Pete M

be sure not to crush any brakelines. :thumbsup:

nope. nor do I know of any that would help.

just spitballin' here, but in my head the only way to rev that high that fast is for gobs and gobs of air to get into the engine. so either there is a massive vacuum leak or the throttle body is stuck open. :dunno: which computer system are you using? HO or Renix?

http://comancheclub.com/topic/37727-how-to-post-pictures/ :thumbsup:

comanche and cherokee labels are irrelevant here. the year of the jeep matters most when talking about wholesale swapping of drivetrains and wire harnesses. :thumbsup: XJs and MJs are practically identical in each particular year. only real difference is the rear wiring harness and there are plenty of writeups on how to adapt XJ harness to MJ taillight wirings.

ZJ and TJ dana 30 front axles will swap right in, but they are low pinion and I don't think they ever had 4.10 gears. your 500 budget should be able to get yourself a 4.10 XJ dana 30 front. you just need to find one. :thumbsup:

AX-5s and AX-4s came behind 2.5L2.8/2.1 engines. AX-15s and Peugeots came behind 4.0 engines the model of Jeep matters not, just the bolt pattern of the engine inside (2.5s have a different pattern than 4.0s). :thumbsup: try car-part.com for junkyard searches. be sure to search for a variety of model years because the website lists thing by part number and those change over the years. later is better, but the early years can be upgraded with the later shafts with the bigger ujoints. brakes have changed in the MJ/XJ dana 30 over the years, but not in any substantial way.

likely it will not. if I remember right, the 8.8 was pretty rare under a ranger, where as every Explorer 96-01 will have an 8.8 and disk brakes. and 4.10 gears are pretty common. try car-part.com for a junkyard search. don't forget that v6 and v8 models have identical axles, just the outside bracketry changed (which you're going to cut off anyways) so be sure to search for both.

don't ever spend money on a dana 35. invest your cash into an axle that will last. :thumbsup:

far as I know, the bolt patterns are different

ouch. I never thought it'd be that much. I would try another dealership.

not even the 5" deep bed?

I no longer have the MJ it was going into either. :( (nor the room to store it, the time to build it, or the cash to transport it, etc, etc) :( :( :(

:rotf:

was the truck on a level surface?

4.0? I'm pretty sure I read that any year of aw4 will work as long as you adapt it properly (mostly an electronics thing). could be wrong though. automatics were never my thing.

nope. never got my hands on the chevy. :(

common. wipers take away from the clean look that show cars go for.

seems the CL ad had been deleted so that first thread had been removed. not sure about the second. it works fine for me.

gotta a link or at least a title?

that's just too much french for any one vehicle. :D oh wait, any french is too much french... :(

my 88 pioneer did not have vent windows

the front suspension is identical to XJs and almost the same as your TJ so you'll be working with the same stuff. the rear is different but can be done cheap since you'll gain 5 inches or so from an SOA flip. some good ideas here: http://comancheclub.com/topic/43844-the-diy-700-off-road-capable-soa/

PCM = power control module = computer everything is computer controlled these days and so you need to tell the computer that the fog lights exist. :thumbsup:

I would replace the rms and keep going. :yes: nothing unique or even scary to me about your particular Jeep engine. :thumbsup: if it has good compression and good oil pressure, then in my opinion it's probably good for another 140k. . :MJ 1: .