Comanche County

ah ha!....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car

Sam, Interesting, do you remember what this was from?

Looking for tips and ideas here... There are somethings you cannot pass up when you find them, aside from typical MJ related atifacts like good MJ tailgates, rear bumpers and tailights, what are the specific things you guys look for and that one must grab,,,,most importantly, exactly how do you guys keep your finger on the digital pulse for such wanted items? For example, I always peruse the Ford section of every yard I visit in hopes of finding that elusive F250/350 HP D60 kingpin front axle. I'm always checking CL and have recently become a user of www.allofcraigs.com to see if there is anything noteworthy close to me. Also, the iphone app for CL lets you search multiple cities and I use that too. On CL, I've just found a nearby 1978 F250 4x4 Camper Special, which may have that HP D60 but the poster has not returned my calls or emails yet. Quite irritating. The prime tip is simply WOM (word of mouth) but some of us aren't quite so connected. So besides knowing someone or physically searching in the yards, how do you guys exercise your chi in the ways of CL/JYs/Ebay to find those highly sought after items. What are your tools, (its okay to share trade secrets here, you're among friends), just wondering how do you guys keep tabs on the digital world, like I said you're among friends, what is said in CC stays in CC....so please share, since I feel my chi may be running low. I'm not talking about having Currie's number on speed dial, I'm asking for tips according to all you high-tech low buck rednecks (Northerners included) who can't afford such liberties. Maybe others out there could use the tips too.

Yeah we saw one hanging in a bar, in my usual off handed way, I said, "yeah, I shot one of those when I was a kid, they're kinda rare, haven't seen one in the wild since, tasted like a regular rabbit though". Every time we went camping I'd tell her to be on the look out for one.

And that fella married her? I think he's the real dummy. But if they're happy, then rock on! Wait a minute, I married a girl who I convinced Jackalopes were real...that was long ago. She was mad as hell at me when she found out the truth.

This one more thing that will pressure Chryco, and contribute to the faster introduction of IFS in all Jeeps. Its just a matter of time, they were headed that direction anyhow.

Yeah great shots.

Cracked exhaust header opening up when it gets warm perhaps and just not loud enough at idle?

Well thankfully the Democrats came up with cash for clunkers which contributed to the rarity of our MJs, other Jeeps and many other classic makes. They're also fixing our environment by closing the public lands (which we own) as well as public highways (which we pay for) from our Jeeps and will eventually make our Jeeps the lawn ornaments they deserve to be. Eventually they'll be worth a ton of dough. Damn the torpedos, Vote Dem!

No Democrats taste like Spotted Owl but only if slow roasted over a hot coal fire of California Redwoods. Republicans are much sweeter, they taste like Creme Brûlée flash fired over pallets from the back of Home Depot. I'll take Repulicans any day, much less snooty to cook.

After I read all that stuff lsmurpy posted I went crazy and stomped outside to shoot a bald eagle myself, couldn't find one so I settled on an osprey, tasted pretty good.

If you want something not made in China, I'm afraid your only option sir is you must first buy a Chinese made pick axe, better yet if you live in Colorado and you're lucky enough to stumble across one of the last American made pick axes left abandoned in some silver mine up in the San Juans from back around the 1880s, then you're golden. If not, you could also search one out I guess...I suggest starting somewhere around Leadville, CO and working your way in larger concentric circles until you find one, keep expanding said circles until you reach Deadwood, SD. If you don't find an original American made pick axe by then, well sir, you are screwed. If you do, then next you must locate the last surviving American made steam engine rail line stretching from the mine of discovery to the Monongahela Valley. We wouldn't want that purely American made product tainted by some form of travel involving an only 85% American made automobile now would we? The Monongahela Valley is by the way, way the hell back East if ya'll don't know. Its a good place to gather the natural God given materials to make steel, etc, or whatever the hell. Once you get there, find a good mountain side and start hacking away until you hit some iron ore. Once the iron ore is located. Start a big freaking fire...and I mean really freakin big!!! You're going to have to melt that dang ore into some,,,,,oh wait. First make a mold of every part required to assemble a hydraulic jack, jack stands, American made Chinese style throwing stars, nun-chucks, Cowboy spurs or whatever the heck you want to be purely American. Once the molds are done....start that dang fire and melt the ore. Wait a minute, stop!.....first make a mold of the container you are going to use to contain that melted ore, then melt the ore and pour it in the container...now I think we're on track again...where were we....okay, melt the ore, pour it in the container, then pour the melted ore into the molds. Once cool to the touch, assemble your new 100% American made item and proudly display to the wife or girlfriend. She will be more than impressed with your creation and will most likely succumb to your "manimalness" and well you know,,,, earn you some "alone time" with her. Then use item to make wanted but not needed improvements to your Jeep. The money you save by making Jeep items yourself and not going aftermarket will most likely award you even more "alone time" with the female species, most of which are easily impressed by such ingenuity. Last step, go drive your Jeep without female presence to feel your true reward, point the Jeep to the direction of the sunset and drive that way happy. Disclaimer: this post is not meant to slight anyone, I posted it as a technical resource for anyone wishing to create American made items. I've done it and can attest to this method's effect on the female of the species, so its possible, just don't ask me to give up my trade secrets or where to find the dang pick axes. very respectfully, CC

Congrats Jim!

Hey, nice pic by the Comanche County limit sign, I've got one of those too...Nice truck man, really nice.

You guys might be right, but I think spending the dough for a high flow cat is the better option than drilling or doing without a cat. I don't have emissions testing here so there's no worries, but I wouldn't chance it if I lived in an area that had it. Its also illegal. Its a potential emissions rejection waiting to happen, then you're just left with a headache for a marginal performance gain. Unless its just an off road only rig, then go for it. BTW, :D all you guys are eco-terrorists and you should expect a smelly horde of coffee sipping trustafarians (trust fund babies with dreadlocks) setting up camp in your front yards anytime now, you bunch of dirty polluters.... :thwak:

The 42 has the AMC 6cyl bolt pattern housing. 44s/46s fit the V8s. In ZJs, 5.2s had the 44RE, 5.9s had the 46RE. I'm more a fan of the 46 than the 44. Its beefier and stronger, the 46 also had a larger output shaft. Plus 44REs have a reputation for giving up on life too soon, I just replaced one at 130K, some last longer, I've read about them going out as soon as 75K. It'll often throw the Torque Converter Control Solenoid error code and sometimes the TCC solenoid can be swapped without pulling the transmission and then all is well. I suspect some of these that go out early, just have a faulty TCC solenoid. I've had two 46REs still healthy and vibrant with over 200K on them with normal driving. Only issue I've had is a badly leaking NSS, easy fix. In 44s, a lot of guys recommend replacing the OD gears with straight cut gears, bypass the radiator cooler with an external (important one!), and to use a Precision TC. Someone correct me if I'm wrong,,,but I'm fairly sure that you've got to match the transmission control module to the vehicle PCM though, I don't believe you can mix and match unless you get custom programming. Also, RHs are hydraulically controlled and REs are Electric, maybe an RH is the way to go,,,not sure what you're putting it in. You can get a 46RE from a Dodge truck and there's a lot of aftermarket support and programming for them. I pulled this from one of the dodge truck forums: 1994-1995 Dodge Rams: -V6 4x2s had 42RH -V6 4x4s had 46RH -V8s had the 46RH 1996-2001 Dodge Rams: -V6 4x2s had 42RE -V6 4x4s had 46RE -V8s had the 46RE 1992-1996 Dodge Dakotas: -V6s had 42RH (RE in 1996) -V8s had 46RH (RE in 1996) One issue I know the 5.9 PCM and 46RE has is the coast down feature. I guess it does this to keep engine rpms up when coasting for a smoother transition to acceleration. I recently exchanged a few emails with Scott Mueller who wrote some good articles on the 5.9s ZJs. Here's a quote from him on the coast down feature, I don't think he'd mind me posting it. "Unfortunately the Mopar Perf. PCM still has one of the most irritating "features" I've ever experienced in a factory PCM calibration. I'm talking about what is called the "coast down" part of the programming, which is what happens when you take your foot off the gas at speed. Both the stock and Mopar Perf. PCMs have the coast down part of the calibration programmed to actually *add* fuel if you begin the coast down below around 60mph, which severely reduces the amount of engine braking provided. However if you are above around 60mph and take your foot off the gas, the coast down calibration then properly reduces fuel such that good engine braking is experienced all the way down to about 20mph (then it starts adding fuel again). I often manually downshift from 4th to 3rd (by pressing the OD button on the dash) or even from 3rd to 2nd when approaching a stop or coasting down a hill, but in the 5.9 if you do that below 60mph you have virtually *no* engine braking due to the goofy programming.... ...For reference I have a 2001 Durango R/T 5.9, and the coast down and engine braking in that PCM calibration is perfect. If I could I'd just install a Durango PCM in the Jeep, but of course there are many differences in the wiring harness and other features that makes that impossible."

Oh, I spy the bed panel on your cart....did you cut that off,,,,was it you that I just called a jerk for cutting the headliner,,,hahaha :D :cheers: :banana:

All good points above...how old is the engine?

Yeah, Guam is a special place, there as well as the Marshall Islands. When I was a LT, I had a kid in my platoon that was supposedly married to the daughter of the president of the Marshall Islands, he was a good Soldier...btw...On Guam there's no good surf but unbelievable snorkeling and fishing. Due to recent political events in Japan it looks like Guam is the new Okinawa. Been there and Tinian. Tinian on the other hand is like coming to my neck of the woods in TX. Rather rural and uncomplicated. The island sheriff took me and a buddy on a tour of the island in the back of his toyota hilux, he had empty beer cans flopping about everywhere in the cab and in the bed. Took us to where the Enola ghey was loaded up and to several other old Japanese bunkers. Great ride, he almost killed us driving so fast, I was really scared.

Only pic I have of the 86' 2.8 I sold....

Yeah the rust is a little worrisome but its not deathly cancerous and with the new engine its gotta be worth 1500 as long as it runs and drives decently.

Yeah I learned the hard way on those, I carry full set or Torxs plus 4 or 5 extra T45s/50s in my yard bag. Rusted Torx bolted seat belts are the worst, and lets not get into the horror of rusty sway bars again....hahaha ;)

I would not do this, unless I'm way out in left field here, the engine programming relies on the function of the cat. It will effect the engine's performance in that if there's no functioning cat the fuel mixture will be affected. So get a high flow aftermarket cat or a new stock replacement. Most experienced techs or emissions guys know the sound of a hollow cat anyway and you're risk getting a failure at emissions as well as a potentially poorer running MJ. Contrary to popular belief the engineers who designed our trucks were not stupid and much smarter than most of us "tinkerers". When it comes to the engine monitoring system, don't leave it to chance, stock isn't such a bad thing.

Did you bleed the master? I keep a couple of short extra hard lines just for this. I usually never bench bleed the master. Just install it, then use the extra hard lines, attach them to the master, then bend them over back into the master cylinder reservoirs. Pump the brakes and if the master has air in it you'll see the bubbles in the master cylinder's reservoir. Keep pumping until all bubbles are gone, then reinstall your normal lines and bleed the brakes as usual. This is the first thing you should do. If fluid is coming out of the bleeder threads then first I'd guess you've loosened them too much. It should only take 1/4-1/2 a turn to get air/fluid to come out of the bleeder. No you do not need those speed bleeders if you have two people bleeding the brakes. Clutch line: Advance Adapters has a stainless steel clutch replacement clutch line but you don't really need it. The stock clutch line has a rubber portion along the firewall fairly close to the engine exhaust. Mine recently busted there. I replaced the whole set up with a longer hard line and a high pressure hoses and appropriate fittings for less than 30 dollars. Now I've got a hard line running close to the exhaust where the stock rubber line used to be. It should last longer than the stock line did.

Good find but if that's a rust hole in the rear bumper, I'd take a good look underneath it as well as under the carpet.