Pete M

ok, I'm back in michigan and have some wifi. to expand on the first post, the ABS/tractioncontrol/cruise has been out for years now (with the lights on the dash). I prefer the abs to be gone, but I do miss cruise control so last week I did some testing just for the hell of it and I unplugged the abs computer in order to check continuity in the sensor wires (seems I have a break in the pass/rear). that was it though. just unplugged it and plugged it back in, that's it (that I know of at least). fuses are fine. She drives fine and idles fine and everything seems fine until you ask it for higher rpms. I have the upgraded fuel filter head and it hasn't hiccuped or anything. When it comes to codes, a trip to the dealership is always required with this Jeep. and if I remember right, last time I had to go to a specific dealership with the big scanner. I'll be getting codes later this week and will update.

I popped the neg terminal off during a rest area stop but didn't do anything to drain the caps. I'll try that this morning.

the mode where it functions normally-ish but tops out around 3200 rpm whether in gear ir neutral. sounds/feels fine and drove all the way to attica so i'll be wheeling it tomorrow, but this is irritating. the limp mode seems to correspond with the brake (!) light that came after I was trying in vain the fix the abs system the other day. thoughts? i've got very limited cell coverage do I can't properly research anything today. maybe in the morning I can stab at stuff before we all meet up.

what time is your get together? I ask because our family things don't usually start until lunchtime.

\ we get some looks, that's for sure.

all packed up and ready to hit the roads in the morning. next stop: Badlands!

thanks just crawled underneath and there's no tag on the diff. open to any more ideas for identifying age on the half-a-jeep. by the way HAFAJEEP was going to be my licence plate if I registered it in georgia. Michigan doesn't allow personalized plates for trailers, but they do offer forever plates and free-for-the-rest-of-its-life was too good to pass up, so I went with that.

I agree. that'll come with the next round of upgrades as money allows. (along with work lights, functional license plate lights, turbines, and maybe a better truck box)

someday I'd like to do some racing in my dakota rt. It'll be in the bone-stock class though.

made it a uniform color

I've got a couple nice ones. but I can't reconcile the non-originality in my head. It' just looks... off. but if you've got a non-nice one. something that's too far gone to ever be put back on a truck (I'll be drilling a couple holes in it), I might take that. I'm thinking of moving the one I've got to the side of the truck box.

dana 35, but I can't know for sure if it's original. Heck, I had to supply the leaf springs when I picked it up. I was thinking of upgrading to a dana 44... you know... for strength purposes.

it's shocking how much rust is there for a colorado/georgia trailer. wish I could find a way to track it's history.

couldn't wait. ran outside with a flashlight and found that the endcaps were molded in 87. for whatever that's worth. also, there's a big owl in the tree.

oh I promise, you don't want this particular trailer. the internal bedside rust is rampant and has just started popping pinholes under the flares. she's lead a hard life. but I just remembered that I wanted to pull a build date off one of the mangled rear bumper's endcaps. I'll put that on my list for tomorrow.

and the finished product. should look great rolling down the road.

made some tiedown points. there's a big washer under the bedliner and I opened up the hole in the plastic for the nut. now the liner can move a bit and not buckle in the sun, but it is securely attached and won't blow away (again).

excellent!

is a stock MJ too tall? or is it your MJ that is too tall?

I imagine 2wd 2.5 would have to be the shortest are you measuring the tire diameter? or the height of the top of the tire off the pavement (presuming there's a truck squishing it down). are you trying to lower your truck 5"? cause that's a 10" reduction in tire diameter. at that point I think you're just driving around on rims.

awesome! be sure to start yourself a build thread.

yes. changing wheels can change the track width.

tire size will not change track width as the tire will want to be centered on the rim. what was wrong with the 195/45?

I've decided to go with a single emblem (I only have one that's already damaged) and screwing it to the front of the box to one side.