Pete M

all MJ years had buckets available. someone can correct me if I'm remembering this wrong, but I think only the Eliminator package came with buckets-only, no bench. Everything else would have a bench standard and buckets as an option. there's no need to limit yourself to MJ buckets unless you're doing a restoration. there are hundreds of Jeeps/trucks/cars in the junkyards around you that can donate their seats to your MJ.

specifically those were: a ground right by the fuel pump, a big general dash ground right to the battery, and a new block-to-battery ground. next up is a fresh ground for the blower motor. brand new copper wires are a great path for electricity. old painted sheet metals, corroded wiring, self tapping screws, etc... not so much.

without knowing any specifics, I can tell you that more grounds is always better. I have added at least 3 to my old 88 so far just to make the thing work right.

new ones are available if you can't find a used one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bishko-OEM-Maintenance-Owners-Manual-Bound-for-Jeep-Comanche-1988/273446646817?fits=Year%3A1988|Model%3AComanche&epid=519294459&hash=item3faab0b421:g:kxsAAOSwrhNceOW8

couldn't quite make the corner I guess.

honestly I wouldn't touch the innards (aside from pulling the valve cover for a quick inspection). the cause of the running rich isn't likely an internal issue.

see my post in the pub. a bunch of us are looking to get together near Pueblo for a trail ride.

feel the burn seriously looked like a lot of fun

what are the compression, leakdown and oil pressure numbers?

love it!

I'm totally down for that.

anything that's not the factory MJ/XJ arm is better for tire clearance. It's that dang lip on the side of stock arms that's just a lug grabber

how long does it run before dying? are you absolutely, 100%, super-duper certain you got all of the factory XJ harness grounds re-grounded?

be prepared that you might need to wait in a line (hopefully a digital line rather than physical) just to get into the land. Disneyland just doesn't have the crowds that are ever-present at Disney World. If word got out that the land was empty, there are 10s of thousands of people already on property that can switch their plans and flood into DHS. If you feel lucky you can try and snag a reservation at Oga's Cantina and that will guarantee you access into starwarsland like a hour before. We managed to get one for a later trip when the second ride should be open.

so... all those people that say they want me to visit... you might want to send me a PM with an address and phone number.

we recently discovered a Florida state park that's very near WDW and costs a whopping $30 a night for a campsite with electricity/water. Disney can keep their $300/ night hotel rooms. oh, and we've found the refillable popcorn bucket to be a screaming deal (especially if you just bring your bucket from last time and just pay for the refills )

favorite? as in just one? I couldn't possibly narrow it down that far. I've got plenty of albums in my favs I could listen to on repeat.

Can't kill my joy at all. I couldn't care less whether they lost money or not. They probably need to learn a lesson here anyways. we figured it out a long time ago that Disney is waaaaay cheaper if you simply don't buy any of their stuff. (At least not on property that is. my mom has quite a collection of Mickey ears and hats that were all found over the years at local resale shops for like a buck each instead of $30 a pop.) we bring our own food and drinks and just don't do any of those expensive parties and crap.

so I'm sure some of you have heard of Disney's new star wars lands. well the florida version is opening end of August and I heard they were having previews ahead of opening day (castmember, passholder, press, etc). I've been watching the opening of the Cali one closely (not everything went smoothly) and was curious as to how the soft openings were going to be held in disney world. so one day I got an email from Disney about all the hoopla (I'm a passholder so I get a lot of emails). I clicked on it hoping for some details to satiate my curiosity and got stuck in their stupid auto-queue instead. whatever. so I walked away to do something more useful and forgot about it for a couple hours. came back later to find the screen was asking me to sign in. excellent, now I'll get some info! well, sorta. turns out I was given 3 spots (me and my folks) for the evening of Aug 20th. wait, what just happened? Talked to my folks about it and they were way more into it than I had thought and suddenly we're making plans to haul the camper 16 hrs round trip for a whopping 3 days of florida summer. thank goodness the trailer has A/C! So next week I'm sure you can look forward to a plethora of pics of the engineering and architectural details of a billion dollar project. maybe a shot of Chewie too. I admit I'm a little bit geeked for this.

good stuff in there I gravitate towards the more bluesy jazz but good music is good music

managed to snag a big ol truck battery of proper size at the second yard I went to. the R/T fires right up and works like a charm. now to find a buyer.

30s 40s 50s that sort of thing. spotify is just full of neat playlists.

ouch. that might be rough.

car-part.com can help with your junkyard searches. be sure to search for different years, as the site lists purely by part number and that changed over the years even though the parts still swap fine.

all day?