Pete M

eww... and you say that's transmission fluid?

there's always this one. at least... I think that's an XJ under there...

always remember: safety 3rd! and practice, practice, practice!

the gauge clusters have, well, gauges. you will see the needles.

just some different frontends that I came across in searches for other things the last few days.

the brackets that touch the floor are different between the MJ and XJ because the floorpans are different. yes, MJ bench floor brackets are the same as MJ bucket floor brackets.

different transmissions used different crossmembers and different holes. are you using the crossmember from the XJ?

I've flat towed a handful of times and I just don't like it at all. the towed rig fights the tower far more than any trailer of dolly I've experienced. having said that, I've done it successfully. slow way down before every turn. I mean, like a lot. try not to brake at all during the turn if you can help it. a tow dolly will put some weight on the back of the MJ and some of them have brakes it's my preferred method.

I believe the chevy shackles lift about an inch or so. can't remember their actual measurement. they are a good match for a 2" puck lift up front since MJs usually have some rake in them.

as common as it is, welding is actually quite a dangerous hobby. burning hot things fly everywhere. the light is both blinding and (sun) burning. use all the protection, protect all the soft spots. no matter how many times you see someone welding in shorts and sandals on the internet, don't take any shortcuts yourself.

best laid plans... so the power washer was doing a fantastic job of removing the loose paint and then the head split and now it just dribbles water. so I'm off to the store for a wire wheel I guess... also, the hunter green I wanted to use clashes horribly with the Liberty's even darker green. soooo... I'm thinking a dark brown maybe?

you'll need an HO flywheel's tone ring to make the HO CPS work. there should be some HO swap info threads in the link in my sig.

and so here we are today. in the process of stripping it down for paint and some "shiny new" parts. I'd like to have it ship-shape for the PowWow on the 25th. If I can't bring a whole MJ, I can at least bring half of one.

the trailer is still looking kinda rough... but then I got lucky at the junkyard a while back:

not only does it not stay down, I actually lost it on the freeway on the way to pick up those tires. (obviously I was able to recover it, but I never did find the spare tire). If the trailer was empty while driving I put the spare tire in the bed near the front. and this had worked great for driving around town (max 55mph), but apparently on the long freeway drive the tire had shifted to the back and that was all it took to let air pressure suck it right out. whoosh! took the tire with it and flung both off to the side of the road (thankfully). Lesson learned I'm still not certain how I want to secure it, but I threw a couple clamps in the bedbox until I do.

then, like any good truck, I put her to work

soon after acquiring her I sorted out the bad wiring and managed to locate a drop-in bedliner that wasn't all cut up.

My longbed MJ trailer Here she is the day I got her. The bumper is pretzel, the tailights are cracked, the tailgate only opens with a screwdriver, the hitch is of the pintle variety, there are 3 coats of flaking paint and I had to supply my own leaf springs, but the price was right (free!) Title said she was built in colorado and I got her from a friend in georgia, but she isn't rust free so I don't know the rest of the story. Not even sure what year truck was cut up. (edit: the dates on the plastic bumper caps are 87, if they are original tot he truck) more or less it's an MJ sliced in half and a frame welded up front to make it a trailer.

and the tone ring (or whatever they called it back then) needs to match the new CPS.

My buddy bought a Mossberg Shockwave after watching one of his vids. It's a fun toy. (just don't call it a shotgun... which it totally isn't... according to the laws.. apparently... )

how much of the XJ's wiring did you grab? dash harness too? rear lights wiring? is the XJ still around to pull more stuff? are you swapping just the engine? or the trans too? essentially everything changed in 91 for the HO and the chrysler electronics. on the surface it all looks very similar, but Renix and Chrysler used different sensors and ran their wires different. so essentially everything needs to swap over to get the HO computer and the gauge cluster to work.

how come the stowaways on my Jeeps are always the stinging kind? nice find! edit: the Jeep, not the frog. but also the frog.

I love that headliner material! nice choice!

if the perches weren't moved to the MJ spacing, that XJ axle will ruin your leaf's bushings pretty quick.