Pete M

Care to elaborate?

Holy COW!! I'm slowly putting my laptop back together and found out that the newest version of firefox includes SPELL CHECK! Whenever I'm typing on a webpage (like this one), it automatically underlines words it doesn't know. And then you can right-click and change them or add them to the dictionary. Freakin' SWEET!!!!! No more excuses from those of us who can't spell or type to save our lives. :D :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

aluminum and rivets? Maybe. I've got some galvanized sheetmetal in the garage. :D Not sure how easy it'll be to bend into complicated shapes though. :hmm:

Grilles are easy to swap. I think I've seen that MJ on ebay before, but with different pictures. I wonder if it sold the first time and the new owner is reselling?

18"? I thought it was like 20?

The one that holds down the Tee is long gone on mine (replaced with a hose clamp) and the other ones are so short that it is hard to be absolutely positive, but it threaded into the 6mm thread-tester-thingie at the hardware store but didn't really like the 1/4" ones.

Laptop problems. I'm restricted to the old home 'puter and it's really really slow and really really underpowered. It's old enough that it once ran Windows 95. :roll: Keep up the great work! When the semester dies down a little and I'm not spending every other available hour trying to get the hunk-o-rust out of the garage under its own power, I hope to find someone local that knows the programs our site uses and can give me some tutoring on how to set stuff up. I don't want farm out all the work (just most of it, to you guys :D ). I envision different members doing different pages but I'm not yet educated enough to even get the process started, let alone fix any problems that pop up.

My guess is they are 6mm.

I've thought about a dual tank too, but I keep finding that it's a big pain in the butt to do it right and I'd have to drag another 18 gallons around with me everywhere. :( I think my '88 is heavy enough as it is. :D

If I already owned the 86 and had become attached to it, then I might attempt a 4.0L swap. But I personally would not seek out an 86 to put a 4.0L in. But then, that truck is cheap enough that I would find it hard not to buy it and fix it to drive while I continued looking for a 4.0L truck. :D

I don't know what bounty's plan was, but I'm using metal that doesn't rust for my patch repair in the '90. :D

It's a weird magazine thing. Dunno why, but they all do it. Bummer that they didn't have a name or specs on the MJ though. :(

While we're on the subject, is there 2 injectors in the throttle body, or only one?

Wait a sec, is the guy that did the inspection and said that these things were wrong the same guy that will be taking your money for the repairs?

Uh, a grand? :roll: Might wanna fix that typo. :D

Fuel mileage is overrated. :roll:

Sure there is. Drive around in a beat-up truck with a gutted interior and no dash (so no radio) that even you can't start half the time. :D It's theft proof! But not exactly something that'll impress the ladies... :teehee:

Check that the fuel injectors aren't leaking or stuck open.

I've got a hammer... :brows: You'll have the clearest taillights on the block. :D

Amen to that! You can't get an appreciation for how easy it is to drop the starter until you try to do it on another vehicle. :D Oh, and for starter issues, only once have I had a problem that wasn't electrical in nature. Make sure your battery cables are in great shape and corrosion free.

Hmmm, I'm just not seeing $800 worth of work there... :hmm: Is that for you paying someone else to do everything?

The projects forum isn't good enough? Don't let the lack-o-website prevent you from writing up a tech article. For the time being you can put it into the projects forum and then later on we can lift the words/pics and put them on a real page. This semester has been a real bear for me, else I'd be putting more effort into a website.

That's not new. I delete maybe 3 or so per month. We use a code-image-thing for signing up, these guys are just that persistent (or have found a way to hack around it). It's no biggie, just don't click on anything you don't trust. :thumbsup:

Strap it down securely with ratchet straps.

The more money you spend on an oil filter, the better the innards will be. Just don't get the cheapies. The longer crank time is usually associated with the CPS , but is exceedingly common with our era Jeeps and not necessarily a bad thing. The sensor is probably a little dirty or there's some corrosion in the wire harness. If it wasn't explained yet, the CPS has a little magnet in it that jumps when certain teeth in the flywheel go by. This tells the computer where the crankshaft is in it's rotation and the computer will NOT fire until it is absolutely sure where the crankshaft is and if it ever loses signal from the CPS, it should kill the spark immediately. Modern engines are designed for quick startups (something they feel their customers want). It's not always easy to accomplish that though, I know Ford was having some problems back in the mid 90s with a couple engines.