Pete M

solved! doesn't much matter how ya got there as long as success is at the finish line.

that is an amazing survivor! car show season is coming up

part of me assumed it was a cracked lens but that... is most definitely... broken.

There is another version out there that is clear when looking from behind, but the plastic obscures it if looking from an angle. so any cop right bhind you can see it, but anything from the side of the road cannot (i.e. the auto-cameras that all cop cars have these days).

SOLVED!! I asked a KJ group and it's an amp associated with the door speakers. I shall now go and rename the image so as to not go through this again in a couple weeks.

I don't spend much time online with Dakota things. Mostly MJ and KJ and it's not something I remember seeing in either Jeep. but it still could be KJ. I haven't dived into every single nook and cranny just yet.

I literally just jacked up the front tires (as close to the tire as I could get the 2 jacks) 'til they were juuuuust off the ground, set the steering wheel to straight, and eyeballed the outer edges of the rear tires and then compared to the fronts. drivers side was just a hint of tow, pass side had a lot of toe. I tweaked it until it matched the drivers side. took it for a test drive and all felt fine. pulled back in to the drive and kept the wheel straight as I stopped. got out and eyeballed again and it looked same as before (this is important since jacking up from the lower arms tweaks the camber for sure and maybe the toe too). both tires have a hint of toe. Before I head north later this weak I might break out a tape measure. if it stops raining I can maybe snap a pic for ya.

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what you see is what I have. random picture that I've had on the desktop hoping that I'd remember why it was there. welcome to my world.

I've pushed the toe out on the pass side and now the steering wheel is correct and it tracks in a straight line. let's here it for life's little victories.

if you're talking about putting the wrangler stuff into the MJ, yes, the wrangler t-case will be clocked up a bit, but no you won't have to redrill if you don't want to. I've got a wrangler AX15/231 in mine and it cleared barely but it cleared and now I get the benefit of extra ground clearance. a few guys needed to hit the floorboards with a big hammer, but even then it's nothing crazy. you will want to source yourself an XJ/MJ AX-15 crossmember and shifter plus shifter tower. I've got the TJ shifter in mine and it's doable, but the bends put it right up at the dash in 1st/3rd.

gotta have patience the right one is out there. It just might not be for sale just yet. springtime is house sellin' time (I've been told)

in failure, yes.

and a bump since I didn't realize it'd get kicked to page 3.

it's called: what is this and why is it on my desktop. I don't have the part (that I know of), just a photo. on my desktop. for reasons I no longer remember.

well done! when you're ready, I'll move it over to the DIY forum and add it to the master list.

that's a sexy Jeep right there.

I split/moved your last post over to tech so more eyes will see it.

nice!

score!

success! but I've run out of daylight so I'll wrap it up tomorrow.

life is full of fun little setbacks. This is a pic of the inner end of the 2 tierods. it would appear that '05 KJs have different steering parts than '06. well, at least now I can put the original in a vice to see if I can free it up.

whoops, I mean the entire axle shaft since my original one doesn't seem to want to split into its 2 pieces. thankfully There's no opening of the diff to do all this.

in today's adventure we celebrate how nice it is to have a spare drivetrain lying around. Stole these from the spare CRD pile o' parts to fix my shaft damaged boot and adjust my alignment a bit. also on the docket is replacing the rear bump stops with some junkyard bits in better shape.

I promise, you don't want to try and salvage stock floors. they are... in there. like with a million spot welds. I'd much rather start scratch with sheetmetal and a hammer.