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older gm's actually had a jumper wire sitting on the firewall that ran the pump when jumped to power. came in handy, especially when i had a customer jam a diesel pump in her buick and filled it with diesel, luckily the gas station attendant brought it to her attention before she tried to start it.

oh no, its about 4 ft too short :banana:

yap, pricey for me since i don't really care for them. for a cowboy hat wearing mj owner......priceless. i think its got wade's name all over it, where he at?

cool find, kinda pricey in my book though

it was quite simple for me to deal with it, i stopped wheeling illegally :D i have a picture similar to what pete posted in my first wrangler, about 10 yrs ago, behind some power lines. first a buddy and i went by ourselves in my jeep. we called 3 different trucks, even a 3/4 ton diesel and couldn't get pulled out. come along, no help. spent hours digging, jacking, and putting boards under it with no help. had to leave the jeep there and call an off road tow truck, and $350 later i was cured. besides, we all agree wheeling anywhere besides designated areas is frowned upon and harms our efforts to keep ohv areas around.

"oops i did it again......"

thanks for the good words pat. i've been doing gears for a while, and i've spent a ton of money on tools souly used for gear installs, and i'm still learning better proper technique, and even better tools. setting up the gears out of the vehicle is ok if you have a way of securing it, just on jack stands does suck. there's also different style pullers that can remove the bearings without damage whatsoever, and i will be buying the dana specific puller soon. my advise on that is find someone that really knows what they're doing, not just thinks they know, and get their help. i agree with pete, they should've stayed in the axle, and there's a big chance they could make noise if you install them. if the rear is even useable.

i've seen some really whack drain plugs. places like jiffy lube will use them when they ruin a drain pan. some can be removed, but 99% of the time the oil pan is beyond repair, and some will never come out. i did see one someone installed that is removeable, and had a valve built in so you could just turn it to drain the oil. it leaked and the oil poored all stupid as well on it also.

so that means the ends are trimmed to length now to? lets see a front pic. lookin good, can't wait for the finished product :thumbsup:

congrats, 2002, 4.0? can't remember exactly when it got the axe. lets see some pics and some more details.

what happend to a daily driver tj? i personally can't stand a 4 banger on the street. i'd rather have one on the trail than daily driver. the mpg that is barely better than a 4.0 is not worth the sacrifice.

if you were running it with out the oxygen sensor thats a problem. not sure exactly where you were leaving the exhaust off, but sounds like just the manifold, and that would mean no oxygen sensor. a renix will not run without the oxygen sensor, later engines the computer will substitute and at least stay running.

glad to see that poor old thing get some attention, i didn't realize your old man put that many miles on it.

i had a pair go for 100 bux or a little more on ebay, no one here should be suprised that they are not cheap, its not news. this guy is obviously nuts though

very cool

i want one, that looks pretty clean from the pics for our area. 2 grand is fair, if its in good shape.

xj is an excellent choice, i've had one as a daily driver for a long time, i'm on my third. 96 is not a changeover year, it was the last year of the older style, my current xj is a 96 and i will be driving it for another 130k. honestly 96 would be my preference, its obd2, but 97 on in the new styles got more computerized, and stricter emissions. i would do 91-96 personally, but i hate the direction the automotive industry has taken since around 99 or so. that being said, the 97 up are very nice.

i wonder whats a "reasonable offer"

holy crap, at least wade has some sense :shake: , i hate excessively loud exhaust on 99 percent of vehicles. on a harley or the right muscle car fine, otherwise just run a mild performance muffler, thats my opinion. but i was younger once and used that crap to :dunno:

it's obvious that I'm the coolest person in the group, and that I'll probably be the one buyin for you, isn't it? :rotfl2: i think you're so darn cool that i should buy you lunch on my birthday

ya, how come no one has volunteered to buy for my birthday :dunno:

nice work

Then I guess we should be proud, carrying on the fine tradition of 'Rambler Mentality" to the next generation. Rambler Mentality goes something like this: You have a nearly mint, original 59 Rambler. A single piece of trim that hasn't been made in 50 years, and only fits your particular year & model Rambler is missing, or mangled on your otherwise fine example of an automobile. After owning the car for 30 years, you go to a show, find the exact right trim that you need, then don't buy it because the guy wants $14 for it. :rotfl2: and then to make it jeep you jam a peice from some other vehicle that doesn't fit in its place making it look like a$$ :rotfl2:

yep, jeep people are cheap and think they can do it all, and when they can't do it, it should be really cheap :rotf: , and comanche owners are at the bottom :banana: