Pete M

(dumb question) the 242 as in the 4.0, or NP242? According to Novak's website: both. No, its not going into any of my trucks. I went to pick up some free 80's Vette rims from a local guy and he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He called it a Muncie transmission but also said he wasn't sure so I figured I'd ask you guys. Now I know that it goes by many names. Dang is that thing heavy. :eek:

But the weight is NOT. Dang thing must weigh a ton and a half. :roll:

It depends on which Cherokee seats you start with. I'm guessing you started with plain-jane seats that just slide forward and backward?

Shift knob says L-1-2-3-R or something like that. Anyone know what the 452 means?

:hmm: And no, it didn't come out of an MJ.

I finally have my hands on some 12" decals, but I'm waiting until I have everything together. Should be ready to start at the end of this week. :D

Yeah, vibrations from what? My driveshaft wasn't even balanced when it was shortened and my ujoint angles are all wrong. No vibes at all from it. All I did was replace the U-joints. (U-joints don't like it when you change their operating angles) Has anyone here had vibes from a rear MJ driveshaft?

Have you determined why the brakes don't work? :dunno:

Nope, sorry I didn't get anything. The bracket is just a chunk of flat steel and I drilled holes where things lined up.

Depends on what he means by "seat bracket". Are you talking about the floor bracket? MJs and XJs don't share them at all. Do you mean the track? Then 2door and 4door XJ share the same track types. The big difference between 2 and 4 doors is that only 2door XJ seats will fold forward to let you gain access to behind the seat. Avoid the curved and power XJ seats unless you want a challange.

As far as I can tell, yes, they both use the same floor brackets.

My t-case is about a half inch from the body and I've never had it make contact to date.

Yes, my 90 MJ has non-functioning A/C in it. But the kit I have was apparently designed to go into a non-A/C truck. I got if off my neighbor's son and he got it in a cardboard box in the bed of the MJ he bought. No idea how old the kit is. I'll dig it up tonight and see if there's a manufacturer's tag or instructions anywhere (it's been a couple years since I last looked at it). I do remember it contains a new heater core box and new under dash contols as well as everything under the hood (including the engine bracket). In the interim, I recommend a 12volt fan. :D

Wow, no one? Looks like you need to spread the word in your area. :D

Yup, always a beater. The rockers are toast, the bed has plenty of poorly-repaired rot, the frame is rusting from the inside-out, it's just not worth the time and money to fix everything. :wall: Anyone in his right mine would haul its 210k-mile-butt to the junkyard. But not me. :roll: I paid money for it. I'm swapping in new axles, t-case, etc and hopefully a new A/C system (which has been waiting patiently in a box in my garage for several years now). All I want out of this MJ is a reletively comfortable ride around town. This means functional A/C, good brakes, and no stones hitting me in the shins. Everything else is just me having fun with my new project. :thumbsup: Later on when I have spare money lying around, I'd really like to go out west and bring home a rust-free MJ to fix up for summer-only driving. :driving: I know that some metals react funny when they come in contact, but I'm quite certain there will be a thick layer of glue or other sealer between the rust, er I mean steel, and the aluminum if that's what I use. In the garage I also have a bit of galvanized sheetmetal I could use. It's pretty stiff stuff though and hard to shape.

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!! :rotfl2: laughin :clapping: :yes: :rotf: Oh wait, you're being serious! Um, well, let's just say that it's not an easy task by any stretch of the imagination. I tried taking my blown up one apart using the factory shop manual and after a couple days I eventually gave up and started using a cutoff wheel and sledge hammer. And it was still a major pain in the butt! :mad: It's a super-complex and stupid-fragile piece of crappy french engineering. I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm just saying that there's a chance that your trans won't be going back together. And parts are expensive and hard to get. My advice is to top off the oil in your trans and start saving up for an AX-15 swap. I'm very very serious.

sigh... I wish I had those things available to me. :cry: I foresee aluminum panels beat with a hammer, a couple tubes of construction adhesive, lots and lots of rivets/screws and then Hurculiner to top it off. It won't be pretty, but it's not like this is the only problem area in the truck. I just need to stick with my mantra: just a beater truck, just a beater truck, just a beater truck...

Plus they are 15+ years old.

Wow! That's quite a list! :eek:

Unfortunately no. I did it all at once while the truck was still on the stands. But I may be able to help you out a little in the near future. While my 90 MJ is on stands, I plan to swap the 88 leaf packs into it, then build a new set for the 88 using the rustfree leafs I got in Florida. That's the plan anyways. It won't be a perfect experiment though, mostly because the 88's packs have been thoroughly used in the last couple years and they are made from 2wd MJ packs, but we'll see what happens. Wait a minute, are you really fretting over a lousy inch? :nuts: Just do it! :fool:

The hardest part of finding a cheap but decent-body MJ (to strip down and replace just about everything in the driveline) is that no owner wants to pay for advertising a $200 junker (that probably doesn't run), they just drop it off at the junkyard. And once it's in a junkyard, it's hard to get them to sell it to you whole and really hard to get a proper title for it so you can drive it to the wheeling spots. If I don't accidentily come across it with a for-sale sign, I can't ever get it. :cry:

Chances are that's what mine will look like.

Ford 9"

Are you thinking of H2 rims?

Any color that you can't see your reflection in. Like glossy black. Don't use glossy black. I hate glossy black.