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I’ve seen several articles written by chatGPT recently. You can tell it was written by a bot but the info was very thorough
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Front shock recomendation
ghetdjc320 replied to Whitaker717's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
The 5000X is a great chock for the price. Do you do any high speeds on rough roads, gravel, washboards etc? Stock axles? What size tires? Any added weight to your MJ? -
You've got an XJ 8.25 axle there. You can see the remnants of the old SOA perches.
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AX15 tear down for thrust bearing
ghetdjc320 replied to ghetdjc320's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
Upon further research, it looks like it should handle quite a bit of torque. I’ve been toying with the idea of heads, cam, lifter and maybe bumping into the low 400’s range on HP but I think I’ll keep it stock for now and have Marlin build be a tranny down the road when I decide to do the engine upgrades. I don’t think it should have any problem handling the torque of my current engine build. -
Thanks for the clarification, I edited my post to prevent confusion
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Of course it did lol. I forgot the 2.5 was in the YJ in those years.
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You’re talking about running your Renix MJ 4.0 in a 94 YJ correct? As far as the electronics are concerned you might as well swap to obd1 as the YJ never had Renix (they had a carbed 4.2 from 87-90. 91 switched to obd1/4.0HO.
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Engine swap options? Help me decide
ghetdjc320 replied to JRappleguy's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
I agree, keep it as-is. But to address some of your questions: Assuming you want to keep things all Jeep, The AX15 can handle quite a bit. Wouldn't be concerned at all until over maybe 400lbft of torque but it can be upgraded to handle a decent bit more. Th ax15 is basically a Toyota R150/151 transmission. Marlin Crawler offers bot only rebuilds of the AX15 but also two crucial power handling upgrades: first gear thrust bearing and rear bearing retainer plater. They have a few other items they offer as well but the actual ax15 gear set is plenty stout and able to handle a lot of torque. Also, use good fluid in it such as Redline MT90, Amsoil MTF or similar. NO GL5 oils though. The "strongest" rear axle is really subjective but if your wanting to stick with oem or at least the oem theme, go with either an original Dana 44 or an 8.25 from a later model XJ or KJ liberty. The liberty is a nice swap as it's wider than stock and actually fits the MJ remarkably well. Also has decent disk brakes. The KJ 8.25 has a ton of extra brackets that need to be removed. As for links and write-ups, browse through the members builds and also the epic build section and you'll come across a lot of different build to gather ideas from. -
Cerakoat is good stuff! I’ve been using Migliore ceramic coating on NOS ones and had zero UV fading.
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That’s possible, I’ve never had good results with sem color coat but I’ve heard great things about it. I’d personally try some polish and dremel though first. On NOS ones, I add a ceramic coat to the face.
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It’s tough to get anything to stick but a bit of heat with a torch may help along with some back to black finish
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Factory bed light pictures + measurements
ghetdjc320 replied to Airborne Janitor's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
That’s just it, there is no separate lens on these cargo lamps. The entire lamp is a lens, just a clear plastic lens that is painted black in areas. It’s really not a good or durable design but it could be improved on. The housing is just too fragile. Perhaps it could be designed around an existing LED so the bulb holders and contacts would need to be remade. -
AX15 tear down for thrust bearing
ghetdjc320 replied to ghetdjc320's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
Was wanting to upgrade the thrust bearing for first and the rear bearing plate. Haven’t disassembled one before. The unit I have has 90k miles on it and was shifting great but can’t say how long it will last behind the LS engine. -
If you want to add a variable intermittent function, you need to send a "pulse" to the wiper motor low circuit. The motors' internal circuitry will then complete the rotation and land on park again. That pulse is on a variable resistance timer. Unless you're looking to just press a button and the wipers move once? If that's the case, the mist function works for that. The intermittent wiper switch in the column along with the accompanying lever and the intermittent module are required unless you want to design your own wiper delay module??? That's a ton of work Unless you're planning to splice in a pre-assembled wiper delay module to just send the pulse to the low side?? The factory version swap is very easy and quite cheap.
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Looks like all 3 versions have model numbers on the box.
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new A/C Evaporator is... not quite right.
ghetdjc320 replied to Pete M's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
I have plenty of leftover oem gasket material if you’d like some. -
Negative, all black. Was trying to find an all black nos one to match my electric window/lock bezels. I’ve eliminated most interior chrome but have a nice set of chrome door handles along with chrome 10 slot grill and tailgate handle to keep some chrome accents throughout.
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new A/C Evaporator is... not quite right.
ghetdjc320 replied to Pete M's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
Not sure which one you got there. However, if your going to return it, get the plate and fin design vs the tube and fin. Four seasons makes a nice plate and fin that fits with slight mods. Done a couple now that way and it works great -
Haven’t seen an MJ with a bbc but you may find someone in the XJ forums who has
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That link generalizes a lot of info and is missing a lot too. Here are a couple examples: The D30HP is an inherently superior design for a front axle and the better use of the gear set makes it stronger than the LP D30 (all non rubicon TJ’s and 99.5+ XJs). It’s also missing info on the JK D30’s which were also a stronger design. 2007 JK’s also had a D35 option and the modern D35 is the standard axle in JL and JT platforms. The D44 HD gearset was introduced long before the JK made the gearset popular or well known
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I like the decked system that @Limeyjeeper installed. That's a really nice option
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Around 61”. 63” width fits really nice in the back of an MJ with stock is similar backspacing
