Pete M

he's on our site guys. just go ask him. if he agrees, I imagine we can put together a new thread to gather interest and see if we can meet his minimum for a "group size".

sometimes you're looking for a thing, and then something else catches your eye and you're like, wait what? so just in case anyone was wondering, there's a website full of images like this: and in keeping with the educational vibe:

3x5 or 2x6 if you're going that route. from a visual standpoint, 2x4 looks kinda small. I think mine is 3x5. I skipped the "weld it pretty" step.

are you looking for an offroad bumper or a more traditional bumper?

and a towing bill.

if you have an open diff, when traction fails, the one tire will spin, but the other acts as a rudder to keep the truck straight. If both tires spin, you start drifting... usually uncontrollably. also, snow tires should be used if you want real traction in the snow. way better than 4wd with regular tires.

a posi involves changing carriers, and new gears, and setting up those gears... I... I can't imagine a bigger waste of money than throwing all that at a 35. buy an axle that will survive into the future and invest you money into that. I would start with a Liberty 8.25 and build that up. I would also avoid the factory TracLok if at all possible. I also hate a posi in the snow, but the only posi I ever owned was a 2wd truck, so I haven't experienced both a posi and 4wd at the same time.

you can find SMS's thread in the Vendor's section of the classifieds.

crap, I didn't even think about that when I was at the 'yard.

junkyard wars again. make a new truck look old. you've got 2 hrs.

good question. the postal Jeep I saw was 2wd.

I've got no idea what he means by that. should be worth it to go find out though.

it was a ton of work, but it turned out spectacular

best update of them all

sweet find! I've got one too. I think it might even be a 96. I snagged the mint "passenger" (driver) seat too.

i mean, it depends entirely on what the plan is once it's at your house. resto? daily? gut it for a giant, fire-breathing V8? If I was looking for a resto to take to the local car shows, I'd totally jump on that. well, if we didn't already have the Z.

found a long enough break in the rain to mount the new fire extinguisher. a bit smaller than the last and tucked up higher so it no longer interferes with the passenger's leg.

pics of what you bought?

oh my...

tire imbalance can definitely trigger it. everything that can move should be suspected and inspected. have someone violently saw the steering wheel back and forth from 10oclock to 2oclock while you watch and feel every joint up front. pay close attention to the aforementioned track bar bracket for any movement (plus check for cracks in teh side of the frame between the track bar bracket and steering box). look at the balljoints and bushings too. if your control arms are original, it might be time to replace them because the rubber just gives up over time (I prefer the WJ lower arms). jack up one tire at a time and violently shake it (side to side, not in the rotation direction) with your hands at 9oclock and 3oclock, and then with your hands at 6oclock and 12oclock. use a crowbar to try and pry up the ball joints from the knuckle. any movement is bad. 9/3 shows problems in the wheel bearings, 6/12 in the balljoints. DW is a complicated thing that won't have a single source. it's a combination of small slop in things that leads to uncontrolled side to side oscillation of the tires that builds on itself with each lurch and thus tries to kill you. (comes with the territory of the suspension design). plus caster comes in to play with lifted Jeeps. fixing a single thing can sometimes bring it back under control juuuust enough to prevent the next event, but I always encourage replacing anything that is even remotely bad up front to get ahead of the problem.

honestly, my brain hadn't gotten that far ahead. the one side is a cup, so it should be straight forward. the other side is... partly open.

like something out of junkyard wars. "build a classic truck out of this modern truck. you've got one hour."

I know. I just want to add the newest VINs to the registry. but we did just that a few months ago and can't see a way to organize the list at all to isolate the newest entries.