AMC-MJ

I have yet to see a road worthy used MT tire, there either wore out junk ! Or There good tires that by the time you buy them ship them and mount them ya may as well bought new ones... But anywho, 92% of tires I have seen on eBay or Craigs list are of such a tame tread I'd be scared to use them as trailer tires ! I don't do street tires regular old generic road tread is of no interest to me. Mike

Most everything I own at one time was daily driven on biasply tires with out any issues... I drive 2 blocks round trip to work, the bank is 2 mile round trip and the geociery store is only 1 block ruinf trip. If go 7,500 miles a year I'd be impressed ! Now that being said I looked at many radials I can't match the aggressive tread for the price. If I wanted to put $1000 set of tires on it I could have aggressive radials, that's just the tires... For $800 or less I can have either of the above tire bought shipped mounted n balenced ! Them tires will last me a few years. Mike

Not sure which size tires i should go with, G78-15's 28.5" tall or 7.00-15's 30" tall. G78-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html 7.00-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html I'm going to go with one of the 2 tires for sure as i love the tread design but i am unsure of which size would fit best . . . Mike

:rotfl2: :rotf: :yes: Mike

:cheers: Good to know that people do know what is going and why :cheers: Mike

:mad: a SWR of 3 is really bad, you need to get that Standing Wave ratio down a lot. :cheers: I'm very impressed you know about SWR :cheers: Lot's of guys just toss them whips on and think that's it, they have no idea whip's need to be tuned. 62' GMC 4500 running twin K40's: after fighting the pair for a while I tuned each whip separately then I linked them back in tandum install my Co-phase cable and did a final tune i got them to hold at 1.1-1.3 SWR best i could get most shops shoot for 1.5 or less i normally can pull a .9-1.1 tune's on single whip's running duel's is more tricky . . . I'm pushing them with a Cobra 148 with weather radio channels. Good luck Mike

<- that suck's my K2500 gets 19cty-21hwy mpg empty & 13cty-17hwy mpg loaded . . . I had the mechanical's inspected "engines sound compression is great no blow by-transmission was sound no unusual slop or play no howling gears - rear end is nice n tight no extra play or howling as well" was my report back. I could have gotten hosed, sure but howling gears ? I don't hear any howling or noise from either gear box, play n slop its a manual i'm shifting the gears every day I personally noticed nothing out of the ordinary actually seems a bit snug to me like a few new truck's i test drove, as for the engine i hear no tick's no rattles i ran it a while pulled the oil cap off while running no smoke no air flow. only thing i might have gotten hosed on is the compression test but with the way it fires right off at -15*F i highly doubt it it ran 20w-50 the first part of winter i now have 10w-40 in it now either oil spun right over n fired up in the negatives . . . Any issue this truck had would have to be electronic if any, plus i said " it feels like 9-11mpg " in my first response ... the exhaust system shot n falling apart leaks every where which is now replaced so it could be better i haven't really checked it non to closely, at a quick estimated guess that is what i came up with . . . Mike

I have driven truck's like his for 7-9 months maybe a year then crushed them, I even was planning on doing this with my MJ drive it a while year or 2 maybe 3 then junk it. :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: But it runs to nice and is in a lot lot better shape i got rusty doors and dented fender's, a few holes above the driver side rear wheel well. . . :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: I been thinking "well 2 doors 2 fenders 1 box side repair and coat of paint it'll like new" -" frames solid floor is new and Protect o wrap sealed "-" ya Just did a bunch of work to it all new brakes 2 calipers 2 wheel cylinders all new lines shoes and pads new master cylinder and a complete exhaust system starter battery cables sounds like a lot of new parts for a short term beater truck"-"you had the mechanical's inspected engines sound compression is great no blow by-transmission was sound no unusual slop or play no howling gears - rear end is nice n tight no extra play or howling as well" yes i really had this conversation with my self :nuts: :???: Fix it n keep it :???: was my conclusion :???: Mike

:rant: Must be nice. . .20+MPG :fs1: From the I-6, i'm getting 9-11mpg from the I-4 stock factory setup, tho i just replaced the exhaust maybe the numbers will improve :cheers: :dunno: Mike

My MJ is a 2.5L 2WD 4spd manual with 3.73's i just figured out ! and it feels like its only getting 9-11mpg ! it don't bother me any tho, it Starts, runs,drives, steers and stops. a concept my K2500 6.5 diesel is totally confused by :rotf: but when the 6.5er chose to run it got 19-21mpg, Tho no pulling power but great mileage for a K2500 :wall: The MJ has made a fine runabout replacement for the 6.5er, can't wait to build my J-truck towing Rig replacement for the 6.5er . . .then i'll toss a tranny in it another new starter and send that diesel on its way . . . right after the $5,500 load is paid off :doh: :fs1: paying for a shiny broken truck while driving an ugly beater truck that's paid for :wall: gotta love the American dream eh ? :rotfl2: :rotf: :yes: :D Mike

Cool, then from now on i'll make my Jeep order's for the 10-40PP during the winter and run either the SAE60 or the 20-50PP in the summer time. . . Mike

Most only scrape them if there smashed up or badly rotten or 30+ years old, you ever seen a worn out MACK ? :rotfl2: they almost never do . . . Mike

So is it going to hurt my 2.5L ? . . . should just back to the XL10-40 ? Mike

Well i think i'm going to go with some Biasply tires instead of the radial's i like the look of them better. . . Mike

Wait til my Comanche is all fixed up n painted, it'll be getting a nice 3.9L I-4 Cummins diesel i think. Mike

Live & Learn, I guess :cheers: . . . Mike

Its got 2 set of matched wheel's, just only 2 of each happen to be on it at this time, i wasn't really going for pretty as i was going for functional/Operational this truck was awoke from a year long slumber, and tossed on to the road in 24 hours, hopping it still had some life left to live . . . the shocking part is now after about 3 week's of operation the truck is showing sign's of being far from worn out as i once thought . . . :cheers: strong truck :cheers: but ugly truck :fs1: i'll have to fix the ugly Mike

Nothing to special about it, just an old obsolete Mack truck. 1959 Mack B61T Heavy hauler: END+T 711 I-6, 2 stick 15spd-OD trans, 6.38 gears, and 12.00-24 tires. 120,000LB GVWR. The Jeep, its a real heap: :doh: Like i said it's a hideous creature :wall: Mike

After seeing that there ain't no way in :mad: I'm posting up my Jeep heap now. . .Embarrassing ugly rusty :fs1: . . . Mike

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I think this engine is lounger then the 189,000 miles the ODO show's, engine is in sound strong mechanical condition ! i ran 2 engine flushes back to back and i got some dirty oil on the first and just a slightly tinted oil on the second, so filled it up with 4qt's of 10w-40 AMSOIL and 1 container of Engine restorer 8 cylinder formula, i'll be checking the oil rather offten for a while to monitor oil level and dirtiness and see how it holds up. Mike

for 4-6 quarts it cost me in shipping for the same amount of shipping in get a 2.5 gallon's so when i order 2.5 gallons or more or 12qt case or more my dealer license saves me big time but 4-6 bottles of oil it's cheaper to go to the high priced shop as after shipping i'd end up aying $1/qt more. . . Volume saves . . . i wanted to make sure the old MJ was going to like the high end synthetic oil before i buy a mass volume of it. . . Mike

I been running wix filter's when i have to run into bumper to bumper for my AMSOIL, other was when i have the time i like to order the AMSOIL with the AMSOIL filter's using my dealer's tag i save money, but some time over the counter is quickier making the higher price still more cost effective. . . Mike

:cheers: i finally got my flush n fill oil system is nice and clean and filled with AMSOIL 10w-40 premium protection high zinc formula, which i hadn't noticed the HIGH ZINC FORMULA until i was tossing out the bottle's, i normally use the 10w-40XL and the 15w-50 racing oil's, this time i tried the premium protection oil bit more money then the XL but cheaper then the racing oil . . . So as long as this ZINC won't hurt my engine i'm going to switch over to this high zinc formulated blend 10-40 in winter n 20-50 in summer. . . EDIT: the 15w-50 has the HIGH ZINC formulation, but the standard 10w-40XL dose not. Mike

You have your bed off, how dose one go about removing the bed on these trucks ? Mike