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I got a piece of plexiglass and made my own.

Any chance of just finding the defective component on the board and replacing it? Is there a schematic of the unit pasted inside the cabinet? Barring either of those options, I'd just get the heavier unit.

Left fender=Drivers side

HUH!! Must think he's dealin with some hayseed just fell off the pumpkin wagon passin thru town. Everybody knows Mississippi don't have no banks. Just levees.

Just fixed one about an hour ago. '89XJ, 4.0, auto. Turn signals not working. Both panel lights would come on when the head or parking lights were on. Concluded a bad ground, removed and cleaned the body ground mount on the left fender. Not it. Checked the ground at the socket. Right good. Left, no contact. The ground inside the socket was open. Apparently where the wire joined the bulb side contact. No corrosion, Clean socket. Changed socket. Every thing works. Took me an hour to find it. Weird

Yep, Pretty much. When were you in the Marshalls? Was there in '72-'73 and again in '74. Flying club had 2 Cesna 150's and Beech 35. N 1017 rented for $17.50 an hour, basic panel. N??23 rented for $19 an hour. It a had a artificial horizon for instrument training. Beech rented for $27 an hour.Most interesting club I belonged to was in Thule. They had a French Rallye 35. Them slotted wing panels were something else. June 1980 Traded it in and got a shiney brand new 172. Me and Iegel went to the Cessna factory in Wichita and picked it up. What was a planned 5 day return trip took 13 days. Weather. In Isreal the flying club only had Piper PA28. Lost it when this idiot flew to close to a wrong area and got shot down by some Arab. Spain had 2 A/C, one a neat little Heinkel 2 seater, all wood construction, and a German Bi Plane. Don't remember the manufacterer of it. They were being made for the German army as spotting, observation craft. That was one neat little plane. In 'Nam got in some flying time with the Marine Corps L10 they had. To bad we're not in a hanger having this chat. We could be enjoying a brewski. :cheers:

I should have been more specific. It's not the number of members only that counts. There's also how many planes does the club have? It's the ratio of members to planes that counts. There can be 100 members if there is say 10-15 A/C available. Experimental, IE, Homebuilt A/C can't be used for any commercial use. Since your paying an instructor that makes it commercial. However once you get signed off to solo and if you've been signed off for that type of plane you can fly it.

Don't need no stinkin impact wrenchs. That's what BA Hammers are for. BUT IF I were gonna use one I would pick Ingersol Rand. Think I got one of the first ones they made after the war(WWll). One inch drive. Belonged to my wifes granddad. Works great.

There are several options. Flying club can be the best, or worse, way to go. Check it out thorougly B4 joining. To many members there will be a conflict of getting a plane. Not enough, the dues will be high. Are the planes older, needing more maintenance? Shiny new ones with full panel, higher dues. 20 members is about max. 10 is almost ideal. Talk to couple members and see what they think of it. If you can fly week days when everyone else is working is best. Many clubs has an instructor on board with reduced rates. Buying your own is an option. There are many older but still very airworthy planes out there can be bought at a very reasonable price. Work out a deal with a FI. let him use the plane to instruct other students and give you a reduced rate. Building your own is a way but not if your in a hurry, but fun and educational. I started 4 but only finished one. Besides can't use a HB for flight training. Try to find the smallest FBO around. Avoid the Big city airports. Even if you have to drive a couple miles more. I soloed when I was 16. Got my SEL when I was 17. But things were a lot easier, less formal back then than they are now.

That is the hardest part. I helped pay for my private by working around the airport, Washing and servicing A/C.Sweeping the hanger, flight line, Running errands etc. And,,, unashamedly sucking up to the pilots to 'take me up' when they went someplace. GI Bill helped pay my Commercial. Just exactly where you located? How many hours do you have as a student? Solo yet? Finished ground school?

No. Just CFI,

I've always thought I was very fortunate in my choice of a woman for a wife. It was the day after her 14th birthday when we met. I was 17. 2 days after we met we got engaged. 4 years later, 3 years in Army, we got married. I was gone half the time working overseas. When home I played with my cars, mostly Jeeps. I could bring anything home I wanted, junk cars, airplanes, motorcycles, stray animals, anything except another woman. But that was OK 'cause I didn't want another one. I taught her to fly and she got her license. I talked her into making her first, and last parachute jump. Once I brought home a 1947, I think, Jeep P/U. She looked at it real close and finally said, " Honey, I think you bit off more than you can do on this one" Anything I did was OK with her. After 44 happy years, with a rough spot here and there, She left me, Anoreism, Not spelled right. I've looked, maybe not to hard for another women but don't think it will ever happen. To all you guys out there with a good woman, treat her right. Life is to short and uncertain to not enjoy it while you can. And to everybody who read all this I apologize. :cheers:

Yes.

Gave my grand daughter her first flying lesson today. In another week or so she'll be old enough I can give her an MJ and get her started wrenching on it. People always said I was hurrying things.

A thought just occurred to me. The bottom half looks like the metal plate that normally comes in the owners manual and when you get warranty work done on the car they run it in their imprint machine. Or did back in the 70-80's, Ain't bought a new car lately so maybe they're plastic now.

Looks like may have started something here. Generally when a salvage tag is put on a vehicle the name of the state issuing it is on the tag. Also they make darn sure the word SALVAGE is on the title and no matter how many times you sell the vehicle or get a new title they always have salvage on it. If you will look at the tag, you will see where it is scored as if the bottom half was meant to be removed. Also note that the numbers are raised, not indented like they would be if aftermarket. And later all state issued ID'S are gummy stickers. Not metal. Whatever.

Every body wants $30, or more, to run a check. It isn't worth that to me. I'll just knock the tag off with a chisel and quit worrying about it.

On the 88 MJ I got the other day, there is this metal tag attached to the radiator support. This is the type of tag put on vehicles for salvage ID, stolen recovery, retitle, etc. etc. There is nothing on the title to reflect anything like that. Normally 'SALVAGE' would be across the title. There is nothing. The title is clean. The VIN on the dash is original and unaltered. The rivets attaching it looks like OEM Jeep. The 2 VIN numbers are identical. Anybody know what it's for, or why it's there?

Yes, to both questions. Be careful with the tranny fitting. You don't need another broken fitting. If it seems tight, then clean around the area good. Last thing you need is dirt in the trans. Soak with penetrating oil. let set. I've never had one that tight but then ya never know. Drop the rear driveshaft. There's a big nut holding the pinion input shaft. Getting that nut off is the hardest part.

"Geonovast"]I have to ask. WHY? Me too. WHY?

Oil pressure is meanless if you have a clogged oil passage. Detroit, McChord and Fel Pro are all good quality .

Pull the valve cover. See what's happening. Look for oil flow from the rocker arms and feel them for play.

To the best of my knowledge they never made a TH400 with any other bolt pattern than the Chevy or BOP. For the 400's going in Jeeps the tranny was about 1 1/2 inches shorter than stock and a adapter ring was used to mate them to the various engines used. Even with the Buick 350 used in late 60's and early 70's Jeep they used the adapter instead of a regular 400 that would bolt up without the adapter. I'm not familiar with mid-late Jeeps with autos so maybe they were the exception. I installed several Cadillac and Buick BB's into Jeeps using a stock BOP TH400 changing the output shaft and tail housing to fit a transfer case.

An elongated (wobbled) hole is a worn out hole, whether axle or frame. As long as the piece fits inside the mount you can weld repairs on the outside. If the piece fits on the outside, then make repairs to the inside.

This is NOT recommended for every day driving but it will get you home in a emergency. Put trans in neutral. Start engine and let warm up. Turn off engine. Place transmission, and transfercase, if applicable, in lowest gear. Now start engine. As you build up speed, shift gears without the clutch. The trick is to get it out of gear as you let up on the gas. Then into next higher gear before giving it the gas again. If 18 wheelers can do it with 300-400hundred horse power diesels and 13 speed trannies, then it can be done with a Jeep. I've done it. Altho easier on open roads it can be a bear in heavy traffic. The trick is syncronizing engine, vehicle speed.