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For me, either one is fine since they both need to be upgraded to shafts that run the larger U-joints. http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/te ... dSeals.htm

Unfortunately, now that I've seen Moab and RORP and the trails through the mountains of Colorado, I realize how much we gravitate to anything that's even remotely muddy. :D There's a seasonal road south of us that locals like to tear up after it rains. Might be shut down now though. I haven't heard anything about it for a couple years. BTW, 27 seconds in which direction?

What are their gear ratios?

No results yet. The project timeline had to be sacrificed to the homework gods. In a couple weeks I'll be attacking it full on. :D

My area is flat-as-can-be AND it's filled with houses. I hate the suburbs. :(

Wouldn't surprise me. They SUCK in anything that resembles cold weather (and by that I mean they are downright DANGEROUS). I've seen them for sale on eBay though, so maybe they are still available down south and out west. Or maybe on a special order basis? :dunno:

It's very hard to give rules for 86 MJs. All sorts of craziness happened that year. You really need to check out the tag to make sure. All I know for certain is that the 3.07 ratio is only found behind 4.0L sticks.

Looks like on this upcoming trip I'll only be there for a couple days around Christmas. But when I return, I'm putting massive amounts of hours into fixing my trucks and getting this site where it needs to be. Then once the 88 is functional again I plan to drag it down to Georgia and stay for a couple weeks or so. I'll update everyone once I can narrow the dates down.

I'm not your typical go-fast guy. My Dakota R/T isn't all that shiny (it's a truck after all, why the hell would I polish it?) and it will always be at the factory ride height (although that is an inch lower than regular Daks). On the other hand, I don't haul much with it these days (though I used to when it was my only driver) and I try to keep the miles down. The biggest reason I went with a fast truck over a fast car is durability (and maybe a bit of looks). My truck is wicked fast, but it's also built tougher than any modern car. That's why I love fast trucks. I get to accelerate like a bat outta hell, but I never have to worry about pulling into driveways and I laugh at car-eating potholes! HaHa! :D Plus she's smaller than a fullsize with stiff springs and massive sway bars (that "bars", plural) so she whips around corners like a 'vette. I like to accelerate quickly in EVERY direction, not just straight ahead. :D I need to do something about the dang Scorcher tires though. They suck as far as performance goes. I only got them because I was desperate for new 17" tires and they were dirt cheap on eBay.

I know people that have made the trip up to the middle of no where in northern Ontario and they loved it. :D Wilderness rocks!

Sweeeeeeet.... :D

Dakota vs. MJ taillights http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=458

My sister's '00 TJ had the 3550. If I remember right, the TJ 3550 and the XJ 3550 had different gears inside and the TJ one had a rougher cut to them, making them noisy. Her trans was definitely noisier than any of my Jeep trannys.

It's not easy to make a 2wd trans into a 4wd trans if that's what you're asking.

The arm should be parallel at rest, yes. I'm not sure what the prop valves does when the arm moves down (due to the lift). As far as I can tell, it was really only designed to increase pressure when the arm moves up (due to a load in the bed).

And Detroit! :D

That would require dragging my 88 across the border. God help me if they ever singled me out for some sort of inspection. Unpacking that truck would be a nightmare! :eek:

What is included in this kit?

Chances are that a "rough" running 4.0L has nothing wrong inside and the sensors or fuel system probably just needs cleaning or replacement of some parts.

Hmmm, never heard of such a thing. :hmm: I'm certain it's not Dakota though, they all came with IFS.

No coffee mugs here, but I got places for cans and bottles of 'Dew. :D

Yeah, it's more than a bit ironic that I've never wheeled at the only (relatively) close wheeling spot to my house. A wintertime romp sounds like fun! I'd love to do the mounds after much of the mud freezes up. :D

Just don't pick southeast Michigan. I swear I live farther than anybody else from good wheeling. :( Plus the job market sucks.

shoulda, woulda, coulda, but I just never found the time. With any luck this'll be my last semester of classes for a good long time and I'll be using my new-found freedom next month to catch up on my MJs and this site. :D