Pete M

For 1992: 4.0L+stick = 3.07s 4.0L+auto = 3.55s 2.5L+stick = 4.10s Dana 44 wasn't standard but was optional with certain things. Doesn't matter what trim level it was.

Those should fit fine. Stock tires were generally 205 or 225.

I'm still confused. Any chance you can snap a photo?

Any and all projects are welcome. :D Anything above 3 megs is good for our usage. The bigger the better so there's plenty of room to crop and zoom if needed. What I fear most are dark or blurry photos. At least these days the digital cameras allow for instant review. I had only film cameras back when I did the initial buildup of my 88 back in the day. That's why there are so few photos in my early albums (like installing the TJ driveline and adapting the Bronco axles) and plenty of the photos I did have are iffy. Technology is awesome. :D

Neutral? Oh that's right. I didn't even think about the fact that I punch the clutch pedal when I go into lo. Shows you how long it's been since I've wheeled one of my MJs. :(

Lighten up TNT, :D I'm sure everyone is voicing their opinions because they care, and they want to make sure you've weighed all the options. :cheers: On another note, I envy you guys that don't give a second thought to all that bodywork. :bowdown: My "bodywork" tends to involve aluminum or stainless steel sheet and screws/sealer. :roll:

Oh, and please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, can everyone take some decent photos? Make sure there's plenty of light and hold the camera steady. And take them on the highest resolution you can. You don't need to give us the biggest photos in the world, but I'd like to see if I can host all of the photos for every project so that means I'd want you all to eventually email me the top quality versions of each photo and I'll shrink them as needed. I'll alter the original post to reflect that.

Absolutely. :D

Don't take it the wrong way. Hornbrod is just thinking about your safety. :thumbsup:

The 231 is shift-on-the-fly for 4wd-hi, but not for 4wd-lo. But with that being said, mine usually needs to be rolling at a couple mph to get it to engage into 4wd-lo.

Flaming would go against rule #1, so don't worry. :cheers:

I think he's looking at a 92 that is minus the A/C. And the next thought is if he passes on this 92, should he pursue a renix or H.O. powered truck?

Natural ramps are the best. :D Occasionally I wonder what my score would actually be, but then the thought passes as I hit the next mud hole.

In my head I see it containing smaller projects. Not necessarily simple, but projects that are concise and contained that don't go on for pages and pages like an engine swap would. And I'm not certain if we need to cover things that a Haynes manual would have, although I've gotten frustrated with the Haynes or even my FSM when working on stuff so maybe that's futile to try and avoid. After all, who knows how to swap a fuel filter better than those of us that have done it a half-dozen times. So maybe we should put it this way: there are no set limitations on what can be covered, anything from installing a radiator, to installing an interior overhead light, to changing a fuel pump, to bobbing a bed, to a 4x4 conversion. As long as it's a single project. If you're doing something that's close to a straight 4x2 to 4x4 conversion, that's awesome. But you won't find my 88's "conversion" in there since it's made up of like 50 individual projects (although you might find some of them eventually). And yeah, we'll probably need to get a difficulty rating system in there. :brows: Maybe: 1- common tools, novice skills. 3- less common tools, some mechanical experience would be nice. 5- Expensive tools, you'd better know what you're doing.

It's cool and all, but where's the couch? :roll: You guys can keep your fancy "kegorators", I'll be sticking with the good ol' fashioned "bucket 'o ice". :D

As some of you may have noticed, there is a new forum at the bottom of the main page. But it is locked. Why you ask? Because I'll be adding in completed writeups that include lots of pictures. I ain't doing all the work though. This is for you guys/gals. Here are my thoughts for making it happen: Step 1: Feel free to post up suggestions right here (you should probably do that even if you're going to take it on yourself). Step 2: Someone needs to step up and volunteer. Lots and lots of pictures and instructions are required so that even a novice can see what's going on. Step 3: I will then post that up in the Tech section both to put it into the searchable database and to give the club at large an opportunity to comment or add in suggestions or variations. As similar as all MJs are, there are differences an individual owner may not realize and so I'd like to get all those thoughts together before I put it into a non-respondable forum. Step 4: After the vetting is over, I'll copy/paste the project and add it to the DIY forum. I'd like to see if I can host all the photos from a single hosting site, so each member will need to email me all their photos at full resolution and I'll crop/shrink them as needed (but don't send them until I'm ready to post up the final version to the DIY forum). I think I might start a new picturetrail account just to handle this. We'll see. Sound good?

Glad to hear it was something simple. :thumbsup: Also, is there any chance you could condense all of your project posts into a single topic?

I celebrated by buying my marine buddy a case of his favorite beer... :cheers: ...which we promptly consumed while blasting aliens in Halo 3 Happy Birthday!! :USAflag:

They simply twist sideways 90* and then you can pull the bar free from the plastic clip. It might take a second to get the first one, but once you get it it's easy. :D

That brings up another tip: the female side of the seatbelt buckle has a plastic sheath around it in a bucket equipped truck, but doesn't in a bench truck. It just means that with no mods, the female side might fall down between the seat and center console (and that full center console can easily swap from an MJ or XJ if you grab the brackets that hold the it to the transmission tunnel).

I totally agree that XJs could stand to attain plenty of flex up front. Your rear isn't fully stuffed yet. If fact, your rear axle isn't flexing much at all in that pic and to my uneducated eye that seems to be fairly typical of XJ leafs with bigger lifts. MJ rear suspensions perform better than an XJ's (partly due to things like longer leafs/shackles but most importantly we can go SOA and net 5-6" with our relatively flat leafs rather than needing even to add 5 inches of arch to said leafs). And since we can get more out of the rear suspension, that means the front can get away with doing less. I like how balanced my suspension turned out (although admittedly I was far less concerned with the suspension performance in the early days of the project than getting the hunka-hunka-oil-burning-rust out of my dad's garage). And I have even more available in the rear once I get the proper size shocks and I'd have more up front if I could let go of the stock flares.

Oh, and I had a fan rust into position and wouldn't move until I poked at it with a screwdriver through the lower vent above the passengers feet. But I don't remember if it was making a noise like the motor was trying. THat was many years ago.

I guess that depends. How much flex do you think you need? Remember, I went with the Bronco arms for the ease of installation. If you're putting a ton of fab into them, will they be easier than links?

Axle end or body end?

Yes it is. I bought black poly ones.