dasbulliwagen

Not that I want to buy any of these parts, but you come on here with no posts, expecting people to want to get into this when many of us have been burned and lost money the last time this happened. I see you have 150 or so posts on NAXJA, but I think youre going to have a hard time getting anyone here to trust that this is going to happen, or to trust you to give you any money when we have no guarantee that this will work... AGAIN. It just doesnt feel right, especially since you only signed up here for this purpose.

If I were you, and it is running good, I would start with at most a head job.... (valve job, seals, and gaskets). You would want either a new injector or a known good injector too, and a new 02 sensor. Or you could start with just the valve seals, the injector and 02 sensor, as you would want these new with a rebuild anyways. I'm sure these few things would make a big difference in your engine by themselves. Oh, and a tune up is assumed at this point as well...plugs, wires, cap, and rotor and maybe a new coil and ignition module too. Before you do all this maybe do a compression and leakdown test to check the internals before going too far. If your rings are shot, youll need a full rebuild anyways.... good luck!

http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19293&p=197035#p197035 Yeah, That was it!

I can't remember where I found these pics, but this truck is done really nice!

I think that if you really want to go propane, you should switch your engine to a 258 (4.2) carbed Jeep engine, or maybe even just swap heads and intake from a 258, and then add a propane carb setup. Ive heard of people converting the 258 to Fuel injection with 4.0 parts, but I'm not sure how well it would work the other way around. Youd need to swap ignition systems too as there will no longer be an engine controller to do that if you do this swap. Though I'm not sure youd get any better performance out of it. Seems like a lot to do just for the few benefits of propane.

It NEEDS to be properly finished and have the JEEP lettering put back on the tailgate!

http://goo.gl/maps/l5iL Thats what I get for not looking at the avatar close enough!

Ive never ordered from them, but several guys here have used rockauto.com with good results. Sounds like a very similar website.... a selection of brand names and great prices. And what island are you on? I have a good friend of mine who recently built a house on Oahu as a contractor... he spent about 2 years there building that place before coming back home to north Carolina. I would love to visit someday. Any pics of your truck?

In personal experience, even with very small lift, some adjustable lowers at the very least would be wonderful. I went from 2wd 4cyl to 4x4 4 cylinder with springs form a 2.8 and an extra isolator for about 1 1/2-2" of lift. When I did my caster alignment, I had a VERY hard time getting enough adjustment at the frame side caster adjustment on the stock arms to give me correct caster. I still didnt get it where I wanted it to be, but since I was out of adjustment room, I had no choice. If I go any higher later, adjustable arms and control arm drop brackets will definitely be on my shopping list.

Like the wheels. If you repainted your flares, straightened your rear bumper, and finish pulling off the lower side moldings, and its adhesive, that would be a sharp truck. It really don't take much. Keep up the good work.

Not being from your area, I can't recomend anyone, but if it were me, Id start going around to independant shops, and just talking to the shop owner/manager to see what they say of if they arent willing to do the work to reccomend someone themselves for you to go to. If someone does take on the job, I'm sure it will be a clock time type deal. Theres no way to accurately price the job, so it would be the mechanic doing the work, and you pay him for however long it takes him to do it. That is where youd like to find someone as good as possible and as fast as possible so you arent paying out the arse for some guy to play on the internet and flirt with the receptionist in between every 5 minutes of working on your truck. Good luck and let us know what you figure out.

You should have looked at the rear end in that Challenger, some of those old MOPARS had Dana 60 rear ends with the 5x4 1/2 bolt pattern... nice upgrade for an MJ!

Ive done this to my 87 with an 86 donor, They say there is a cross body harness for the door wiring, but Ive never seen one. I made my own harness to run across using a FSM wiring diagram as a base to build the harness. I also cut the body side connectors out of my donor so I had all the OEM connectors for the windows, locks, and mirrors. There are spots in the fuse box where you can just plug in a spade terminal for power. Its likely the fuse for them is already in there not doing anything. Good luck.

My 86 Mj had stock 4:10's. They came with the 5 speed trans in the v6 and 4 cyl models, the auto could have come with 3:73 in a v6, or 4:56 with a 4 cyl. The auto ones would need to be verified though.

Mines the opposite, it chatter a little when cold, till it has a little heat in it then its fine for the rest of the day.

:cheers:

The wife saw it today and just had to have it. She told me to go by and look it over, and if everything looked OK, to buy it... so I did. And the MJ hauled it home! I think my daughter will like riding around in it too!

OK, here's my pics I promised. Be aware, these are crappy cell phone pics of photographs, so the quality isnt there! The Bus is a 1959 Microbus panel van thats been lowered with a type 1 IRS rear conversion kit, and dropped front spindles. It actually rode pretty good for being lowered that much. It has EMPI 5 spoke wheels, and a CBPerformance engine with 2 48mm throttle bodies on each side, 044 cylinder heads that have been ported and polished, high ratio rockers, mild cam, serpentine pulley system, and High energy ignition. I think I had about $4500 invested in just the motor and trans alone at that point. The last picture is of the 1973 Karmann Ghia convertable I also had.

LOL. Too much of an altered state of consciousness to do it today? If only that were the case, then Id have an excuse. I think my pics are all in my toolbox at work. But Ill look here tonight anyways, just for you! :yes:

I'm gonna have to scan in pics of my old microbus! Maybe tommorow. :chillin:

Being a unibody vehicle, there is very little that will unbolt, except the outer fenders, hood, and grille shell. The rest is welded as part of the vehicles structure. its not like the old cars where you could unbolt a whole front clip and swap an different one on. If theres frame damage, it will need to be pulled out and either straightened or replaced and re welded.

If you were looking at the WJ wheels to be able to have bigger wheels, 16 or 17 inch, yeah, like said, they won't fit, but if you find a set of steel wheels on a Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, or Dodge Magnum, from 2005 on up, they are a direct bolt on, have the same backspacing as original, and the correct center hub... fit perfectly. Most of them are 17inch bullet hole steel wheels, but the ones on the police cars were 18 inch and had a 5 star pattern in steel that looks pretty good. A set of those would get you bigger wheels if you wanted them.

From all the builds Ive seen on here where people are fixing the floor, they are all the same. The top cover of the frame, IS the floorpan. Cut out your new section, draw some lines on it from underneath outlining the frame rails, then drill a bunch of holes for spot welds to weld the new floor metal to the top edge of the frame rails. It will be perfectly safe to drive for a long time to come. If you still are anxious about it, buy a frame rail stiffener kit from any number of retailers for XJ off road parts and reinforce the outsides of the frame as well. That way you save the truck, and its stronger to boot!

It has an open recall, Recall 561- Oxygen sensor. I couldnt get the options list to see what axle it has, it is too old a Jeep for Chryslers computers. It was originally sold in Bristol, TN, and shows the current owner living in the town its being sold from.

And here's the info on the t-bird coils.. http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68842