Pete M

If it's an automatic behind a 4.0, then it's an AW-4. :thumbsup:

and fyi it is generally considered poor taste in the internet world to bump your post so quickly. just so you know. :thumbsup:

A Chiltons or Haynes manual should give you the step-by-step on yanking the trans. :thumbsup: I don't know of a writeup online for the 2.8/auto. I agree with Eagle that this is more or less a bandaid on an old engine. If one plug goes, the others are likely well on their way. if it was my rig, I'd yank the engine for a low mileage 3.1/3.4. Same level of work, but it should give many years of trouble-free service afterwords. :thumbsup:

Got mine! :cheers:

dunno yet. Been out of town for weeks now. Will be home later today though. :D

No need to get that crazy. You just need to jack up the passenger front tire. Fire up the truck (so there's plenty of vacuum), and shift into 4wd. if the CAD is engaged, the tire won't spin. if the CAD is disengaged, the tire will spin freely. :thumbsup:

I like it. :thumbsup: Though I do miss that green color. favorite MJ color ever. :yes: don't let yourself get too worked up over it Rob, the unicorn can always be repainted. There' a big difference between a survivor and a restoration. Once it's no longer a survivor, it can be whatever the current owner wants and it's still the same truck, a restored 92 MJ. If you won the lotto and bought it back, you could always just redo the restoration. I'm ecstatic that the time and effort was put into it rather than letting it rot away or get crushed.

The speed limit. :D Seriously though, it won't affect anything unless your front driveshaft U-joints are bad. :thumbsup:

simplest and fastest fix for your predicament might be just getting a functional 2.5L block and swapping that in. :thumbsup: any FI Jeep 2.5L can be a donor.

sorry. guess I was thinking about southeast Michigan weather. we tend not to see salt 'til late December, if then.

I'd love to do something this fall, but my schedule has me going back and forth between GA and MI so I don't yet know when I could. :dunno: Early November might be sweet.

4wd is controlled by your t-case. all the CAD mod does is make your Jeep like any later Jeep. They got rid of the silly thing in the early 90s. :thumbsup: The only possible downfall is that if your front driveshaft has a bad U-joint, you'll know it. Not really a bad thing though, since you should replace a bad ujoint anyways.

chances are good it's your CAD messing up. best bet is to rid yourself of its drama once and for all: :thumbsup: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18415

3" kits are designed to work with a 3" lift. you're looking at a 5.5 inch lift. you're going to want a 5.5" lift kit. :thumbsup:

yup. it's been done (I remember seeing a latemodel XJ conversion done with taillights included), but you'll need some good steel fabbin' skills to make it look factory.

found some shift tools online... :D

man that looks like fun!

Welcome to the South, my friend. At least you have a decent garage though :brows: I got no trees, and no garage. Just a pile of dirt and some stumpy grass to lay and wrench on. :wrench: Better than concrete though. Here in GA I've made peace with the droning noise of a box fan. :yes: instant breeze!

as many as it takes to keep them out of the scrapyards. :thumbsup:

yes, just plug it at the t-case and you'll be fine. :thumbsup: How does this CAD work? You apply vacuum to engage the front axle, and if you cut vacuum it disengages? So if I install the disconnect upside down, the "lack of vacuum" wil engage the axle? No, the CAd fork wants to be in the one posistion (probably held there by a spring). If you do as Bounty says, part of it is removing all the vacuum lines. no vacuum will be applied to anything anymore. :thumbsup:

The XJ straight and MJ buckets have the same straight sliding track parts. the only difference is the floor brackets (MJs and XJ have very different floorpans under the seats).

corrosion in the wires?

94 then :thumbsup:

I would still buy a good set of curved-track seats, but I wouldn't install them without the straight tracks from another jeep.

have you taken it to an auto parts place to have it tested?