Pete M

If it has to be Jeep, it has to be a 401. :brows:

Notice I screwed up and originally used the wrong port. :roll:

Get the longer '95 Dakota soft rear brake line and you'll be prepared for later lifting. :brows:

I assume there's a story to go with this? :brows:

It's alive!!!!!! After a day of frustration I decided to step away from the nonsense and focus on another problem just to clear my head. Long story short, turns out that I didn't have every wire at the battery actually hooked up to said battery. :roll: Alternator charges now too so that's checked off the list. Camera cable is still MIA though. Tomorrow I'm going to call my sister and see if it got left behind at her place. On a side note, driving with a rear spool is...well... interesting. :brows:

And another one bites the dust... My team is just freakin' awesome! :roll:

I can't "log in" either, but if I just go to the right page, I seem to be magically "logged in" already, even though the upper right corner of the screen is still asking me to log in. :dunno:

And don't be tempted to force it. It's close enough that you can make it fit, but far enough apart that you'll destroy the leaf spring bushings in short order. It's happened before.

Let the injuries begin!! :hateputers: Thank you Mr Pollard. Thanks a lot. :fs1:

You'll still need to reweld the perches and stuff. The leaf perches are different widths apart.

Full guages were optional on all MJs that didn't already have them.

That's part of the next phase. There's only so much room in the garage and so I tackled the rearend first and then I was going to flip the truck around and work on the front (track bar bolt, front locker, alternator, etc). but now I have a bigger problem... :(

Who will be my friend and give me a 44 or 8.25? :D car-part.com should be able to show you junkyards that will sell you an XJ 8.25 for under $150. And don't forget that anytime you're swapping one axle is the time to contemplate swapping 2 and getting batter gears. :D

Friends don't let friends drive on Dana 35s.

Buy some goggles and you'll be fine. 8) I had a buddy that busted the windshield in his willys (endo-ed it a couple times down a hill) and that never stopped him from wheelin'. He said driving down dirt roads behind someone was the worst. Here's Joe and his '47 (or was it 52?):

Well, you'll have to trust me that I have pictures. We can't seem to find the camera cable at the moment. Update: The truck is out of the garage! Yay! And then it stopped running and won't fire back up. Boooo! But back to the good news, all four mx-6 shocks are fully installed, the brakes need to be bled again but are finished, and the rear driveshaft is of the right length (or at least close enough). Turns out there's a 1/4" difference between the TJ yoke and the MJ yoke but more on that once I get pics. Tomorrow will be spent trying to figure out why the fuel pump suddenly won't do anything (and looking for the camera's cable). I've got power up to the connector right by the tank, but it still doesn't do squat. Boooo! :headpop:

Hey, I thought you didn't like political threads on here!!! :D :rotf: Tried and convicted. I'd say he's fair game now for a jab or two. :D Plus he's not in office anymore so technically it's not politics.

Pennies spent on oil filters are pennies worth while. Buy the cheapest oil you can, but spend some coin on the filter. You really do get something for the money. Fram just happens to have some sort of design or quality control issues.

I also had a fram suddenly start restricting flow. Down to 0psi. On the highway. On the way to go wheeling. :mad: I'll never use a 4.0 fram again.

After checking with the 89 dealership brochure, what we have here is one of those odd differences between the XJ and MJ. The gauges were standard on the XJ pioneer, but were still an option on the MJ pioneer.

What would the internet be without photoshop. :roll:

If you guys want to be free and clear of hurricanes, just come on up to Michigan. :D No hurricanes, no floods, no earthquakes, no annual wildfires, no natural disasters of any kind (except for the odd tornado). We like to manufacture our own disasters up here. Like pollution, and rust, and Kwame...

Look for the row of bolts running lengthwise along the bottom edge of the Peugeot. It looks just like the top of the Peugeot.

Couple more photos for comparison. and here's a couple 2wd versions. AX-15 is on the left:

Well, there's only one way to find out for sure if something will work... :D Are you displeased with it structurally or cosmetically? If it just looks ugly, a have a feeling that a flare will cover it up nicely. :brows: