Pete M

I'm unfamiliar with that brand. I ask because I had a Fram fail on me and leave me with 0 oil pressure a few years ago.

what brand filter?

far as I know, the news station got a tip that some of the guys at the plant were doing it again. they weren't picking on Chrysler, just checkin' out a tip that panned out. maybe it's just that their parking lot is out in the open. :dunno: also, the trenton plant is further from the city of Detroit than me. it's comfortably in the 'burbs. but all of michigan sucks for jobs.

I'd be happy i I can somehow get the 88 out of the garage by friday. :rotf:

if anyone has a portable socket set or torx set, I'd bring that with ya. :thumbsup: some of mine are MIA and it's good to have a duplicates of common tools anyway. also, I seem to be missing 3 lug nuts. :hmm: Rob, remember to try and grab a chain saw. :cheers:

I wouldn't sink money into a peugeot if you paid me to do it. :D have you tried car-part.com? for 400 bucks I can probably buy a whole Jeep. in fact, my 4wd 90 was only 300.

there are a dozen locations for water to get in to our trucks. I used the baby powder trick to find mine. sprinkle it around in the suspect area and hit the truck with the hose. the water will make little trails through the powder, allowing you to backtrack to the source. :thumbsup: no guarantees though, as sometimes it takes real rain to cause the leak (or in the case of the one leak in my 88, rain and wind from a certain direction). or it might be like my 86, where the windshield seal was leaking at the top and the water was traveling inside the A-pillar and down to the floor. might never have found that one if the A-pillar trim wasn't missing.

reverse light switch?

If you're talking about my house, I don't much care when you get here, don't much care when you leave. :D It's not like I have a life or anything. I just hope I can get the garage and house in order before anyone sees the state it's in. :doh: gimme a ring when you get close. :thumbsup: and speaking of which, anyone coming should pm me for an address and phone number. what are we doing for food/drink? There's a Coney Island a few blocks away but I don't know if you guys want to go out for food every meal. Pizza is always an option. :D also I have a grill. need to know what to stock the fridge with.

sweet. :D I've arranged for a canopy to cover the driveway this weekend. :thumbsup:

I've seen other late model XJs that had rust issues on the roof but nowhere else. I'm starting to think it was a factory defect issue (like the paint on my 00 dakota).

really? should have gotten it by now. :( give a few more days and if it doesn't show up, lemme know and I'll send out another. :thumbsup:

have you installed the shackles yet? my guess is that they either are 2" longer than stock, or that they would have lifted an XJ (which has shorter stock shackles) 2". longer shackles only give half their added length in lift. i.e. shackles 2" longer than stock MJ units will give 1" of lift. So to give 2" of lift, they would need to be 4" longer than stock and if memory serves me right, that would be a shackle over 9" long. what condition are your leafs in? If you can get some main leafs from an S-10 for cheap, you might as well just try it all and see what happens. might work out fine. :dunno:

what are you doing up front?

if you spend 3 and a half days in the blazing georgia summer painting the outside of a house and then blow it all on a huge chunk of NOS MJ sheetmetal that you never intend to actually use on an MJ. :yes:

lift from an S-10 leaf should be minimal. they have about the same amount of arch as an MJ leafpack.

alternators/generators do not make use of "wasted" energy in that sense, they cause drag which counteracts any power gains. :thumbsup:

if anyone wants to take a commercial flight, I can pick you up at Detroit Metro Airport no problemo. :thumbsup: It's an easy drive from my house.

I've been running an open system rad for years on my closed system 88. :thumbsup: the only difference I could find was the open syst has a radiator cap hanging off the rad (which made filling the system much easier).

and CAD.

and shocks. if anyone has some non-dead shocks I could really use some (truck has none).

and the rockers are pretty much just fiberglass (previous owner was a boat repair guy). I'm contemplating adding rocker guards (like the ones on the 88) to help keep the 90 in one piece, but that doesn't have to happen anytime soon.

if someone has a better plan for the floor, I'm all ears. :thumbsup: but the truck needs way more than that to be solid again so my plan was to essentially do the least amount of work to make it less of a flintstone mobile. also, I have a good friend in need of some work done to her new-to-her 96 XJ. needs a radiator and full gauge cluster with the right engine sensors (and some other minor stuff).

oh, and the 90 will need a new bumper after day 1. :D

the perches are on the axle and it's already bolted up under my 88. just need the things burned on. tacking would even be ok and then I can putter on down to the pros. if someone could bring a good welder, I have some exhaust issues on the 90 that I'm prepared to weld together in a permanent fashion. the list so far: 90: -wire harness issues like the bad fusebox - Pat was going to bring me a whole new harness, but sine he's not coming, I guess I could steal the harness outta the half-a-jeep in the garage (was really hoping to use that in the 88 but the 90 is far worse off) -exhaust - got a dual exhaust setup that was swiped from a junkyard MJ, but it's doesn't fit very well and the studs on the exhaust manifold snapped off. I'm prepared to weld the whole thing in place and call it a day but I do have a spare exhaust manifold on that half-a-jeep. -the throttle return spring on the throttlebody is broken -U-joints need to be installed in the rear driveshaft. (i have the tool) -replace dr side window crank -I don't have a shifter jack of linkage for the 242 I installed. I'm prepared to leave it in AWD forever if it came to it. -needs a floor constructed (I have a "plan" involving glue and screws and galvanized sheetmetal) 88: -perches need to be burned on -brake issue (lose all firmness in pedal when engine is running) I have a double booster to install if it turns out the original is bad -I have a Durango steering box if someone is up for that.