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88 shortbox 2.5 ax-4 2wd, 225/75/15's and 3.55's.... was getting between 20-22, mostly highway

comanchero, but i see someone already beat me to it :dunno: :rotf:

thanks! yeah, i painted the whole truck with gloss black in rattlecans, using one of those can gun things that holds the spraycan and has a trigger on it.. stripped all the front end pieces off and painted them separately, the only part that i didnt do was the tailgate cause i ran out of paint.... it's gonna be redone again this summer cause the power doors I'm installing are grey, the d.side fender needs to be replaced (starting to rust out at the bottom) and there's some hackjob bodywork the PO did on the right bedside that needs to be fixed properly Wow, I'm impressed. Any more details on the paint job or suggestions? Mine could use some help. thanks, but I'm the last person you want to be asking for suggestions on how to properly do paintwork :rotf: the only prepwork i did was a quick brushoff with the old california duster.. i was surprised it came out looking like it does as i didnt even clearcoat it, and i used generic gloss black paint... hell, i didn't even mask off the windows, i just held up sheets of carboard and folded up newspaper over them and painted with the other hand :rotf: i did, however, remove the grille, headlight bezels and front trim pieces to paint them separately... about the only real advice i can give you is spend the 4.00 and pick up one of those "cangun" things from the hardware store... the spraycan clips into it, and it has a handle and a trigger sort of like a real paintgun... helps you control the paint flow much better than just holding the can in your hand...

i'm glad it's over, i was getting so sick of all the stupid campaign ads on tv and radio... "puppies, cows, tractors and babies will spontaneouly combust and the charles river will boil over if REPUBLICAN scott brown is elected...." :rotf: every 2 seconds it was another futtin campaign ad, way to much to bear.... i'd hardly call him a "man of the people" ( he is a lawyer, just like every other politician out there, and the district he represents - franklin, wrentham, millis, sherborn, plainville, norfolk, hopkinton, etc... is one of the more conservative pockets of the state, not much of a challenge for him to win there), but I'm glad he's won because a hamstrung, partisan congress that gets nothing done is much better for the country (and our wallets) than a congress that "accomplishes" "things" :rotf: ... i read that barney frank said a little while ago that "there should be no delay in seating him.." and jim webb (D-va) said that it would "be morally and ethically wrong to vote on the healthcare bill before he is seated".... it'll be interesting to see how many more abandon ship tomorrow and over the next couple days when they realize that siding with obama is political suicide..

mine did the exact same thing, i'd have to keep the gas pedal down a bit for a couple minutes until it would run under its own power.... did it during the winter, the summer and all points between, didnt matter what the temp was.... chased it for months, replaced every sensor, the egr valve, and the idle stepper, eventually i just gave up and adjusted the idle a bit and dealt with it

welcome to your newest addiction! :rotf:

ill display it on my shop wall in your honor... :rotf:

my guess is nissan hardbody....

pm sent!

and me as well

tailights are the same for the whole run, they go for $300 on ebay cause there's dummies out there willing to pay that much for them....

wow... and theyre not even new!

thanks! yeah, i painted the whole truck with gloss black in rattlecans, using one of those can gun things that holds the spraycan and has a trigger on it.. stripped all the front end pieces off and painted them separately, the only part that i didnt do was the tailgate cause i ran out of paint.... it's gonna be redone again this summer cause the power doors I'm installing are grey, the d.side fender needs to be replaced (starting to rust out at the bottom) and there's some hackjob bodywork the PO did on the right bedside that needs to be fixed properly

saving some money! need a few things still to complete the swap.... motor mounts, all engine gaskets, a full round of sensors, exhaust pipes, p/s hoses, and the front axle needs bearings and seals... and i gotta have the driveshaft cut down

thanks! i think the truck was garaged for a while at some point in its life due to the low miles and condition.. i got lucky, especially up here in NE... it's not completely rust free though, it's got the old floorboard rot.... my next step in the swap is to gut the interior, fix the floors, install the auto shifter and tcase shifter, wire in the xbody harness for the power doors, and rewire the hack job that someone did to install rear speakers... they used a yellow ext. cord for the driver side, and a brown ext. cord on the pass. side and cut the ends off and ran them from the radio to the back where there carved up the pillars to pit factory paper 6x9's out of god knows what.. :fs1: i scored a new set of pillars from the yard and the proper speaker brackets (thanks johnnyc!), now all i need is the right size speakers and that'll finish the interior

well i figured i'd post a build thread up finally, so here we go! mine is currently a 2.5 AX-4 rwd shortbox, i'm about an 1/8 of the way through swapping in a 4.0, AW-4/231 and a D30 front axle i got from a donor xj.. i originally bought the mj as a gas saver a couple years ago when gas prices were near 5.00 a gallon, cause my daily drivers at the time were a 91 fullsize bronco and an '01 police interceptor. this is what it looked like the day i bought it, it had 98k on the clock... Image Not Found Image Not Found it's come quite a way since then.. here's a list of everything i've done to it so far: 94 XJ buckets and console chrome mirrors from an XJ silver dash bezel zj wheels shift knob from an eaton fuller roadranger (semi truck tranny) with the air split valve for high and low range jvc head unit and delphi xm radio tuner grant steering wheel and jeep logo horn button stripped off the side mouldings rattlecan repaint! :rotf: clear corner lights here's some pics the interior with the old ripped up bench seat Image Not Found new seats and steering wheel #3 (originally had the plastic wheel, swapped it for the leather wrap one, then scored a grant on ebay for a really good price, and the jeep horn button was an extra $20 from summit) Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found pics of what it looks like right now: Image Not Found Image Not FoundImage Not FoundImage Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found i got a 4.0 and 2wd AW-4 from mike (comanche87) after we swapped his mj to AWD, and i had planned on keeping it 2wd but decided to make it 4x4 as well... so i picked up an xj 2 hrs away from me in CT and we stripped it all down, now it's just an empty shell i need to get rid of and i have a lot of parts in boxes in the loft over the garage! we just started the swap on mine, right now it's sitting on stands with the 2wd tube out and the D30 waiting to go in, the motor and trans/tcase are both on stands next to the truck. the motor i bought from mike: Image Not Found trans and t-case: the donor XJ on the trip home! paid $200 for it and drove 2 hrs up to CT to get it. it's an 87, clean black interior (the front buckets will be going in my 91 sonoma), 152k, had a minor wiring fire that was put out before it damaged anything but the wiring.... this thing was a steal at 200, it had 3 metric tons of new and newer parts and a maint. record book that came with it dating back to '90! plus i found a mac tools 4cell maglite and a cig lighter powered tire inflator under the back seat. Image Not Found and here's how it sits right now, ill update this again when i motivate myself to do some work on it :shake: Image Not Found

ya try swapping the map, if it runs fine with it disconnected that should be the problem

sounds like its for a dodge die nasty or chrysler imperial, possibly caravans as well if they had a 3.0 back then...

congrats!

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hmmm.... not sure if they still make them, but i used to have a fram airhog filter in my old buick, which was their equivalent of the k&n.... looked the same, but the pleats were orange in color and it was about half the price of the k&n.... it never gave me any trouble.....

mine had the same problem.. it would go fine in town but get on the highway and it would choke puke and bog out till i got off the gas... turned out to be the fool pump

if you have access to a torch, a little heat will work wonders.... heat it up a little bit and it should zap right off....

yeah, thats def. not supposed to be there, s10's almost always have the gm 10 bolt underneath them....

congrats!