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I think it was my fault, I measured center to center of the U-Joint, maybe I used the old yolk before knowing that the splines from the ba/10 and the 242 were different lengths. I had a measurement written down on a sticky and before I left the shop I re-measured it. Spot on and unfortunately wrong for me.

:agree: Full frame, enough said.

It sounds crazy but have you tried to move it when it's in 1st gear or any gear? If you try to start it (outside!) in gear does it move? The clutch should be engaged without the pedal pushed in because the pressure plate at rest mates the flywheel to the clutch disk because of the springs on the pressure plate. If the truck freely moves in gear you have some things to look for. First you may have a couple of springs bad on the pressure plate, second the clutch disk may be shot, third the pressure plate might be stuck aka rusted. You trans might be bad too. Try reverse also.

I had my driveshaft shortened and it seems to be about 1" too short now. :wall: I thought I read somewhere you could use a chevy truck yolk instead of the Jeep one and it will be longer. Can someone point me in the right direction? I have a 242 transfer case and it's the rear output obviously. Thanks! I don't have any pics of the shaft installed but here's the shafts after they got done.

I like the pictures.

NIce build!

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Ok with the texting thread all around I thought this would be a good side topic. How old were you when you got your first cell phone or pager? What did you intend to use it for and how much? I'll start. I got my first pager when I was 16 I think. I got it so my friends could get ahold of me and vice versa. The problem was finding a pay phone that you could page someone and then sit and wait for a call back while they found a pay phone or if they were at home. I got a cell phone at 18 since pay phone's stopped taking incomming calls. My plan was $30 for 30 minutes and that was a deal since I was a member of the school credit union, the plan was normally 15 minutes for $30!!

I liked my Nextel 2 way. You get to say what you want to and it's loud like hands free. Texting is just stupid unless you want to send someone a photo but i guess that's not really texting. New drivers have a hard enough time driving with no distractions. My advice is to not give a cell phone with texting until they are 18 years old, it can be moderated by the parents too.

Cool, good to see you back. You had a lot of info and experience to share.

I like :bowdown:

I can see your side on the swap, I have a 2 door XJ for a donor that my wife bought me that I'm itching to restore for a DD winter truck. It's hard to convince myself that I NEED two summer cars and three winter trucks. :shake:

That's why I never liked the truck. They tried to make it look futuristic and after seeing the '94 ranger splash and nite versions of the full size I can see that. I don't like the fiberglass running boards on any truck. I think they should have put a V8 in it but in '87 V8's were a joke. I always thought it looked like a Cherokee with a bed cut in and that's because of the lack of vents. I'm sure it was the shiznit back in the day and of course it was too cool to make production.

Nice!!

I like the color, '88 olympic addition.

Sweet! I was deep into my Electrical apprentiship until my company went bankrupt abruptly and I was out of a job. :headpop: It worked out in the end, I am happy where i'm at and what I'm doing. Great job sticking with it!! Good luck

Add power locks to your jeep, it's easy and if you have a remote it's more difficult to do that!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Viper-350-Plus- ... 415fdaf2e6 Buy a used keyless entry alarm system or remote start and get a couple OEM lock cylinders from a junk yard Cherokee and you have keyless for under $50!!

I'm in for one!! Maybe someday mine will be nice enough to make it into the callendar. Thanks!

I just want pictures!! A '91 that's been parked sinced '91? Something smells fishy. If not it is already sold. Edit: Ok I may have read that wrong, been garage kept since '91. That could mean two different things, never driven since '91 or just parked at night after driven to church.

No picture, what's the point??? :huh???:

I like it. I'm sure the owner took a lot of time to put that together. It looks like the frame is just the right size, sure it could be tucked into the body more and welded but it's a good effort and probably a lot of fun.

So after I picked a perfect day to clean out the garage the wife's Jeep was the only one to stay dry and warm. That meant that both of my Jeeps were left out in the cold.

Drove it to Home Depot to get some 2x10's.

The plot thickens...

Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm a little confused. To elaborate someone else wants the '96 XJ motor and I want to use the motor already in the '90. I plan on using the '96 flex plate with the '90 block. Can I use it with all the '96 wiring, trans and transfer case? So you are saying the Renix motors have a knock sensor and the Cyro doesn't? If that is the case can I choose not to hook up the knock sensor on the Renix block? What exactly are my limitations from long block to long block. Like I said I want to strip the engines down to bare bones so I will keep all the sensors I need for my conversion. Thanks again for your time.