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Okay, I can answer a couple of problems. Why don't you use outers from a YJ D30? Thicker yokes.

Latest issue? Damn I just got the November one, where they do the front. Stinkin' Ricer Boys...... :evil:

So spending 900 bucks, as opposed to 120 a piece is coming out ahead? I've been wheeling exactly the same set of unit hubs for 3 years now, the only one I had to replace was the one that was fragged when I got the jeep. It's not big tires, and off-roading, It's driver behavior, and complete lack of maintenance that kills them.

I had some PS hoses made at the local tractor sales/service place.

Is that stuff, kinda a bluish-green color? If its the stuff I'm thinking of, it plays hell with the oil pressure sender that Comanches with gauges rather than idiot lights use.

I did a compression test on my MJ. About 125 on 1-5, about 120 on 6. So well within the 75 % standard. I don't have a leakdown tester. So its just keep the oil bottle in there like Pete, and keep with the empty/refill cycle for now.

I'm up in Ogle county, in the NW corner of the state. We fill at the local FS dealer, they sell all the consumables on a farm. Unfortunately I live in town, so I can't have a large tank on my property. I paid .65 a pound, last time. But I know that the price is up now. We just paid .73 a gallon at work for the forklift tanks, so it is going to be about 85 or 90 cents a pound. 87 octane is $2.49 a gallon, but E85 is 1.95

The Badlands is not overly muddy by comparison to alot of places. It is in the midwest so you only have so many rocks available for the so inclined. But if those pics look too muddy to you, don't ever, ever, ever go to Redbird in Southern Indiana. A friend commented the place seems to cater to the big foot/small brain crowd. Other don't hit destinations would be the Pipeline in North Eastern Wisconsin, and Cliff's Insanse Terrain in IL in the spring/early summer.

We get it from Farm Supply. But if they are closed, most of the hardware stores here have bottle exchanges. Very few still have fill tanks. The gas stations have bottle exchanges only. And noone except Farm Supply or the propane distributor stocks any bottles bigger than 20lb grill bottles.

Its not the same motor. The Comanche would have the AMC 2.5l, sharing basically only the displacement with the Chevy motor. Jeep had previously used a Pontiac 2.5l in the CJ series, but the GM 4-cyl never made it into XJ/MJ's. Jeep stopped using the GM 4-cyl in 1984. The 2.8l Chevy V-6 was in the 84-86 XJ's and 86 MJ's, were dropped for the far superior 4.0l Jeep motor beginning in 1987. So the difficulty would start the same place any other 'non-like' kind swap would be. Motor mounts, tranny adapters, fuel delivery, engine control functions would all have to be addressed at the beginning. Getting a good Jeep motor is almost always a better solution, from a simplicity stand point. You may be able to trade the Chevy truck to a salvage yard for a parts XJ. Most of the parts would be a direct swap from the XJ to the MJ.

Crap 70amp MIG (which I ran out of gas for, so I went back to flux core...) Real welder - I'd think stick, most band for the buck I have both a 90 amp Mig and an old Lincoln 225 amp Buzz-Box(Tombstone style) I like the Mig a whole lot more. If I could afford a larger Mig I would do it in a minute, no less than a minute. A friend got a MillerMatic 175 amp. Ohhh, baby that thing will weld circles around my machines. I actually bought the Mig from Harbor Frieght for doing some thinner stuff, that the arc just couldn't handle. I only wish it could handle thick material, then the buzzer would be back in the back of the garage for holding beverage cans off the floor.

A HUGE MESS!!!! Between kids toys, yard stuff, enough lumber to build another garage(but none of it the right stuff) Assorted Jeep parts, and other assorted crap. I have all my tools kinda shoved down one side. I usually end up working either outside, or trucking stuff over to my Dad's garage once the weather turns foul.

Yes and no. On my 88 set The base FSM (MR 277) covers shows the XJ mechanicals, each drivetrain component has its own manual, plus some mention in the main one. But there is a seperate body book(MR 244) for each, and a seperate electrical troubleshooting book for each. But 90% of the electrical books are the same. Now my set of 86 manuals has a seperate MR 277 for both the Comanche and Cherokee. a good 75 percent is duplicated though.

Parquet floor in the garage? Awesome!

Lawsuit? What lawsuit? Did this come out of the recent "unpleasantness" between Ford and Firestone, or are you referring to some other lawsuit? I found it about a year and a half ago. I will have to see if I can find the page again. It had all of the Cooper built brands listed. I don't know the history, but it was over failures of some type.

It came out in the lawsuit that Cooper makes about 75 different brands of tires, Futura's being one of them. I bought a set of tires from Tire Rack, and had problems getting them mounted/balanced. I used their recommended dealers, and the dealers all wanted to rape me. The price would have been about 3 or 4 dollars total less than if I had bought the tires direct from them. So I have bought tires from Sam's Club last two times. A set of Liberators for my wife's DD XJ, and a set of Dunlop MT's for my trail jeep. Good price and free mounting. I don't like Wally World's particular brand of capitalism, but if the local guy doesn't want to be competitive. Then he deserves to be Wal*Marted....

MUHAHAHAHAAHA! We really are everywhere!

Welcome! I doubt with your knowledge anyone will tire of you very quickly.

Okay for a little humor here. My bumper is straight from the Menard's discount pile. Yep, good ole fashioned Doug Fir. I used some angle stock I had laying around, and made some brackets that bolted to the factory mounts.

Yes. Long vs short is obvious. The long bed is a foot longer. A seven foot bed vs. a 6 foot. You should have a NP 231 already. You would only need to switch to another one if your replacement tranny has a different spline output. Check the clutch master for leakage. Whatever genius desgined it, made it so that when it leaks, and it will. It leaks down on the inside of the cab, and right on to the fuse box. The fuse box will melt and cause ALOT of electrical problems.

Out. Wife did a real number on what was left of my Cherokee this weekend, So no wheeling for the MJ, or the XJ until a replaxement can be found.

Wow, that is hard to believe. The scrap guy here doesn't want those round black things under it. The last two times they came with a flatbed and drug the cherokee bodies off the concrete and onto the bed. The first time though, they thought they would get me to do the cutting, by dropping a swing-off box in my yard. We got an endloader to drop the body in the box whole. They were not happy with me.

I can't get into it. Its all the endless left turns, rednecked fans, and guys constantly referring to their car as the"Budwieser,Skoal,Doritos,Cheez-Whiz, Ford.

Bob, every time I see that thing all I can think is : Damn Mark hooked you up big time. The lift came out great.

Hmm, I have an 88 Olympic Edition. Mine didn't have any stripes, even when new. Just a couple of little decals on the back window. I-6, meeting your friend BA-10.