Pete M

I'd ignore the knock and drive it til it dies. :yes: then swap in a junkyard block. There's no telling how long the old Jeep engines can go. it might never die on you. :dunno:

if the buckets came from an MJ, then they will go right in with no mods needed. :thumbsup: fyi, the female ends of the seatbelts in a buckets truck will have a sheath that keeps it from falling to the floor.

I "should" have them late next week. :dunno: do you have a deadline?

windows are only one of the common leak points. Windshield, door seals, any of the myriad of firewall holes, heck pretty much anything that possibly could leak has lead to water under the carpet. best to check them all. :yes: I've had good success with using baby powder sprinkled around to locate leaks. the water will trickle through the powder and leave trails that lead back to the source. :thumbsup:

sorry. was bored. :dunno:

and yes, I got bored waiting for my ride today. :yes:

yup, just connect them together securely. :thumbsup:

also, if you have any issues with the leaf spring bolts and need new ones, they are the same as lower control arm bolts (which tend to be in better shape at the junkyards) :thumbsup:

not regular chevy shackles you want the drop shackles, which are longer. any parts store should have them. :thumbsup:

well, I sure hope enough of you guys want 'em, 'cause I'm going to have a whole lot of them in a week or so. :ack:

the voltmeter and switches arrived today. :D working on a plan for some front recovery points: and you knew this was coming... :yes:

never have I worked so hard for so little...

3" starts to need all sorts of stuff (longer track bar, shocks, brakelines, etc). 2" just needs spacers and either an AAL rear or the chevy shackle. :thumbsup: and 31s can be run on a stock MJ as long as you stick with Jeep rims so a whole 3" isn't needed.

:hmm: shows up for me. :dunno: nothing special, just a map of the roman empire circa 337 ad.

mounted a "spare" tire (it's only a 10 incher), real taillights (not wired up yet), and fabbed a hitch for the eventual trailer. added some pieces of plywood to support the hitch and spare. later they will be swapped out for something more weather resistant. and wrapped the main hoop with foam.

AX-5s should be easy to find. any 2.5 from 84-whenever they died, on any MJ/XJ/TJ/YJ will work. try car-part.com and be sure to search for various years of the various models. there are slight changes hear and there that might change the part number (car-part only searches by part number) but any year will work. :thumbsup:

then it'll bolt up. :thumbsup: I know you'll need the trans wire harness. hopefully someone more knowledgeable will provide specifics. but be prepared that the auto trans is notorious for sapping what little power the 2.5 can muster. there's a reason why Jeep killed it off while the rest of the country was killing off the manual transmission.

is the auto trans from a 4.0L or 2.5L?

uh-oh...

factory Jeep ones are best. :thumbsup:

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