Pete M

No need to thank me. I'm doing this purely for selfish reasons. It is soooooo satisfying to catch them before they can do anything. :D

Unless you want to use the Ford radius arms, then 78-79 are good too. :D Another option is running 33s.

You won't be in 4wd, you just will simply have the front axle shaft locked together so it can't fail to engage when you need it most. Jeep did the CAD thing for the theoretical gas mileage saved, but in reality there's no measurable difference. Heck, the Liberty that I borrow (for towing my MJ) saw no difference between 2wd and Awd on the roads.

None. Maybe. Don't know for sure. Still waiting on a determination from the Dean as to whether I'm a degreed Industrial Engineer or still just another schmuck college punk. :(

The page from the shop manual is the best I can do. I just throw away those stupid vacuum lines so I don't have a clue what goes where.

If you're not looking for much lift out back, try adding in a main leaf (with the eyes cut off) from an MJ or an Explorer leaf pack. Just insert it under your current main leaf and you'll gain maybe an inch plus added carrying capacity (or more importantly, extra resistance to sagging). Quality gas shocks would also be a plus.

I'm not sure if it'll be a permanent thing, but for the time being I'm going to be approving each new member individually. It's only been a few days now using my new strategy, but so far I've caught several spammers before they could strike. :D And I've got a growing list of blocked email addys. So no one run out and get an email ending in @please-email-me.info or @click-me-now.info or @medandpharm.info cause those are soooooo banned. :hateputers:

Make sure you get a long AAL, not a short AAL. Both varieties exist out there and the long one should ride better than the short.

ebay, and I got insanely lucky with the price: $30 with shipping. Don't expect to see that again though. I waited for weeks before ANY of the correct arms came up. car-part.com would probably be a better source. Don't forget to search for other WJ parts and then contact the junkyard about getting arms. I never did get an answer from anyone about whether or not the upper arms fit. I'm betting they do, but can't find any to try.

You live down the street, I'm certain we can find another weekend. :D After all, the Mounds is the closest legal wheeling spot to us (not that I've ever been there).

If you're measuring from the ground, a vehicle's weight would knock off an inch or 2 off the tire's diameter. If you measure from the front of the tire to the back of the tire, you should be real close to that of a tire just lying on the ground.

I'll be in Florida. :(

Dark red or burgundy or whatever the heck my '88 is. Hides the rust best. :D Seriously though, my favorite has to be the dark gray color of my '90. It's so dark it's almost black, but it's not black. :D

Are we all measuring the height of tires (that are mounted on a rig) from the ground to the top? :hmm: Or are we measuring from the front of the tire to the rear of the tire?

If you have stock rims, then you might have a bit of rubbing on the control arms when at full turn. Aftermarket rims will cure this, but then the tires sill contact the fenders. You can add a washer to the steering stops to prevent contact. Or, you can do as I did and install stock WJ lower control arms which have a bend in them to clear tires (see picture below). Plus they are a stronger arm and will have brand new bushings for a better ride. :D

Best I can do. Stock 4x4 MJ with 31x10.5s

The factory harness was in a cardboard box I found in the bed. Original owner had a wire fire and removed it in hopes of fixing it. Well, that never happened and they wired it up enough to make the carb run around the farm. Most of the wires you see are dead, I just never bothered to weed the extra crap out. When I bought the truck there were switches on the firewall for the headlights, ignition, starting and a push button for the brake lights.:eek: Now we have -headlights and parking lights together (no highbeams though), -brake lights (now operated by the brake pedal switch), -wipers (the factory switch only works with high so I have a separate one for low), -ignition switch, -starting button (now with a factory relay in the engine compartment), -turn indicators (once again, the factory switch is broken so I have a separate switch for that). Only the essentials, but it's totally street legal now. She's my little slice of redneck heaven in the suburbs (where there's a 48 hr rule for parking). :D My neighbors can complain all they want, but they can't do anything about a registered and roadworthy truck.

Yes, pleeeeease stop replying to them. They won't ever see it and then I have even more posts to go through and delete. I just wonder if they ever make any money off of this crap, or are they just pissed at the world because no one likes them. :hmm:

Amen to that! :D

The aforementioned "station wagon" wheel looks like this, only not stripped. I'm sure someone has a better pic. :D (is it even possible to have a worse pic?)

Sand, mud, snow, highway... my trXus have taken everything I've thrown at them (I've never wheeled in sharp rocks though). They are a heavy tire and some of mine have taken a bunch of weight to balance (one needed only a single small weight). No biggie though as they've maintained that balance just fine. The biggest concern is that you rotate them every 3-5k miles. They are a soft tire compound and they will show you any problems with your alignment. BFG muds and MTRs also get a nod from me (though I haven't run them on my trucks). Just don't think of the MTRs as a mud tire, they are an all-terrain.

Keep in mind that there were some options for the SporTruck and not all of them will be totally bare bones.

Oh, I never said they got it right, I only said they figured out that the 2.8L's oil passages sucked. There are other issues (it's a chevy after all). :D

Junkyard axles are the way to go. :D Start hunting for 4.10s.

Next chance I get I'll snag the part number off it. I've got no way of finding out what vehicle it was originally intended for (tried doing that when I bought them). You'd have to find a way to fit them in the engine bay. Space is at a premium.