MiNi Beast

I have one with a tree, i want to use this one, question is can I use this one, I'm not asking opinions on which one you think I should use based on weakness, thanks :thumbsup: as far as I can tell looking at it I should be able to use it and just pull the stick on it. So guess I'll look at mine in the cab tomorrow and go from there I guess.

thank you. Its not a pretty deal and is ongoing, but I do what I can. Yeah his screen name is Creeping Death from my local board, he is a great guy and has a sweet build going himself to a CJ. We are good wheeling buddies. :cheers: And yeah welding the box down was a simple and fast way to put it in, but again did not want to mess with nuts and bolts, the tool box it self is very solid and heavy grade, so couple welds that I could easily grind later if wanted to pull it. but I like the low profile look and advantages of it. And when it comes time will be making a tonneau cover for it to, which will be nice with winter and rain when hauling gear.

Can I swap in a tilt steering column with shifter for a tilt steering column without shifter? As I have shifter on floor, so can I just pull the shifter stick off and put the column in place as my my column is bad so need a new one. thanks

yeah I just used a air die grinder and followed the body line, did not go fully around on the ends as will finish that once put a new bumper on the rear. So far no issues with the rear end so good thing I guess I pulled the covers on it as was just going to run it and call it a day. :ack:

picked up the hubs and brakes for the 44 and the winch. :yes:

picked up 3/4 D44 hubs and rotors and my new winch as well. :jump:

picked up the 36's I'll be running till get the funds for the 37's. Tomorrow be picking up the brakes and calipers for the D44 as well be picking up my winch for the jeep as well. Just a XRC 8000, hold me over for now.

picked up a good H.O. block and intake, then a good set of doors as well, so may cut up the doors on it now to see if can't make a set of half doors. :yes:

very nice COMANCHE! :thwak: looks good man, I want a set of them damn rear quarter/tail set up. :yes:

ok so your using the block, so there will be no H.O. about it then. Like posted only diff are acc brackets and crank pilot hole, auto should be fine though, not like what I had a problem with when doing that manual 4wd swap and had to have a custom bushing made. I'm about to do the same thing in my MJ, debating using the h.o. head and intake, or swapping my head and intake, ideally my renix head is junk, and the h.o head is missing, so either why need a head, and so plan to use the h.o set up and pick up a head, being as I want the hp for my trail rig, now you being just wanting to get the xj going would be a manner of swapping everything and should be straight forward. and so i lost my train of thought i think I made a point if not disregard, been a early mourning.

so I could fit the two kids in with me when girl has to work and has the car.

anyone up for chat? Need opinions on going from bucket seats back to a bench seat. :???:

it is aftermarket wiring only it is wired by itself, not using factory wiring, only factory wiring used on radio is the front speakers.

Well grabbed a map sensor at jy like I do with fuses and switches and other electrical stuff that is pricey and doesn't go bad often, so I have extras, and for kicks decide to put it on the jeep and with that map sensor, I can drop it to 'D' and go, not having to manual shift up from 1st. and with the recent axle swap to 3.07s from 3.73 it was a real pita, and was going to get some 31s to put on till axles were down, but now I can't till I have 3.07's with 33, drives good, still idles rough and is a hard starter with pumping the gas to get it started as if that makes sense on a fuel injected engine. And I go through 2 qts oil for every 1/4 tank now as well. rings are toast.

ok so cleaned up the front harness, was full of gunk, have a bad socket so swap that out when pick up another one. Not though, use DC outlet and radio cuts out till unplugged whatever from the plug, hit the wipers(only have high) and radio cuts out, hit brake and radio cuts out at times, and now my dome light works off and on flickers as if open wire perhaps going down rd. :mad:

hidden winch bumper, bigger battery install, cut rear quarters, welded rear, and in bed tire carrier. be seen staring here :yes: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4976&start=465

And being as the axles were swapped an to hold me over till the 44/60 are done, I wanted to weld up the rear for the Dog party. So we welded weld the rear. So pulled the cover and found a little surprise :( seemed to look like a part of the pinon but it was good inside after looking at it and opening another beer we figured out what the hell it was... it was the tip of a pry bar, lucky it didn't do any damage except one small chip in the ring gear but nothing I'm worried about. Choppergar welded up the rear with ac rod forgot to take a after pic, but its welded and tested and it works.

well I finally plan on carrying a spare tire, one time stuck without one is only reason I need, lol, So i picked up a YJ tire carry from a buddy, Creepy Death, and figured I could use it in the bed as a cheap way to carry tire and yet have is secure and not bonce around in the back. And with my solid tool box and tire I figure this would help with a little weight over the rear axle. And with the tool box I welded it to the bed as I do not want to take it out for any reasons and with roughly a 8ft bed I wanted to be able to remove the tire carrier if needed to haul anything. And again it turned out how I expected it to and cost was under $20. will be running 37's so measured it to fit center with a 37" tire. So marked and drilled my holes and I didn't want to deal with crawling under the bed to add the nuts and two holes were above the cross member so be a pita, and I had forgot that a buddy, Creepy Death had given me some threaded bungs that would be perfect for this application, be the same as what we planed the use of them with mounting skid plates, easy to just drill hole weld bung and tighten bolt down. And with this I can easily unbolt the mount if needed. welded and painted bolted down 33" tire with 4.25" BS mounted, couple inches from bed floor now I plan to run a tonneau cover so wanted everything to fit under the bed rails, and the 33 is a perfect fit and with the 37" tire it will have a stock H1 rim with 7" back spacing, so still be under bed rail and will have to build a spacer adapter bolt plate to fit the 8 lug rim with that BS.

Well pretty common deal on the MJs is cut the lower section on the beds. And I found out last time at R&V why that is, they drag on rocks and get beat up so why not cut it out and make that much more room for tires as well. And as I plan to run full width axles with 37's I might as well make the room. Beside they were bent up anyways. before after Now need a rear bumper back there.

So a long time coming I had my over sized battery tilted in order to fit under the hood, wasn't good just haven't had the time nor the warmth to mess with it. Well being as everything was tore down, I thought I take care of it now. What needed to be done was the inner fender well had to be cut so the battery could sit straight as was a bigger battery then stock. So as well needed a new battery holder. So got to messing around and made one up and just welded it in and called it good. Worked out just as I said it would when I installed battery and said I needed to do this. lol fender cut and battery fitted bracket made and painted up with the bumper Works good, its tight at the bottom and once radiator is mounted the upper rubber hose fits snug against it and holds the battery down. will add a solid hold down later. Now being a over sized battery in this position, I had to remove the passenger side hood latch, which was no big deal as I plan to run hood pins anyways.

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those tires are to chunk bad. It is best to not groove all the way to the outer edge. siped yes but full groove no.

well I put in a registration, so if accepted then I will be able to look at what you posted. :thumbsup:

sweet deal, they make 37's yet I hope. :brows: