Pete M

Technically you don't have to abuse your rig when you're there. :D

Yeah, I've got some big ol' drums on the back of my '00 Dak R/T. Plus there's that funky 6 on 4.5" bolt pattern to deal with. :nuts:

Either axle is a good choice. Although most all of the 8.25s you'll see will be 3.55 and al are drums. 4.10s and 3.73s are common in the Explorers and 95+ will have disks. If you go 8.8, be sure to get the calipers with the axle. The core charge on them is $30-40 per side.

Doesn't matter here. Everything has to be out of sight from the street and I live on the corner, so the only place that qualifies is the garage. :( By the way, a slight update on my search for the specs, I found the installer, who says he might have bought it through this one local store, who says he probably would have gotten it from this one specialty builder, who says that he doesn't remember doing any stroker Jeep blocks. But since I don't have the original papers yet, any part of this chain could break apart and lead me in a different direction. But all hope is not lost, as I can see just the corner of a tag on the block that has the "made in Canada" logo visible. This weekend I need to remove the AC bracket so I can get the info off this tag and then (hopefully) the guy at the specialty builder place can look it up for sure. I can't wait to see my next phone bill. :(

It's rare, but not unheard of. If I remember right, the solution is simply to replace the broken part. Unless something else is wrong, it shouldn't happen again. :D

My understanding of an automatic locker is that it only locks when you add power to it. I would never advocate welding up a daily driver (unless it had manual hubs on it).

Eh, I've been sleeping all day due to this damnable cold. I should probably do that soon though.

I would lock the front because it'd be invisible with normal driving and in the winter the back would be open for better stability on icy roads.

I would need a title. I can't park a non-regestered vehicle anywhere but inside the garage, and dad gets on me enough already about how often I'm occupying his garage. :( Although, I've certainly got enough spare parts to build another rig. :D

Nope. I had a "receipt" that was handwritten by the seller. :deal: Oh, and I was fortunate enough to get the same border guard lady that I chatted with the day before. She already knew the story and so just did a quick lap around the trailer (checking for stow-away terrorists I guess) and that was that and we were on our way. :D I had more trouble crossing earlier that day with an empty trailer. :dunno:

The previous owner took what he could (stymied by the rusty screws) so really all that's left is the slightly cracked center grille and the headlight buckets. Assuming I can get past the rusty screws myself, JeepCo is welcome to it. As far as I know, the engine was not built by the big 3, but a smaller speed shop in California. Hopefully I'll know more tomorrow when I call up the shop that did the install. Using this cab to build a truggy would be loco-crazy. Especially since it has a Canadian scrap title or whatever they call it (and I don't even have the piece of paper). Plus I'll be gutting and scavanging most anything I can take, either to use, for spares, or to sell. All that'll be left is a cut up uniframe and a broken windshield. Oh, and we tried to save as much of the drivers floor as feasible so I could have a chance of using some of it to patch the hole in my 90. Update: Step 2 is complete. Jared brought over a forklift and we picked the carcass up off the trailer and set it onto its new home in the garage. Next step is to bring over the 88 and park it next to the XJ so I can start contemplating what will be swapped over.

Acomplished: got the half-XJ on its stands in the garage. Procrastinated: Took me several days to get around to it, but my procrastination paid off because Jared brought over a hilo today and that beats muscling around a cherry picker ANY day. :D

Check that the wires are connected to the resistor. I thought I had a picture somewhere, but it's a 4" long piece of white ceramic located on the drivers side of the engine bay right on the wall.

I keep seeing comercials on TV about the "Rosetta Stone" CDs for learning a new language. Might wanna look into them. www.rosettastone.com

I find that extra funny since he ended up having to jump though an unexpected extra hoop when he signed up. :D

Probably the same thing mine did; "What's that?". :D

Ford D-60s are out there. :brows:

The center receiver of my 88 (not the side clevises, those were designed for towing) will take anything your dozer can dish out. :D I bet I can pick up the truck with it. But with your brackets on it? I'd be willing to try it on the 86, but I doubt it'd make the trip.

Heck no. :D It's incomplete and I'm very partial to the grill I made for the 88. (5.9 ZJ style)

For a bending moment, you need to measure from the point of force application, namely the hook itself. I'd be slightly worried that the bracket might twist under high load. Not insanely worried mind you, just slightly. :D It's the natural engineer in me conflicting with the schooled engineer. (overbuilding vs. just strong enough to be within the factor of safety)

I like it. :cheers: Out of curiosity, is there any way to link the 2 brackets together? That'd make me much more comfortable with side pulls. There's still like 8" between the hook and the first bolt. That's quite a bit of leverage there. Don't forget to get hooks with the clips so the strap can't slip off.

$750 US with like 15k kms on it. But that came at a cost, I purchased it trusting (not totally blind, but close to it) that it was what he said it was. I was able to hear it run and it purred and the valves under the cap are the cleanest I've ever seen (short of new-in-the-box). He couldn't find the paperwork and just now I'm getting warmer on the trail to track down the original company that built it. Hopefully they have copies of the build sheet and dyno printout. Today I talked to the shop that installed it and I'll be calling back tomorrow morning when the computers are on so he can look it up (in Canada, the 4th is just another day). Then I'll be able to call the original builder on Thursday (supposed to be out of California) and then I should have me answer. :cheers: Plus later on I plan to use the AC components to fix my 90 MJ and the t-case is being kept until I am comfortable that the one in my 90 works alright.

My trailer can't carry the whole thing and my garage can't store 2 complete vehicles at the same time. Plus the suspension and axle were gone and the seats and what-not were things he wanted to keep. I wasn't expecting to take the windshield and trans/t-case, but as we went along it became apparent that it was unavoidable. :dunno: Oh, and the uniframe was cracked in two (the big reason he was parting it out).

I wasn't even looking for one, but a 4.6 popped onto the market and I had to take advantage of the opportunity. I had been planning on building one using a 4.0 and 4.2 that I bought a while back, but now I don't have to mess with all that. This engine will be going into my red 88. Step 1 was getting the half-XJ. It was negotiated that I was to get the entire engine bay contents and I felt this was the easiest and the best way to guarantee that I know where everything is once I start pulling wires. Jared and I hopped the bridge to Windsor and used his new toy (plasma cutter) to hack the XJ in half. Took a bit longer than we thought, mostly because we couldn't get the front seats out and had to cut around them and the compressor and plasma cutter kept blowing fuses. Then we loaded it onto the trailer and ran the gauntlet back to the States. I've been cleaning up the garage and prepping it to house both the half-XJ and my 88 MJ at the same time so the swap goes as smoothly as possible. Here I just backed the trailer into the garage so the local code enforcer can't complain about it. (my driveway is technically "public property". and trailers can only stay there for 3 days at a time. Damn I hate this city.) And all that sweat has given me this. An engine bay full of non-corroded wires and supposed-to-be-working parts. :D Once I get the truck in the garage, I'll go through and decide how much I want to swap over. Next step is to hoist it off of the trailer and onto jack stands.