Pete M

one of these? that would be rare indeed.

indeed. sexy as hell!

I know china is big on larger back seat areas in their cars.

only after a wreck.

random mods: MAP disconnected (they all work better without it) upgraded intercooler hoses back seat windows held up with duct tape and coat hanger (a common fail with a macgyver fix ) abs and trac control died and I've got no plans for fixing them makes it a blast to drive in the winter! the benefits of a 4banger turbo diesel with a v6-sized gas tank. and yes, I've gotten close to it before. and my pride and joy, an early 90s Jeep radio updated with an AUX port by Minuit also in view are the single din adapter that gives me a place to stash my phone, the plug for AUX, and my bracket for the trailer brake controller. added a 20" light bar and factory tow hooks

with some upcoming plans for the ol' girl I figured I should start a build thread and cover some of the earlier mods. Bought from the original owners in 07, she's done well to me for 190k miles now. specs as of January 2018: 2.8L turbo diesel 242 t-case (pretty much permanently put into awd mode unless I need low range) 235/70r16 tires some rust, not too bad. LED running/brake lights (still conventional blinkers) 20" light bar in front bumper planned mods: more stereo upgrades small lift 255/75/r16 tires TJ moab wheels front bumper/winch more lights first up are some boring pictures to show off her haulin' prowess. she's a mini-brute for pulling trailers around. I'd wager I've got 50k miles of trailer towing with her. maybe more. after driving MI-FL-MI in an extended weekend. the only shot I have of her on a trip while flat-towing the 88. bringing home the camper (MI to GA) draggin' the 88 from MI to GA (fyi: uhaul trailers suck and I later found out I could have paid someone to haul it for me for about the same money) and with my newest trailer

I can't have them exposed like this because of the plethora of tools rolling around back there, but I think once Minuit gets into adding his pre-amp outputs, I may have to take a look at using the tailgate (which is essentially a giant box) for some woofers.

dreaming of adding a second or third engine block heater right about now... with any luck she'll start friday morning and I can drive south. got some more radio upgrades waiting for install when I get there.

I very much want one, I've just been waiting on the auto-resizing picture code to be up and running before taking any more steps.

I didn't get to see much football, but was "fortunate" enough to catch Michigan completely collapse in the second half. if I remember right there were 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles and 23 unanswered points. daaaammmmnnn!

one small benefit to the cold pushing south is that I should easily be able to bring a tub of snow to georgia for my nephews on friday.

rounded stud? it's been a minute (or a decade) since I did it and I'm not sure what you mean.

I flipped mine, but I was also replacing them anyways since I added a leaf in tot he pack. I used grade 8 cap screws from Lowes.

yeah, I noticed that too last night. weird. I'm getting some normality today though.

I don't know, I kinda like Kenseth. when the he plowed the #22 (Lagano) into the wall in the playoffs last year it was a highlight of the decade.

combine that with the fuel line and you're golden! I may have to steal that idea (pun intended )

oh, and if you do a simple inline switch, you'll need to remember to turn it off each time or else it won't work as a deterrent. the switch will need to be located in a spot that is both easy to reach for you, but hard to find for anyone else. but since you're not using it as the cranking switch, it can be somewhere that is easy to reach as you get into the truck or before your buckle up.

you need to tap into a line that is important for the truck to run. I suggest the fuel pump line where it connects to the inline resistor in the engine bay on the dr side inner fender. (whitish ceramic thing about 3" long with 2 wires coming out of it) Disconnecting here will allow the truck to start, but cause it to die after a couple seconds (the resistor is there for reduced noise from the pump and the computer by passes it at startup). unlike a traditional killswitch that makes the truck not start at all and then the thief think to look for a switch, this will make your truck look like just a pile of crap and maybe he'll go away without any more damage than your doorlock and ignition.

I can't see your first one

WJ arms won't be long enough for a 4.5" lift

both methods will work just fine. more often than not the choice seems to boil down to things like price or condition of the OEM leaf packs rather than some sort of concrete advantage of one over the other.

it's more an example than a recommendation, but it's hard to do worse than the factory craziness.

I'm a microsoft paint kind of guy, so I can sympathize. eventually it'll all happen automatically. it's close, but it's not here yet. there's got to be a way to do it with your phone.

everyone should have a killswitch somewhere. at least then the truck might remain behind as they steal stuff from it. thieves suck.

are your photos bigger than 1.95mb? eventually we will have code in place to automatically shrink uploaded photos, but it's not quite finished.