Pete M

90 was the first year for XJ ABS. Seems a shame to buy a whole axle shaft and not get a better joint when the washer trick seems to work just fine for bypassing the CAD. Keep an eye on the 'yard and pounce on the first ABS XJ you see! It's only a matter of time... Jeep on! --Pete

That's my plan! :D There's nothing more I'd want to remove (I like the looks of a stock MJ body), but plenty more I want to add (like a cage to protect my noggin). Jeep on! --Pete

I'm looking for a girl who's already into wheelin'. :D Or at least camping and hiking, cause I want to do a LOT of that in my lifetime. Jeepin' should be a natural extension of the desire to be out in nature (at least in my head it is), or at the very least, the means to and end. The Jeep can travel a lot further out into the wilderness than I can on my two feet (and carry more stuff so we can maintain a certain level of comfort). Jeep on! --Pete

No problemo. :D Jeep on! --Pete

Are you looking for an IDing photo that you can use to identify a factory bar? Looking for how the longbed bar attaches? Or just looking for proof they exist? Different bars attach in different ways. If I remember right, the factory bars' rear legs attach to the angle front wall of the wheel well. Since there is a 6 inch difference between the sortbed and longbed in the distance between this point and the front of the bed, they won't interchange. But other bedbars (I'm trying not to call them "roll" bars) have legs that mount to the bed floor between the whellwells, and others mount to the top of the wheel well. These two designs could possibly interchange between longbeds and shortbeds. Jeep on! --Pete

But only on those MJs that are way beyond restoration, right Eagle? :D Jeep on! --Pete

My picturetrail pics have this sort of address: http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL91/5120 ... 747036.jpg Try posting one here and maybe we can tell what went wrong. Jeep on! --Pete

I'm a thousand+ miles from my brochures, but if you remind me in a week, I'll get you something. Jeep on! --Pete

The rollbar's fate is now up in the air. I'm having difficulty removing it without hurting it and it's rustier than I originally thought. Jeep on! --Pete

Careful when you say "share". The Dakota and MJ were designed by two companies that were completely separate at the time of conception and the trucks share very little directly. But they were both small trucks and some bed accessories will interchange. Of course, other small trucks are close enough in measurement to donate those types of items too. When you own an MJ, you sometimes have to be creative when hunting down parts. :D Case in point, the long bed S-10 tonneau covers and bed caps will fit a longbed MJ. Jeep on! --Pete

I'm of the opinion that if it broke, upgrade it. And if it ain't broken, upgrade it anyway. :D It can always be stronger or more convenient or (at the very least) cooler lookin'. 8) Jeep on! --Pete

If the Comanche is a midsize, it's certainly the smallest midsize in the world. :D Jeep on! --Pete

I'm still learning how to change things in here. Eventually I hope to have choices loaded where everyone can pick their own color combos. :D Jeep on! --Pete

Tha "re-usable" gasket sucks. Big time. I scraped it off and went with a regular ol' cork gasket. (one more oil leak licked. On to the oil filter housing O-rings!) Jeep on! --Pete

It's not as hard as it may seem. A cheap electric grinder can do a surprising amount of fabrication. :D Just keep the design simple. Jeep on! --Pete $20 at harborfreight.com

Just wait till you buy your second... or third... :D Jeep on! --Pete

http://www.off-road.com/jeep/cherokee/x ... 4swap.html

I admit that I got lucky to find the guy that has done all my stuff, but if you check your phone book, you should at least be able to find a place that sells steel. Really all you need is a whole mess of 2x2 square tubing and some steel plate to spread out the load on the frame. Jeep on! --Pete

I used a 3/4" piece of plywood and covered it in speakerbox carpet. Now I can attach brackets and what-not. :D Jeep on! --Pete

The best rock rails are custom anyway. Jeep on! --Pete

If anyone here is thinking about building a bumper and then towing with it, you'd better brace the heck out of it! If it fails and the ensuing carnage hurts anything or anyone, YOU are the liable party. That being said, I used 3x5 box steel and built the 2x2 directly into it. It has an added 3/4" bolt through the frame per side and is bolted to the rollbar. It will never be used for towing, only recovery. Jeep on! --Pete

Oooo, not so fast there guys. While the XJ and MJ are essentially the same up there, Jeep used a few different alternators up front, even in the same model year. Only way to know for sure is to check. When I ordered my 170A for my 88, I had to choose between 3 different mounting styles to figure out which would fit in my truck. (If I remember right, mine takes the GM style) Jeep on! --Pete

It's so morphed that it's hard to tell, but I doubt it's an MJ. Although I would never have believed that anyone had ever made an R/C body MJ and I've seen a couple of those on the internet (not for sale though). Jeep on! --Pete

Well, it won't bolt right up if that's what you mean, but take a length measurement of the longbed tank and crawl underneath and see if it'll clear the rear axle. Anything can be *made* to fit. :D Jeep on! --Pete

Different brand hitches mount in different ways and if they say longbed, chances are that it won't fit the shorty (although without knowing exactly what the difference is, I can't say that it can't be modified to work). Another common thing is for a hitch to require the stock step bumper. Jeep on! --Pete