you don't need to limit yourself to 98/99. all XJs up to and including 99 are high pinion. and they started using the bigger ujoints around ~95. but the ujoints and shafts can be easily swapped into earlier dana 30s too, including the CAD axles. It is a common upgrade to throw TJ shafts into an otherwise stock MJ dana 30. (all years of TJ have the bigger ujoints, but all TJ dana 30s are low pinion so the axle itself isn't an upgrade) there should be a writeup in the link in my sig.
yes, 3x4.
the hitch height is really only an issue because the Liberty has a super low hitch plus that spare tire is in the way. Just make sure the hitch is at a normal height and that the front of the trailer has enough weight on it for safe towing when empty. Oh, and check your local rules for custom trailer building if you haven't yet. Not all states allow home-built trailers to be registered and you're likely going to want that official "vin" number to sell it.
I'm exhausted so work on it will wait til tomorrow, but I did just remember that it had been doing weird things when he put it to sleep the past couple months. (like turning off instead of simply going to sleep). far as I know, the only new program in the last few months was TurboTax.
that is my fear. bios work terrifies me. my brain has a hell of a time keeping track of changes or menus. and last time I tried altering bios stuff, I... sorta screwed stuff up on my laptop.
my dad's laptop (win 7) will occasionally give the following error screen upon starting. if I yank the battery for a bit and replace it, the 'puter will boot like normal. thoughts?
yup, it's more or less what we thought would happen, just not as bad as we'd feared.
still, that's pretty ballsy to take teh words of a guy who clearly hates the gladiator and make it sounds like he can't get enough of it.