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Also, this was out of a limited trim, which had power windows and power seats. The seats were in pretty rough condition but I've never seen any that looked like these, are they in any way rare or hard to come by?

Ok I went and got the column, as well as the vacuum motor, the wire harness that runs to that, the bigger vacuum resevoir and its hoses, the throttle cables and the speedo cable bc it had a wire and censor going to it. The whole ecu was gone, but I found a yellow amc box just laying in the passenger floor. Sure enough it lines up with one of the connectors, and a quick search of the part number brings up an ebay listing for one calling it a cruise control box. So I'm glad I found that, hoping the rain water from the missing sunroof didnt kill it.

Ok great I'll probably just get it and look for an s10 or something for the linkage. About 30 minutes Southeast of Atl

ok thanks

As of right now I have a spare cap at least

That might be it, but when I bought a rotor, cap, wires and plugs they have a year warranty and it I went and got a new cap and rotor. Found out the warranty literally expires on Wednesday

I also forgot to mention, maybe about a month ago it was down on power while driving. It seemed kinda random and sparatic, not like certain gears or rpms mattered but it was more noticeable when it happened in a taller gear. It almost felt like all the spark plugs were still firing, but at like half spark if that makes sense. And it would sorta toggle on and off sometimes within seconds other times it would be fine for 5 min. I ignored it and after some time it either went away or got worse and I just didn't notice it anymore. This never seemed to come back up and everything was fine when I parked it until the next morning when I went to fire it up. Its fixed now but if it happens again I'm gonna have to investigate more, at least I know where to start now.

Yeah the grey cap from the junkyard fixed it right away, went right back to running fine

alright thanks I'll update when I go back

Ok, also since its a gm column, do any parts carry over from any gm trucks? Like maybe the turn signal linkage stuff

The part on the distributor cap that touches the rotor looked burnt, and either smashed or melted. I did a little bit of playing in the mud a few nights ago and drove home (maybe 30 min on the road) with no issues. The next day I went to fire it up and it had no spark. After chasing the other parts of the ignition system I finally noticed the strange part on the cap. It also left a little black spot on the rotor but nothing bad looking. I got a new cap from the junkyard and it just had a spring loaded cylinder( might be an aftermarket cap). It fixed the issue, all I'm wondering now is what happened to the old one. The old one wasn't oem, I got it from Oreily's with the rotor, wires and plugs maybe a year ago. My only thought is it somehow got dirty and started getting hot bc of it until it burnt itself out. Any thoughts? (Black cap is burnt out one, grey is junkyard one)

Last two pics show the mess of wires I was talking about. Does the one plug under the CC Motor actually go into it or is that just going past it, I didn't check.

Ok, was worried about harness bc of the mess of wires under the cruise control vacuum motor thing on the firewall. Also, what about the column. I want the whole thing just bc of the tilt part, that shouldn't introduce any complicated new wire harnesses right? And lastly the plastic linkage stuff attached to the turn signal stalk was broken, someone took the steering wheel off and gave up after bending the metal plate. You can see the broken plastic inside incase the free moving stalk wasn't clear enough. Do I need to find that white plastic linkage from another renix cruise control or is that the same for every turn signal. Sorry if my questions aren't clear I hope the pictures help.

I have a lot of pictures, just can’t send atm

Found a 4wd 89 XJ at the junkyard. It’s a limited, so has power Windows, power seats, and a tilt column with cruise control. Can I take the cruise control stuff and column and swap it over to mine without needing to replace the whole harness? My MJ is the same year, but is a base model.

We just went and got a 78 Brat for stupid cheap, especially once you find out more about this car. It's gonna be like a family project car, could be fun to drive around sometimes, maybe to car shows, or just a firewood hauler for the yard. The main reason it even peaked my dads interest was it has the whole jump seat assembly in the bed, but also has a rollbar and roof spoiler topper thing. The roof spoiler is a SnugTop, serial number 0062. Not sure how many were made but they are definitely pretty rare. After doing some research, everything on this is factory optional, including the front bumper. Rust is somewhat bad in a few small areas, but its a southern car, I'm sure for someone in the Salt Belt this is pristine. The coolest part by far is the paperwork in the glove box. I thought my MJ had a lot of documentation, but no this thing has the "Pre-Delivery Inspection and Adjustment Service Check List" paper, it has the sellers sheet showing each option and the price of each(total price it sold for was $5,802), along with Owners manual, warranty information, etc. Supposedly 2 years ago the previous owner poured gas down the carb and got it to start. Upon quick inspection everything is under the hood and complete. This is gonna be a really cool project.

Not sure if yall are passed this or not but I got my AX15 and NP231 from a 92 YJ. The bell housing was exactly the same, I think the YJ actually had like a 4.2 in it also. The 4wd shifter for the YJ is different, so either do what I did and use that and the YJ shift boot, or find a XJ/MJ with a 4wd AX15.

Not sure what thread is best for a question but I have one. Has anyone ever taken an XJ's gas tank and mounted it in the rear in place of the spare tire carrier? I'm not asking if it can be done, just if anybody ever has. I have considered maybe one day rigging one up, whether it will function like dual tanks on an old ford, or just a big integrated storage tank that you have to pump out into the regular tank.

Here are some pics of mine if you want a reference(only thing is its a short bed).The back is literally just taking the axle out, cutting old perches off, welding new perches on the top, then putting it back on under the springs. This ended up sitting perfect(as far as I could see and with basic measurements) with the front which was just new lower control arms, and taller coils. I bought the front end setup from some guy parting out a Cherokee. The sway bar links were simply but crudely extended to fit from the last guy. I believe they made a new hole on the axle a few inches over for the track bar, because the track bar was a stock one, perfectly matching my old one, and it did its job correctly with the lift. I don't actually know the technical measurement for the front lift but I'd assume between 3-4 inches. It has 31s and doesn't scrub anywhere, and leaves enough room for a decent amount of flex. The biggest downside is it doesn't take bumps/potholes very comfortably bc of how far down the control arms are, while still being in the factory place on the unibody. Rly this is just a good way to lift it on a budget.

Ah ok, thanks!

Also, should this post stay here or be moved to DIY Projects and write ups?

Probably gonna post it on the for sale thing too but I forgot to mention that I need to get rid of the bench. I don't care about making a lot of money I just don't want it sitting around forever and I don't want to throw it in the dump. Seatbelts work, latches work, obv the floor brackets are gone. Hmu if your interested or want more details.

I want to say this is before that then, because I swear this was the same XJ I got sun visor clips from, which means it has to be a 90 or earlier. And even if it wasn't that one, chances are that it was pre-95.

Making this to show/document what I did to swap some Cherokee Buckets into my truck. Figured someone else in the future who was confused like I was might find and be able to learn something from this. (89 MJ Bench seat and a pre-97 4 door XJ was used for the buckets, no power seats)To try to sum it up before the pics and explanations, you don't need to take the rails off of either seat. All you have to do is take the floor brackets off and use the ones for your floor. For these, each bracket had at least one rivet and 1 or 2 spot welds on each rail. Obviously you could replace the rivets with more rivets or just a simple bolt and nut, we used 1/4 inch bolts. This is the rear bracket on the passenger side of the bench seat. One rivet (bottom hole) and two spot welds had to be drilled out. First pic shows the front bracket on the passenger side of the bench. Once again, 1 rivet, 2 spot welds. Second pic shows the bench with the brackets removed. On the bucket seats, the front bracket was the same procedure, however the back one has 4 rivet mounting points, one set which is under a crossmember. You could take off 4 bolts and nuts, separating the rails from the seat frame, but not only is this tedious to take off, it's extremely hard and annoying to get back on. Also, you would have to drill the rivets that the crossmember uses to keep the rails aligned. Luckily, the MJ bracket only uses the back set, so by far the easiest, and quickest way is to just simply cut off the rear portion. Once you cut it in half, its just like the previous ones, each rail has 1 rivet but one side has 1 spot weld instead of two. You can cut more of the remaining part of the original bracket than we did if you choose. Once its out of the way, the MJ brackets once again just rivet or bolt right on. ^Final picture with MJ brackets on. I feel I should clarify that I'm obviously not an expert and if you wanted to do the same you shouldn't just take your seats out and start drilling and cutting. I tried to give as many details I knew about the type of seats and stuff, because some seats may be drastically different and won't work this way(power seats, seats from a 97-01 XJ). Just make sure you confirm your seats will work for this same idea before you hack something up. As for the purists out there, I'm sorry you had to see this, just don't look at my 4wd shifter . Note that these are from a 4 door XJ. They do not fold forward so it will be hard to get big stuff behind the seat. If you want factory bucket seats and manage to find a 2 door XJ, I would assume this same process would work if you used your MJs bench brackets.

Alr thanks I'll come back with the results tmr.