine bay click?

Braking is important too. Possibly even more important. :D

IMO, 4.10 is never too much gear. :D I think you're just worrying yourself over nothing. I've got 3.92s in my Dakota R/T and with the factory tires at 28" tall, it does just fine.

I think it's an optical illusion and that the U-bolt is of the proper size. I had to take a close look at it and that's all I can come up with. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

The previous owners lined the living room (and only that room) with curved wooden planking to give it a "cabin feel". I didn't even know such a thing existed, but now that I've seen it I want to do it to my future house too. :D (the pictures are of my parent's place in Georgia)

Seller always seem to have some "serious lookers". Cash (and expediency) talks. :thumbsup:

For getting to a spot in the woods, I'd go for a pair of 31" swampers, either TSLs or bogger or the like. But it'd be a pain to swap them off for pavement every time. What tires do you have now? Thought about swapping in a posi axle? Maybe one with a slightly better gear ratio? :brows:

91 was the switch to a whole new system (came with the HO and chrysler electronics). 84-86 would be a direct swap, 87-90 would take some minor alterations.

Yeah I know. :( I need to find my original pic and redo it.

Everyone learns, sooner or later. Too bad I too was in that "later" category. :(