Pete M

no apology necessary. we love to see updates on the old iron, even if they've been chillin' in the side yard. if you need anything, just let us know.

yeah, those are loooooong gone

when in doubt, be sure to quote one of his posts or type @ and then his screen name as Jesse did and he should get an email alert.

I went through and edited some of the more common coding errors for example, you don't have a 5spd auto, as Chrysler reused that code on a later Jeep.

Neat! But did it always have that weird dash badge? That's not the correct one.

The explorer is an inch more narrow than stock MJ, the Liberty is a couple wider. I like the Liberty because the extra width accommodates the MJ's wide backside (that's why the rear tires always look "tucked" compared to an XJ). Both are good axles. If you're lucky, car-part.com might be able to find you a 4.10 liberty axle. They only came under 4banger gas libbys in certain years. 3.73 is infinitely more common. '02 libbys have drums so avoid those.

I can't say no to an MJ meet up

nice!

and you can add a small angled shim later if it's off enough to cause vibrations

my dakota had 3.92s and was an absolute demon. I'd go 4.10s to bring on the smiles (though I'd also never spend that coin on a 35. invest your cash in a better axle to upgrade. ) the Explorer 8.8 can be had with 4.10s and posi. the MJ/XJ 44 is a great choice too, as is the Liberty 8.25 or 97+ XJ 8.25. all either come with disks or can be easily converted with junkyard parts.

how badly are they damaged? there's a company called Key Parts that's rolling out replacement lenses for Comanches, though we don't have a timeline yet.

gearing will make all the difference

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I edited out the common coding mistakes. for example, you don't have rack and pinion steering. that's a reused code.

check with https://www.phoenixgraphix.com/amc/8792jcmp.php

I'd rather have the 20 just as strong and way cooler looking

The hood catch bits can be found in any xj 87-96 for sure and maybe even 97-01 too but I don't know for sure. 87-90 wranglers still had the carbed 4.2 and in 91 they got the 4.0 HO so a surprising small amount of their parts are useful to us.

Nice! you're getting spoiled with all the interior space

As in a screenshot of the old formats? I don't think I ever thought ahead to save such a thing. maybe Google saved something? the 2005 forums would have looked similar to what you see now (assuming you're using a laptop since clearly the mobile version didn't exist yet) but with a different truck image in the corner. The Yahoo groups were an email based system so essentially all I looked at most days was my hotmail.

"Fulltime"? could be considered that. "Job"? no. Jobs earn money. This a passion/hobby. I give my energy when I find some. But I can't hand out free beds. The parts side of the hobby has to at least break even.

figured it out. this is the group: "Jeep Cherokee XJ For Sale, parts, and Lifts"

got it back into the driveway successfully. I imagine that means at least nothing is outright broken. but I never let it come to a stop in gear (locked up at the exact moment I stopped last time). but whatever. I'm not going to be able to really dig into it for a couple weeks and am happy it both moved under its own power and is back on concrete. baby steps.