Pete M

I bought a cheap stick welder and tack my stuff together for a local pro to finish up. it lets me build what I want, but know that it's strong.

old is what that is. though I'd wager that Minuit could adapt in an AUX port

"spread the springs"?

it's a blender for making smoothies on the trail

our liberty has the 242 and it's been in awd mode for 99% of its life. (the other bit being 4wd low)

me too good times with good friends in the rocky mountains!

you should lock the CAD no matter what you do.

more like 84-2001 TJs and YJs too. unless the owner has done a compression test, chances are slim the actual block is the problem.

even the fenders aren't "necessary". the old fenders just won't quite match in the corner where they meet the new header. It's purely an aesthetic reason. same with the doors. people like to upgrade for the full look and they can go as far as they wish. . should be some writeups in the link in my sig.

car-part.com can help with junkyard searches. be sure to search for multiple years sine the site lists purely by part number and those changed now and again even though the trans can still be used. TJ/YJ stuff can also be used with some mods.

welcome to the internet and also, less filling!

such are the ups and downs of meet-n-greets. I'd love to be there too. I won't have an MJ, but it's not that much out of the way if I'm driving up north. maybe I can even get the lift and tires on the libby by then.

well.... I guess it'll... um, keep the dust down? Hard finding a silver lining for that one. it sucks at least you can laugh at it.

my Peugeot never left me stranded either! after it blew a hole out the side of the case and drained itself of fluid I was still able to drive 20 some miles home (although some gears made an ear splitting noise and eventually I was stuck in 3rd for the last few miles). 2wd and I was just cruising along at 45 in rush hour traffic at the time.

finally retired my old redtop optima this past fall. about 12 years of service (8 in various jeeps/cars and 4 in the lawn tractor). not bad for a blem I picked up at significant discount. too bad they don't seem to make them like they used to.

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stock shocks will be fine.

stock trucks can have fun at the badlands. but I would suggest recovery points front/rear before getting too crazy.

for a front axle, 3.73s are common in ZJs and TJs (as long as you're ok with a low pinion dana 30)

another vote for the liberty here. the one under my '07 is actually a couple inches wider than stock MJ stuff and would help push the rear tires out to look "right".

old trucks are just that, old. they need extra care (and money) to be all they can be. just a fact of life. the hope is that the fun times still outweigh the work. and that ratio can switch in a hurry after a couple particularly bad gut punches. You just need to endure. Remember that a lot of it is in your mind. dwelling on the negative can make bad things much worse. I try to focus on the positive side by planning the next mods. Upgrades are fun. Repairs are not. oh, did my alternator die? well clearly now I need a higher output one! is my t-case toast? Well let me tally up the upgrades I can do while it's out of the truck (wider chain, bigger gears, SYE, maybe a 242 instead?) Even if I never end up doing them, my brain maintains a level of excitement that doesn't come from boring repairs.

I think they're going to need more cold patch for this particular pot hole...

skip to 21:40 for liftoff. booster landing was epic