wannabeMJ

thx :cheers:

:hijack: i just want to have a look at my valves and I'm wondering if i could just use gasket maker or should i use a real gasket to put the valve cover back on?

I painted my engine bay black and it looks good but didn't have time to paint the engine before I putted it in ...... try to go with some easy to touch up on the engine so far good looking project keep going

as I'm reputting everything together I also encounter some probs first the tranny support wasn't the same so had to change that prior to installing it then I remembered that the bolts sheared right off so I was kind of :hmm: but then after putting the cross member on the tranny, I noticed that it didn't fit at the same place anyway then I tought that I bought a tap set :banana: gonna put it to good use for the first time then I redrilled and tapped here's what it look like then I was pissed at my cordless drill and went and bought a cord one but didn't have time the next day to finish more to come soon as I finish to install all the wire harness and the front end

I took mine out to replace it for a full lenght one from an XJ its for a manual.....don't know if its the same if you want it ill send pics to you send me a PM DOM

Today I use the great temperature we had in Alberta to good use me and my budy for calgary came down to give me a hand with this so we finished taking everything off the motor in the XJ to pull it out the only major prob we encountered was the passenger side motor mount bolt was entered from the back but the oil filter is in the way so we ended up taking the whole bracket off to take the motor out on this one we can see what we fished out what a nice catch ho and by the way thats me and finaly the engine is in with a bit of :hmm: and some :wall: but luckily I had a late 86 so no massaging the fire wall

well I started taking apart the XJ (DAMN IT carpooler will be leaving sooner then expected) and I saw som major difference with both trucks for starter the piece that goes above the rad is not the same as the one originaly on the MJ and the XJ one will not fit without major fabing second the rad doesn't fit between the fender without again some major cuting I need advice from people who have done this before please Ill be pulling the engine tommorow or the next day and will need to fit everything around it verry soon Dom

wow 4 pages just to confuse me more lollllll

like this one ....... Image Not Found same pins same everything

heeeeeeeeee :hmm: I just looked at mine and its the same as the pics you just putted up

:hateputers: damn it I will have to buy a new cluster ..........

looking at this post right now I'm wondering if I would keep mine to I think I also have an S-10 bumper on my MJ but mine was sticking out so far out back I might cut the bottom of the bed just under the tail lights (anyway there rusted to sh*t) and try to fit the bumper right to where the bed ends and right under the tail gate

I would say its all in regards to the gasket your using the tork your applying to the bolts will compress it making the proper seal the newer gasket will use a higher tork then want a cardboard gasket would ( or what a cork type would to)

here is the dash that I just painted 5 min ago Image Not Found and here is the paint that I use Image Not Found

trim paint for plastic I used the same stuff in my YJ and it lasted since I builted it 3 years ago it dosn't scrach or peel so far so good and it looks great I don't know about colors but I like black interior and it will cover any colors so I go with black trim and grey carpet and seats since I can't paint those lolllll

ok so after this is all done Ill tell you who was right and who wasn't

Ill try that there both 6 banger ill post more on that when I swap the engine probably next week thanks all

tought so to ....... anybody else have toughts on this :hmm:

any advice or tricks on how to do this?

I got a cluste from a 90 XJ with the idiot lights If you want it I'm looking for one with the tach in send me a pm if you want it Ill give you a good price for it

will I have to had a resistance on the board ?? what do u mean by calibrate ?? never done that before calibrate for the fact that the 2.8 doesn't revolution like the 4.0?

thanks guys

so ur telling me I need to find a cluster from a XJ that had the RPM in but wirring harness still won't fit the new cluster cuz my harness doesn't have the RPM anyway ?? :huh???:

after being gone away for the last 2 weeks I started working on the truck again I strated taking apart the XJ I got all the interior out and started painting all the parts Image Not Found and I also got the carpet out of the XJ to put in the MJ I know its not a perfect fit but it'll do the job just fine the only prob was that the damn thing was soaked lolllllllll so I got to let it dry before I put it in Image Not Found and I also took out the white backing that looked like a giant tampon

here are the 2 cluste the top one is the 86 MJ and the bottom one the 90 XJ Image Not Found the back of the 86 Image Not Found and the back of the 90 Image Not Found 15 pins on 1 and 16 on the other