Pete M

It's a very tough swap into an 86. Lots of changes took place to the front end to accomodate the 4.0L in 87. Try looking into the 3.4L swap. It's basically a newer/better version of the 2.8L. http://www.off-road.com/jeep/cherokee/x ... 4swap.html http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/Pro ... ect_XJ.htm

http://www.pinelakesresort.com/

http://rorp.com/LocalLodging.html

If I was paying to get gears to go with 33s, the minimum I would get is 4.56. I have 4.10s only because they were the steepest gear offered by Ford from the factory. When I regear, I'll be doing 4.88s (I have a manual trans).

3.73 is a hard ratio to find in a Dana 30. Might be why all the 3.73 8.8s are left behind. :D Oh, and 3.54, 3.73, and 4.10 were all offered behind the Ford v6 and the v8.

Something like that. MJs have the leafs directly below the frame, while XJs have the leafs mounted outside the frame. Of course, the MJ frame rails are slightly wider apart than the XJ uni-frame rails back there so the measurements aren't off by a whole leaf-width on each side.

Welding IS required. But it's not hard welding, so any competant welder can do it. People have been known to bolt everything together snuggly and then drive gingerly to a nearby welder to have the perches burned in place.

87-90. 91-92 were Chrysler. The condition of the MJ is FAR more important than what fires the sparkplugs.

a slightly narrower position.

What about a guided trail tour? There were a few times last time where I would have gladly paid an extra $10 to know where we were. :shake: Plus we can then get access to the other 900 acres. Don't know who's left to do the tour though if the rock crawling is going on.

And that's why they don't become stickies. There's waaaaay too many of them. When we get the rest of the site up and running, I promise we'll have tech pages for thngs like that. But back to the question at hand, most everything will work just fine, but you'll need to get your rear driveshaft shortened (the XJ one is 12" too short) and the rear axle perches will have to be repositioned.

The graphics guy and I will be discusing stickers when I go in to pick up the magnets. What length of banner are you picturing?

Pricing will be done like PBS, meaning on a donation basis, so you can send whatever you'd like. The magnets were concieved as more of a durable business card that you can pass along to other MJ owners you meet (or left on an MJ in a parking lot) so whomever sends something will be getting a handful of magnets. Of course, you can feel free to keep some for your own rigs. :D All procedes will go towards paying for the costs of the magnets and the annual bill for the site. If all of that gets taken care of, any leftover moneys will go towards future comancheclub purchases so they can stip coming out of my pocket. I even have an unused account at my bank that I'll be setting aside for everything so I don't have to put a ton of effort into all this. Oh, and I haven't heard anything from the graphics guy yet, so the magnets aren't in yet.

Feel free to hotlink any of the pictures here: http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/vie ... uid=512063 Or lemme know if you have a prefered color combo I can whip up.

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Is that going to make it crowded? :cry:

The trails at RORP can go from easy to quite difficult with a simple rain or from an idiot spinning huge tires. Solid tow points front and rear are a MUST!! Lockers are aggressive tires are merely luxury items. The trails are tight and twisty and the mud dries like cement. I had a BLAST last year and can't wait to get back to try out my boggers!! :banana: The campground I stayed at was incredibly nice. Oh, and the NAPA store in town isn't open on Sunday.

Hmmmm..... Seems the auction has been stopped: "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing."

Could be your brakes sticking.

Even more important than getting the right driveshaft angles is replacing the U-joints. U-joints do NOT respond well to changes in their operating angles.

Magnets will be in later this week. When I go pick them up I'll speak to him about doing stickers.

Are you talking about adding an electric fan to a truck that doesn't have one, or replacing the mechanical with an electric?

I got mine last week, straight from Eric (one of the perks of being in it :D ). Apparently they are available through cartechbooks.com or eventually at amazon.com or other book stores.

Oh yeah! :banana: :jump: The book is called "Jeep Cherokee XJ builder's guide" and my baby is representin' for the Comanche world, yo. :D Obviously pages 86-88 are the best, but I've been reading the rest of the book and Eric did a great job covering modification how-tos and wheeling tips. I'm honored to be a part of it. Jeep on! --Pete

Wecome! :wavey: