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sorry to say that but late 86 were made to have the 4.0L in upon doing the swap myself no mod to the fire wall of the comanche you need to empty the engine bay from the donor I mean take EVERYTHING if your lucky it will go in real easy I pulled the engine the tranny and the t-case at once and you'll need to mod the rad support and other things and take the engine mounts to if you wanna know more PM me ill gladly answer your Qs

do you have a used set of bearing?? that came realy handy when we did my front spool or once you get yours out (if still good) just grind the interior with a dremell so you can slide them on easy I was also missing shims and its a pain to get a friend to come give you a hand on a saturday morning just to realize that you are missing part to finish the job as for your crush sleeve on the pignion use a cumulativ torkwrench its a lot easier that way then to try to get the right tork the first time or order 3 or 4 crush sleeve

just did that on my truck got XJ setabelts from a cherokee 2 things either you drill a hole on the B pillar to fit the notch on the seatbelt or just cut the notch on the seatbelt itself (thats what Ive done) then its a direct fit enjoy dominic

thanks all

I just did my timming chain and did not have to remove the oil pan the kit for it comes with both gasket 1 for the timming chain cover and 1 for the oil pan black rubber one here you can see everything out but the oil pan Image Not Found

Ive used one from my cherokee donor and the only thing I had to cut is the lenght and the rest is 95% direct fit

I agree but will work for now I looked kinda silly at napa with the oil adapter saying I need a filter for that ........ :doh:

got it on with the 2 o-rings and filled it and after 45 min no leak so far so good

fixed the prob got to the JY today and found a 89 cherokee and took the oil filter adapter out of it for 5$ then went to napa and bought a napa gold filter now all I have to do is install the whole thing thanks dominic ps I will check the old adapter when its out of thereand post pics of it

sorry it was the PH3985 I'm just about to rip the oil filter adapter out of there and just put a new one will make it easier

allready tried the PL3985 still won't screw in anyone know the name of that part with the thread cuz by the look of it, thats what might be wrong with it

it was time for me to put fluids in my truck, 90 cherokee 4.0L stick but when I went to put the oil filter back on it just won't screw in I tried the mobile 1 M-204 the Fram PH16 (I know about fram) and the mastercraft but none of them will screw on then I said to my self maybe wrong one so I went and got the mobile 1 M-210 wich has a bigger size hole but that one is to big then a budy of mine told me try a ford one for a 302 but that one won't work either I looked at the threads on the engine and they look fine any ideas on what might be wrong??? could some one tell me the name of where the oil filter screw in and where can I find that part if I have to change it

got a friend to help me today and put the bed on it

got to finish the timming chain cover and reinstall all the front end looks a lot better and I also started to sand and prep for paint

well sadly I have to sell my MJ to acomodate my family and the new born that's on is way its been posted here and on kijiji viewtopic.php?f=24&t=24073 I would hope to sell it to some MJ lover then to see it go to a JY cuze here its next to impossible to find a good one I was just done fixing it up the only thing left on it is a track bar and the body work :fs1: hope it finds a good home :grrrr:

The factory lights were rectangular, don't recall if they were 5x7 or larger. I think larger. And they were not "fog" lights. Fog lights are mounted as low as possible and they have a very flat cut-off and wide, short range pattern. Off-road lights are flood lights. my point of view on this is: if you wanna put round lights on your truck it needs to have round headlights :nanner: seriously I got procomp 55 on my roll bar 2 spot and 2 fluted and they work great it gives me sunshine far and not to bright by the jeep so you don't need to wear sunglasses at night see round headlights with round spots Image Not Found

yeah got the same surprise with ups when I ordered my lift kit altought the kit itself was well worth the price

:hijack: what's wrong with the fram one ??? my budy has one in his cherokee and never had a prob with it is he just lucky or it makes a difference on the engine I read that it could cause low oil pressure on the old 2.8 but that's about it .......

who else got snow last night?? here in alberta I woke up to 2'' of snow everywhere is this winter ever gonna end?

I beleive I should introduce myself to My name is Dominic I'm from quebec and I just moved last year to Medicine Hat, Alberta recently bought a new to me 86 MJ X 4x4 that was in decent shape did a 4,5'' lift on it but plan to go 6.5'' very soon replace the 2,8L with a 4,0L from a 90 XJ and I also drive a modify and restore YJ 88 with the Cj grill Image Not Found if you go by some time send me a pm we can meet I'm almost on the #1 trans-canada

if you mean behind the seats on the B pilars YES they will but you will have to cut the plastics to fit them and you will need to make new speakers brackets to fit them here is a pics of mine hope it gives you ideas

salut le francais moi je viens de metre un lift de 4,5'' sur le mien de hell creek la compagnie appartiens a un membre du forum et si tu lui dit que tu est sur le site tu auras droit a un rabais livrer a ma porte pour 550$ le kit comprend : LCA coils neuf de 4,5'' pour le devant sway bar relocation bracket add a leaf pour l'arriere et schackle plus long pour tes lames I'm please with the result the lift gave me but plan to go higher to fit my 35'' without to much cutting for those who didn't understand I told him I had the 4,5'' hell creek lift kit and described what it included by the way welcome to the forum !!!!!!

had a question on this I want to do the same thing on my truck but I'm wondering what to do with the vacuum lines after?? cut them or what??

I found a bed for my MJ lwb in a local JY but I think he's hasking a bit to much 450$ to be more exact aparently its in good condition (almost rust free) but I haven't seen it yet it's an hour away from my place how much would you be willing to pay for a decent bed for your truck???

TY for the tip on the leaks Ive called for prices around here and I'm looking at 230$ for the glass the trim and the install