Pete M

Personally, I wouldn't pay more than 100, maybe 150 for one in good shape. For disks, I believe it's the Grand Cherokee that is the best fit? Someone correct me on that if I'm wrong.

The discussion was brought up before with guys on both sides of the fence (the allow-politics, don't-allow-politics fence), and I thought it'd be a fair compromise to allow discussion if it was kept civil. :dunno: I know it's only a matter of time before it breaks down to be a "your candidate sucks", "no your candidate sucks" discussion, but whatever. No one reads the rules anyways.

If it's for an XJ, then it'll only give half of 2.5" when installed in an MJ due to the different leaf arches of the 2 Jeeps. Will it match the front 3.5" coils if you add a small shackle lift to it? Maybe.

The 97+ have 29 spline axleshafts and are stronger. But the 8.35 in the earlier 27 spline count version is still a bit better than the Dana 35. If this gets you a better gear ratio, I'd do it and then score the junkyards for a disk brake swap. :D

True that. Everyone saw what they wanted to see in that debate. I doubt it changed anyone's mind.

Adding vent windows is easy. Go to junkyard, remove vent windows from any MJ or XJ that has them, install in your truck. They are a bit of a pain to install, but not that bad. The big thing is to make sure the ones you buy are in good shape. The pivot holes in the top and bottom are known to wallow out and cause the window to leak and/or whistle. Getting a good pair is paramount. :cheers:

86 MJs have a single hood latch in the middle. 87+ have 2 latches, located in the corners of the hood. They are notorious for sticking and a real pain to grab hold of (especially if you have the skid plate or E-fan).

Technically, I believe that's JohnQ's daughter. :D

Glad to hear it wasn't more serious than the gasket. :thumbsup:

I'm actually working on that right now. It's been a problem getting the right image to blow up bigger than the business card size and still look good. Should know later this week if I can do it with the images I already have. Cards will go out to Mini and jt next chance I get. :thumbsup:

Bastard packs for XJs are easy. Stock XJ leafs are pretty flat to begin with (being SOA and all). MJ leafs on the other hand (SUA), are very arched, and finding junkyard leafs that add even more is tough. :(

Yup, I hate this. Got all of 49 points so far (except for one wide receiver that plays monday). the other team has 48 already with 3 games not quite finished and their defense play late tonight. Damn I hate my team. :mad:

Probably enough to balance each other out. Your driving habits will have more of an effect that either mod.

If the throttle body is to remain on the vehicle during cleaning, use an o2-sensor-safe throttle body cleaner to clean it. The old carb cleaners can hurt the o2 sensor.

I took mine out of the truck and ran the garden hose through it for a while. Might not the best method, but it's what I did.

With bigger tires, more gearing is always better. That said, I think you'll be fine with the 3.54s.

All depends on what you plan to do with it.

But it's sooooooo easy. :brows: Admittedly, changing the idler pulley on the MJ is probably a lot quicker than changing it on the minivan. (Stupid sideways engine) Also, I've found that a bar of soap works better than belt dressing (and is a heck of a lot cheaper).

Yeah, I'm sure the entire neighborhood heard it. :teehee: Installed the new spark plugs and cleaned up inside the distributor cap again. Seems to idle a bit better now. Still backfires if you goose the gas too hard. Maybe next year I'll have the finds to give her the tuneup she deserves.

And for the record, I do know which pulley it is in the van (idler), I'm just too lazy/broke to fix it. :roll:

Done. :cheers:

Do what I do for the minivan, carefully touch a bar of soap to the belt when the engine is running. :D

I believe it changes the RPM shift points of the transmission. Meaning "Power" would hold it in gear a bit longer before shifting.

Take your pick. Mine is stuck saying admin so it can be whatever you want. :D

Maybe I need to come up with a new title for people with over 5k posts.