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Nice solid donor! Judging by the looks of it, it appears to be between 1973-1977 standard Bug. Am I right?

I just had to put those up here for the trailer king of comanche club.... CW Longshot! :cheers:

They may be cheaper and more options, but thats not the point.... THEY ARE JEEP! :brows:

Even with the rear valve unhooked, it shouldnt lock up this easilly. Could be a wheels cyl leak too causing them to grab... you definitely need to take them apart and inspect everything.

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Front fenders are the same as well between XJ MJ.... just saying you can't use front fenders to repair rear bedsides. I know this is getting confusing, but mostly because of everyones short answers. Sorry.

Why unlock the column? With the front wheels strapped into the dolly there's no way they can turn relative to the body anyway. The dolly's Ive used didnt have much turn to the table that the front tires sit on, and you needed to unlock the column to get proper articulation when turning.

!No problemo muchacho! :cheers:

If youre a handy person, you could make one from a YJ Jeep Wrangler work... its a very similar setup, and same era too. The dealer still has them new as it was part of a recall, and I bet youd find several at the junkyard.

Vehicle Restrictions - No Vehicle Restriction Vehicle Service Information Year/Model: 1987 DESC NOT FOUND Last Odometer: 0 Miles on Body Style: MJTL62 In-Service Date: Engine: ERB-DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE In-Service Odometer: 0 Miles Transmission: DGS-DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE Odometer Type: Miles Color 1: PXB-DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE Car Line: XX Color 2: QXB-DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE Build Date: December 11, 1986 Current Market Register: Hour: 24 Recall Information Incomplete Recall Recall Number Description Part Number Launch Date 282T NOX AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD SEE RECALL NOTICE October 8, 1990 Complete Recall Recall Number Description Launch Date Repair Date 562 OXYGEN SENSOR April 5, 1994 May 27, 1994 Vehicle Sale Information Selling Dealer: 24095 - BUERGE CHRYSLER JEEP Sales Type: 1 - DIRECT RETAIL City: WEST LOS ANGELES State/Province: CA Country: USA Telephone: (310)820-2631

Ive used the dollys many times very sucessfully on various cars, the MJ should be no different, disco the rear driveshaft, unlock the column, and hit the road.

Theyre supposed to bolt right in to our trucks, I was given a set of OEM shackles from a Chevy, and they are the same dimensions as stock MJ shackles, so those should work for you.

When I made the cross harness for mine, it only included the stuff for the other front door, the donor door had a seperate connector that I left unused to contol the rear doors. I would think that it shouldnt matter if its from a 4 door or not. And you can make a 4 doors switch setup work just fine till you run across a 2 door switch setup... should just be plug n play.

I agree on the Murphy's law thing... the one tool you don't bring will be the one you need. Lots of water, lots of oil....motor and gear, Fix a flat, tire plugger kit, brake fluid... big bottle or two, blankets or cardboard to lay on, rags, make sure your spare is aired up.. or bring more than one spare, if its 4x4, bring a few quarts of atf for the transfer case, anything you can think of that might happen and have a roadside fix. An extra battery if you have one! Any spare parts like an alternator, maybe a selection of hoses. And most important of all, your AAA membership card, and a cell phone, and a credit card to rent a UHaul and a tow dolly.

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Theres a line held on with hose clamps, and a line that has a screw in fitting and a stiffer hose, you pull off the low pressure, less stiff hose and let it drain out there. If you tried to suck it out of the resevior, you wouldnt get it all because there should be a screen in there to catch any larger debris. Good luck..... oh, and why are you trying to drain it? Just curious.

Mine too was a complete door swap... easier thst way than swapping all that stuff over.

I just did that on mine. Added power windows, locks, and mirrors, and vent wing windows. I had to make my own cross body wiring harness, but some say you can grab this harness out of your donor if it has it seperate from the rest of the harness. Great upgrade if you can do it. I also added power antenna from the same donor vehicle. Youll need to do something about the door panels too if you don't want to have a hole left over from where the window crank was. If you need more details about the wiring, let me know and Ill see what I can put together for you.

I think the 10 slot would look better if the rest of the front trim was chrome also.

I think the CV style shafts from a ZJ Grand Cherokee are supposed to work. You might need to knock off the tone ring for the ABS though. Hopefully someone else will chime in on this. Most people don't do this swap though because the CV is a weaker setup the the universals. Good luck!

I'm assuming you have an aftermarket high power head unit.... maybe on hard hits its pulling voltage too low to keep the unit powered up. From what I remember, some people wire large capacitors inline, especially to amps for when something like your problem happens. Voltage goes low, and the capacitor kicks in and makes it up. Might be something for you to research. Good luck.

If youre parting it out, there are several people on here that would like to have that visor!

I too have had a van roll down a hill! It was my work van at the time. I was leaving the jobsite, and noticed I left the back doors open, it was on a slight incline going backwards down the hill, and I didnt want anything to fall out. So I stopped the van, jumped out, got almost all the way around to the back doors, when it starts rolling again, park pawl clicking the whole way. It picked up steam real fast... too fast for me to be able to jump back in it safely. It rolled all the way down this dirt jobsite driveway, across the road, through the ditch and stopped when it hit a tree in the woods there. The boss wouldnt talk to me till the next day after he cooled down.... good I guess. I pulled it into drive after the accident, and drove it right out back onto the road.... shtuff flying everywhere! Drove it back to the shop after slamming the rear doors shut and went home to hide. But thing is, there are houses in that wooded area now. I can just imagine what would have happened it it was like that at the time it happened. don't even want to think about it! Ford dealer looked at it and couldnt find anything wrong as to why it would have started rolling in park.

Yup Junkyard option.... actually a pristine 1986 Wagoneer Cash for Clunker trade in.... got the grille, the front fenders, the front doors, front bumper, radio, clock, cig lighter, front skid plate, and t-case skid plate from it.... all but the skid plates are curently installed on th MJ. Same color too!

I was sitting on the couch last night about 8:30 watching Good Eats, when all of a sudden a huge BANG happens on the livingroom wall behind me. I could see out the window through the curtain just enough to see my MJ resting against thee side of the house! I guess when I got home 3 hours earlier, that I had left it out of gear for a minute to sit there and enjoy the AC, and forgot to put it back in gear when I was done. Its a pretty flat driveway so I don't always set the parking brake either. It must have just enough grade to it though eveidently to let it roll toward the house through the unpaved section against the house. The pics, as embarassing as they are, are below. The MJ is miraculously unharmed, but the two little divots in the side of the house will need to be taken care of soon! If it would have had the original bumper on it, there might not have been any mark on either the truck or the house. Oh well... thats the price I pay for chrome!