drew91xj

yeah my g/f bought a new grand cherokee and we were going to build her old cherokee, but she has decided to sell it and help pay for school so i guess i can't blame her there

oic i take it you decided to stay with an xj. i made the same decision and ditching the mj idea less work more play that way

oic see what you get for down sizing lol jk still a nice rig either way

how did you bust both ears on the dana 30 with 37"s doent make sense mini :fool:

what a coinsdence (sp) thats funny yeah that sounds good i havnt started the motor stuff yet but will be this winter I'm doing body,paint and tube work done while its nice and beating on my xj until then. then this winter i will pull both into the garage and start tearing everything out let me know how the wire swap goes being that is the one thing i am kinda dreding but i was told it was pritty straight forward. good luck with your build throw a few pics up if ya get any and ill try and do the same.

ok got the mj the other day gutted the interior yada yada while looking under neith the mj i noticed on the unibod section where the crossmember goes it has like a 1/2" lip the comes off the bottom of the unibody rail, with that said how will the long arms kits like rustys offroad and rk work with that being there is a lip there which will not allow it to mount flush. maybe I'm over looking somthing idk, but i'm looking into getting long arms and don't want to buy somthing that won't work. anyways thats all ?'s for now, also any one post pics of tube/pre runner bed ideas or things they have seen, i will also serch judt easier to ask

ok swaping the shifter sounds easy enough never thought about the gear indicator not being there thakns guys will keep up to date

well so far i am happy with the response and friendly ness, maybe when I'm all done with this some of us locals can get together and wheel, well the plan was to swap the dash and harness ext ext. i will be moving the xj tank to the rear of the bed and using the xj harness sending unit, pump this should work shouldnt it? also the leafs i figured were diffrent hoping to do an 8.8 swap when i swap my lift coils over and do a soa swap. i will need to locate a rear drivshaft for it being i have three front ones i can use.also another question will my 93 tranny hook up to the colum shift linkage that will be going into the mj or should i just swap in the xj floor shifter? if needed to swap how hard might this be? i feel i am fairly mechanicly inclined for my age being i am only twenty and have wrenched on everthing i have owned which consist of three jeeps now my chevy truck and familys and friends vehicles thanks for the advice, knowledge will try and keep updated when it arrives and i start working on it drew

hi guys will be picking up my first mj soon, its a 1990 4x4 lwb, many questions being this is my first mj build first off. what will and what won't swap from my 93 xj to the 90 mj? second the mj will be a rolling chasy what exactly do i need to swap over to put my 4.0 h.o. into the mj,? i was told the entire harness from head light to tail light is this correct or is there a simpler way to do it, the tranny will be a aw4 and a 231j transfer case if that helps. if i swap everything do i have to use the xj gas tank and sending unit being it will be moved to the bed. also i have been thinking about building long arms for my xj will they work on the mj i.e. is the crossmember and tranny mount the same as the xj? any advice is greatly appreciated i'm sure i will have other questions along the way. thakns drew