Pete M

Or start looking into that Explorer 8.8 swap. Disk, 4.10s and (practically) unbreakable axle are pretty tempting. :brows:

Go on ebay and search for dealership brochures. Lots of good reading material there. :D

Dakota packs are typically used to lift XJs 3-4". But they'll never lift an MJ 4" since Dakota and MJ leaf packs have about the same arch. XJ leafs are pretty flat. MJ leafs have a lot of arch in them already. You can use MJ leafs to give XJs 3-4" of lift.

In more ways than one... But my flight doesn't leave til tomorrow evening.

So, if you 2 are finished fingering each other, I'm curious if JT clicked on the links. Is it the slideshow format he's not thrilled with?

If the 8.8 is out of an Explorer, then it should have 31 splines according to the Explorer enthusiasts . Ranger axles had the lesser spline count, but then they were narrower too.

Sweet truck for sure. But just an ok picture. Next time, turn the tuck around so that the sun will be behind you while you're shooting. And try to keep the basketball hoops from growing out of the hood. :D I went ahead and chopped it out for your avatar.

Or you can use the Ford radius arms and build your own crossmember. It's been done. :D

If you've got a digital image you'd like in your avatar, just email it to me and I'll take care of the rest. :D petermontie@hotmail.com

The Dakar rally is an insane offroad race through the deserts of north eastern Africa. At least it used to be. They canceled this past year due to threats of violence against the contestants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar_Rally It's the one where they race the big trucks.

Rocker guards, rocker guards, rocker guards... Although even I manage to damage mine before the guards went in. :roll:

So it is still happening. :( Do yourself a big favor and copy every lengthy or complicated post to Word or Notebook before posting, just in case. There was a time I had to do that with emails through hotmail because for no particular reason (that I could determine) the program would crash and when I hit "back" all my words were gone. :mad:

Yup, they look real similar. Unfortunately they aren't. :( My guess is that the Dakota shares a lens with the fullsize dodge trucks. MJ lens on the right.

Don't worry, when I get back from Georgia we're going to have a big MJ bonfire at my house. Gonna push my truck out of the garage and set it ablaze. 8) Not. But it still hurts to see what a great time y'all had. :(

That was friggin' awesome!! Although someone needs to rename the vid. :roll:

Dang it. Well, the pics of the MJ in action will have to wait as I didn't press record in time to get those scenes, but I did catch something I've always wondered about and I have a new theory about the MJ stand-in. In the scene leading up to the burning XJ, there was a wide angle shot where you could see most of the village. Sure enough, the XJ is there, not the MJ. The I snapped a shot of the burning SJ and compared it to a shot of the driving SJ seen earlier with the MJ. Sure enough, it's a different SJ. So my new theory is that it's possible that the village scene was shot at a different local than the earlier locations and that's the best they could do. Seems with all the money they blew on the flick they could have done a better job disguising the XJ... :D Driving SJ: Burning SJ: Notice the differences in side mirrors and light bar.

Did you do things one at a time? If so, what was the last thing?

True, and yet still better than burning an MJ. :D

This particular poll is about what people believe causes it. Do you think it's directly translatable into what fixes it? Meaning that if I had deathwobble and balancing the tires fixed it I would vote for that. Maybe we should have a poll only for those that have experienced it or directly know someone that had it and then they could say what it was that actually fixed it. I'd be curious how that compares to the first poll.

It's an okay adventure flick about a couple guys looking for a lost confederate ship that end up searching for the source of a poison that's spreading across Africa. Or something like that. More importantly, the MJ comes in somewhere in the middle when the doctor and her caravan head across the desert in a hoodless MJ and a fullsize Cherokee. I got the DVR to record it today and I'll see if I can zoom through to the MJ and snap some pics of the truck itself.

Maybe he got the wrong link? :dunno: I'll move this over to the pub.

Quick tips off the top o' my head: -Do internet searches on every bit of info you can get on the guy: phone numbers, email addresses, names, etc. -Figure out a way to slide some of the info you've found into your conversations with said individuals. -Meet in brightly lit, public areas when possible. (the local police station is always a plus :D ) -Never go alone, never be at your house alone -If you're really paranoid or get a weird feeling from an individual, never underestimate the benefits of having a video camera rolling from a house window or from in the back of your minivan. Just don't ever mention it to the guy with the gun or he'll steal that too.

My guess is that they fabbed it up to look like the MJ they were using earlier because they didn't want to burn the fully functional truck. It's not such a good idea to burn up a prop, cough I mean the star of the movie :D , if you might need it later. They could have even shot the scenes out of order. :dunno:

Sahara was on last night and the thought occurred to me to grab the camera and see if I could snap a shot of the burning "MJ". Well, here it is:

This project is taking a break until I return from my trip to Georgia (22-29th) so I'll have time to contemplate my next move. I'm very frustrated with it and a breather will be good for me. As to the sleeved bolt, check out the project's page and you'll see. :( http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopi ... 5&start=15