Pete M

always loved that MJ. one of my favs build thread, build thread, build thread! you need one in order to qualify for MJ of the Month!

whoa! a new free engine?!

personally I would tap the holes rather than trust the 30 year old screws to still do their job.

hell yeah it is

love it!

a tougher rear axle will solve this issue. they all have longer pinion snouts.

ouch. that' could buy a lot of Comanches. It was pretty sweet though

42rle? isn't that the transmission found in '03+ Libertys? If so, there are lots of them out there doing fine, but seem to have a higher failure rate than the previous automatic found in '02s and CRDs. But the data is spotty and scarce. so I get the feeling that this is like the Dana 35 and Peugeot and it'll be a never ending disagreement between people that have had issues vs those that are still working fine. It's a shame we can't do legit studies on them to see what the failure rates are or what part fails first and why. maybe it's a single cause, like a batch of poorly manufactured clutches. Or the aforementioned possible computer error that shifts too soon but doesn't show itself except under certain driving conditions. I love failure analysis.

aren't the ebrake cables attached to the bed? I don't think those are going to stretch a whole lot.

that sounds like fun! I'm on my way over to the youtube now...

are you talking about the rubber belt line trim? there's a guy in the venders section of the classifieds that is reproducing them.

looks fantastic I didn't even notice at first.

awesome!

trying to go through my stockpile and refurb them for selling. It's easy enough to do a quickie test of gauges by installing them in the truck for a hot second, but every single LED has a 50-50 shot at being backwards and I'd rather work through all that in the comfort of the A/C in the house all this comfort is brought to me by this little guy. what a fabulous invention!

you can swap 84-87 with 87-90 by keeping the old clip style from your old cluster and putting it on the new one. but 87-90 are waaaaay more common to find in 6cyl (which is important to have an accurate tach). the tach in most clusters is technically adjustable, but it's a pain in the butt (it's a little pot on the backside of the guage) and I'm not even sure if all years can do that. every one that I've opened up can be tweaked, but I've heard not all can.

all cable through 90. though 84 to early 87 had a slightly different clip style for the cable.

88 was peugeot for sure. march of 89 was the changeover

that is also on my list, but for later. I'll be using my right hand drive cluster and trim. maybe a radio too!

holy crap! I just noticed they are numbered on the connector! now I don't need to rely on my counting skills. safer that way for sure.

thanks! it's mildly scary that you have that memorized

technically the harness side but I can figure it out from there. the goal is to simplify my life by using a junkyard connector to power up a cluster and check for LED polarity correctness. it's a serious pain in the butt to do that in the truck or one LED at a time when you're doing 7 or 8 clusters worth.

my googling has left me frustrated.

the blue one in my photo is the 87-90 and that post is where the cable attaches