Pete M

Definitely not open. I shoved 2 axle shafts in it and they turn together.

Uh, you guys have heard of gloves, right? :D

clutch or gear driven? It's in a Ford 9". I know the gears are aftermarket, but I can't say for sure if the posi is or not. I bought the complete third member a couple years ago as you see it. It looks nothing like the gigantic clutch posi housing in an Explorer 8.8

Don't know. Ask the remaining people who had their hat mailed out, but haven't told me that they got it. :roll:

About 90 or so. I still have a few stragglers left to go out.

I was thinking more along the lines of oil dripping into your ear, but yeah, those of us with rusty and/or dirty trucks can definitely benefit from earplugs. :D It's a good habit when crawling under vehicles.

Georgia certainly has an interesting mix of people. Those that have lived there their whole lives, and those that have lived there under 5 or 10 years. Ditto on the BBQ. :D

Just get your 2wd shaft shortened. Sounds like you have the rubber isolator version. There is nothing wrong with using it, but they will have to shorten the end opposite of the rubber. (personally I think it help lessen vibrations. I reused my isolator shaft and have no noticeable vibrations from it, even though it wasn't balanced after the cutting)

If you do the RMS, I found it incredibly helpful to squirt grease up into the hold to help installation of the new seal. If you nick or otherwise harm the seal at all, give up and get another. And be careful, but also liberal with the RTV to seal up the corners where the directions say. And let the RTV cure overnight before firing up the engine. It took me 5 tries to get the seal right in my 88. :( Oh, and it's helpful to let the engine sit unmoved for a while before dropping the pan. Lets the oil collect. But be prepared for oil to keep on dripping. Safety goggles and ear plugs are suggested. 8)

I did to at first, but they say they use bronze metal all the time for bearings and bushings. Yup, bronze tends to be the go-to metal for bushings when a constant stream of lubricating oil isn't available. And frequently even when the oil is available. It's plenty hard. (don't confuse it with brass)

A custom bumper (raised up higher than stock) and rocker protection will go a long ways towards protecting your sheetmetal. :cheers:

They are in Loganville, about an hour east of Atlanta. Make sure you learn about the specific rules in the counties you're looking at. Some are dry, some have sniffer checks on your cars. Lots of variation between counties.

I'd go all-metal for sure.

I'd say 90% of the trees near the house are 75+ footers. They are gigantic towering (but skinny) maples and oaks. Twisters are an interesting dilemma though. The house doesn't have a basement so we'll have to figure something out for shelter. Maybe build up the laundry room as a strong room.

Come to know them? I've got one in the backyard here in Michigan! :mad: In fact it's the tree in the backyard. I didn't plant it though, so I take no responsibility. :D The georgia place is free of sweetgums.

While it's sound advise, that'd be like 50 trees and that just can't happen. It's simply too costly.

Yup. That's what I got. :thumbsup:

If it were my place, there'd be one in there already. :D But it's their place (I have to keep reminding myself of that) and I certainly hope that 3 years from now I have a place of my own. I may even go down ahead of them if I can find a decent job. The economy here in Michigan sucks. :( Likely in 3 years there will be a half disassembled TR-6 in there.

220 is normal for a 4.0, but "in the red" is, well, in the red. And that's not good. :D No you don't have to change to an open system. I swapped the rad into my 88 but kept the rest of the pressure system. I love the addition of the radiator cap. I think it actually saved my pressure bottle on the dunes when the cap popped after the engine overheated (needle was pegged all the way over).

I'd say they are blocked. Time for a new one. Be sure to get a later model one with the radiator cap. They are a direct replacement and it makes filling up much easier. How hot is it getting?

They aren't moving down to Georgia (from Michigan) for another 2-3 years, but a house popped up on the market that they just couldn't pass up. It has 2k square feet, a pole barn, about 1.5 acres, and is only a half mile from my sister's place. :D We've got a couple hundred pictures so I'll try to hit just the highlights. Front of the house. It's a cute place, but that awful green has got to go. It just doesn't look right in a woodsy setting. (this shot was an older one from back when the previous owners were still moving out). Back of the house. Nothing special here, but I drew in where dad wants his garden, and the chimney will eventually be getting a stone facade on it. Poll barn. 200 amp service to it and lots of parking next to it. The inside has plenty of room for a project car and the upstairs has lots of room for storage. As you can see, my sister has already taken advantage of the free closet space down the street. :D Some highlights of the interior: That fake butcherblock and those ugly handles are first to go. My parents are not into the "country" decor. The living room: Closeup of the fireplace. The glass wall of the sunroom: just outside the sunroom is the treefort The sunroom exits to the deck. In the foreground you can see the current fire pit. Dad has plans to build that up with stonework. Looking out off the deck into the backyard: Walk back far enough and you eventually reach my favorite part of the property, the creek: Right next to the water is a clearing. Probably the previous owners leaf burning area. This is part of the flood zone, so we're not sure what we can do with it with regards to landscaping. Dad saw some little fish one day and I caught a glimpse of this guy. There are deer tracks all over, and there are gray squirrels, lizards and chipmunks. More wildlife. This time inside. In case mom needed any reminders that she bought a house in the woods. Here's an overhead view that'll help show how truly awesome the property is. The yellow is their property. The blue is the river. The green areas north of it are fairly undeveloped, but I don't know which neighbors own them. The red area in the bottom left is a new subdivision. There are built roads all over that area of Georgia that are built but it takes a long long time to take the next step. Some never do. Regardless, that chunk of road is up on a steep hill and so the view from the back yard will never change, neighbor or no neighbor. The area to the bottom right is a huge radio antenna. The path coming off of it is a service road to one of the guywire anchors. Everything else in their area is just woods. The area directly to the right of my parent's place is all forest in a 100 year flood zone. It'll never be developed and is all mine to explore. :D Essentially they are partially surrounded by wilderness that should stay wilderness for quite some time. Just too good to pass up with being so close to my sister.

FYI, the wing windows are prone to leakage and whistling. Cool as they may be. :D Whether or not you can deal with the seats not folding forward is entirely up to you. 2-door XJ seats do fold forward.

Oooo, maybe he could hook up the unused switches to something else? :brows: And MJ bench pedestals are identical to MJ bucket pedestals. You'll just need to fab up an adapter to go between them and the XJ seats.

The power pedestals aren't going to work well, if at all. They are huge and the floor of the MJ isn't flat like in a cherokee.

Are you thinking you need more backspacing because of rubbing on the lower control arms? More backspacing can cause the rubbing to shift from the arms to the flares. A better solution to rubbing on the control arms is to swap in lower control arms from a WJ. They are the same length, but have a bend in them to clear bigger tires. They just need the sleeves to be trimmed a bit. My install pics are near the bottom of this page: http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1556