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Surprised you didn't hit me up for some help lol. Looks good though. Now I just need to find a good dash. Or a bad one to have sent off for restoration. Looks good! Looks like I have some accents on my dash bezel to paint.

Not MJ related but really cool to see one of these as NOS. Like finding an MJ tailgate as NOS. https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1965-1972-JEEP-J-SERIES-TRUCK-GLADIATOR-TAILGATE-959066-J-10-J-20-65-66-67/353226863045?hash=item523df631c5:g:cDIAAOSwJCRfe2O4

Thanks Pete! That was the idea. I got fed up with having that cup holder in the center and not being comfortable with shifting while a drink was there and thus popped the idea* of doing that console. Plus more pockets to put little/dumb stuff in all the while keeping a factory look. *Thankfully no good full center consoles were harmed in the making of this console

Latch is held in my three T-50? screws. Then you have to unclip all the rods but you might want to get some more clips if yours are likely to crack and fail once you try to unclip them.

Take out the entire latch mechanism and see if its just seized for that portion of the latch system. My T-bird had the same issue except it was the door button where pushing the button would open the door but not re-latch due to that part of the mechanism being almost seized.

Whelp, it is complete and done to my liking..somewhat lol. I think its looks great and what a full bench console could've looked like for us. If I were to have one designed from scratch, it would fit the contours of the bench and have a mounting bracket somewhere around there with a not so deep cup. But I am not that great with plastic molding at all. All in all, it will serve its purpose well.

*X8 SEATS - CLOTH LOW-BACK BUCKET -H9 3LX ADL PACKAGE - 4X4 PROTECTION AGK APA MONOTONE PAINT PACKAGE BCQ Battery - 750 Amp Maintenance Free CAC BUCKET SEAT - LO BK CGW CKA CARPETS - CLASS I SHORT PILE 8 - 12 OZ CUF FULL LENGTH FRONT CONSOLE DDQ Transmission - 5-Speed Manual ERB ENGINE - 4.0L I6 MPI GAS GAC ALL WINDOWS - TINTED GLASS GEC Window - Left Side, Front, Sliding GFD SLIDING RR WINDOW GSC MIRROR - RIGHT BLACK HAA AIR CONDITIONING - FRONT JAY Instrument Cluster w/Tach JGB Clock - Digital JHA WINDSHIELD WIPERS - DELUXE JJA CIGAR LIGHTER - FRT COMP LAP FUEL ECONOMY SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT LMA HALOGEN HEADLAMPS LNJ ROAD LAMPS - FRONT MBJ Bumper - Front, Black MCA FRONT BUMPER GUARDS MCB REAR BUMPER GUARDS MDA FRT LICENSE PLATE ATTACH REQUIRED MWB SPORT BAR NAA ESA W/CATALYST (EXC CALIF SYSTEM) NHQ Transmission Heater PWB QWB RAB Radio - AM/FM SBA POWER STEERING SCG LEATHER STRG WHEEL - EURO/SPORT TYPE SUA TILT STEERING COLUMN TBB CONVENTIONAL SPARE TIRE WJN 15" Aluminum Wheels Build date 11/2/87 Body code JH61

A CJ style fuel fill bezel? Or just the sticker?

Yeah I know the differences between the two, figured AMC wouldnt delete the rear grills though for the MJ. But in the catalog it doesnt list if the duct is XJ specific or not. Just lists it as general an no note off to the side noting the body style used in. I figured the rear duct is nice for heating and such so I left it, it will spew out hot air through the console duct to the middle of the bench seat. I also found the first flaw. Due to not having any sort of rear mounting, the console has its own flex, almost requiring either a more forward mount or rearward mount. Thus the issue of alignment, proper seating, and flex have come into mind now. After fiddling with it for about an hour and came to the conclusion that it needs are least one shim where the t-case shift bezel goes and about two for the main console to maintain somewhat stability for the cupholder. That being said it was still a tad bit on the loose side and come the day where I decide I want a big gulp where ever I am driving to, I don't want to take a turn and have the drink spill. So I stuffed some "insulation" between the duct and console and got better strength from the cupholder. Other than that, this thing is practical for someone who wants a more "full" look to their interior.

Thats what I have already known but I wasnt too sure if AMC just used the same molds for the console like the XJ but just had that special insert with the ebrake delete. But it also makes sense to run the duct to the back like an XJ but thats just me and how I see it would make sense. Guess I will go take out the duct.

Well I finished installing the thing. Looks great! Especially with the cupholder. Guess my biggest complaint on that is how close Chrysler made it to the dash but they werent expecting us to chug big 48oz drinks in 1992. Also broke my shift boot retainer, it was a Chrysler one and not a genuine AMC one...had to break out my NOS AMC retainer though. All in all, console is worth it with a few more cups to hold stuff and a side mounted cup holder to hold a big drink, I can just tell the passenger to hold their own cup lol. (I was replacing the lower dash bezel with a much better one at the time of this pic) Now I have a question for my bucket seat members. Have you taken your console out? If so does the MJ have a duct like the XJ or no? I am going to go surf the parts catalog and see if I can find anything on this. I know the XJ and MJ floors are different but I feel the duct is just in the way of the console sitting flush on the floor.

Also another part of Cruisers ground tips is the blower motor ground. Highly recommend doing that especially with AC loaded trucks. I never did it because I didnt have AC so a blower moving hot air at a faster speed didnt seem beneficial to me at the time until I had AC installed.

So my guess since you didnt take the dash out for the box, the recirc door probably doesnt seal all the way and thats why water leaked. With the engine off the recirc door closes and fresh air comes in through the top via here circled in red: Blower motor comes out from the engine bay by three screws. The drain for the air box is located behind the charcoal cannister.

Main MJ tech forum and Pete has them in his signature or google Cruiser54 and you should find his main website.

When you say sprayed the air box, did you leave the box in the truck or did you take the box out? Theres a recirc door that is in front of the blower motor where water can leak out of if the drainage hole is plugged.

Thats the ground for the entire cluster, gauges and all. Look at Cruisers tips. He has a recommended gauge wire. I used some sort of I want to say a higher gauge high quality copper speaker wire my dad had laying around and used that for the ground extension.

*ZZ TRIM STYLE ZZ - PLASTIC BUCKET SEAT -ZZ ADE COLD WEATHER PACKAGE AJY Popular Equipment Package BAC 75 AMP ALTERNATOR BCQ Battery - 750 Amp Maintenance Free CGX Head Restraints-Outboard Seating, RR CKA CARPETS - CLASS I SHORT PILE 8 - 12 OZ DDQ Transmission - 5-Speed Manual DMN 4.10 Axle Ratio EFB ENGINE - 2.8L GM 6CYL GAC ALL WINDOWS - TINTED GLASS GFD SLIDING RR WINDOW GPB DUAL - O/S MIRR PKG - LOW MOUNT - CHROME HAA AIR CONDITIONING - FRONT HCC HEATER W/UPR LEVEL VENTIL - TYPE II JHA WINDSHIELD WIPERS - DELUXE JJA CIGAR LIGHTER - FRT COMP K60 BODY SIDE MLDGS - VINYL LMA HALOGEN HEADLAMPS MBJ Bumper - Front, Black MDA FRT LICENSE PLATE ATTACH REQUIRED MFD BRIGHT GRILLE - TYPE I NAF HIGH ALTITUDE EMISS CONTROL PKG NFA TANK - 20 GAL FUEL NHK ENGINE BLOCK HEATER NHM AUTO SPEED CONTROL NMB ENGINE COOLING - STANDARD DUTY RAF RADIO - AM/FM/MTR SBA POWER STEERING SCE STRG WHL - EURO/SPORT TYPE SUA TILT STEERING COLUMN Build date 10/23/85 Body code JM62

No problem. Not rear headlights, rear red lights. Damn auto correct.

Honestly, I bought chunk for $3k...sometimes I feel I paid too much but its one of those when will you see an 84 model again. Other than being an XJ with quad headlights and rear red lights and power everything and being a low price SJ, its the same as anything else in the Renix era.

That radio just screams the 80’s. That’s a good find. Congrats!

Maybe but mine rolled off the line in November sometime after the buy out, but as far as I know the history, nothin bad happened.

If you look up under the dash below the switch for the headlights, youll see a ground wire mounted there. Now that spot is notorious for looking rust colored and not being the best chassis to ground hook up. So thats why its recommended to take a better gauge wire and ground it out to the stud that holds the ebrake lever in place.

Mine was made in 87 and has a Chrysler pentastar on the passenger window

AMC loved to source their parts to U.S. and Canadian manufacturers. Despite AMC having VAM down in Mexico, you won't find a lot of the parts on any AMC vehicle have something made in Mexico. Chrysler on the other hand sourced to both countries for parts. Which is why that module was made down in Mexico. Also the 89 in front of the 5600 denotes an AMC part number. As for the last one, there may not be a country of origin but simply a 5 digit manufacturer code on there. You can not look up those codes, they are a very internal thing with Chrysler and are only referenced when returning damaged, improper manufactured or defective parts. As for the change over, that happened in 1988. But Chrysler had all of AMC's parts inventory to liquidate before sending out Mopar packaged Jeep parts. But as soon as the buyout was done and set, Chrysler went to AMC's part manufactures and said we would like our labels on these parts. But youll still find a lot of the interior or even some engine parts will have an AMC number on them probably due to that it was cheaper to leave the number on the part and in the mold than make a new mold with Chryslers new part number.

Because most folks when getting a Jeep naturally expect it to be 4 wheel drive. So if they get a two wheel drive they will have to put in more work and effort to make it the truck they want vs the truck they can buy with 4 wheel drive. Don’t fret about that too much. The MJ is rising in value regardless of which wheel drive it is. I have a two wheel drive and I restored it and I love it. It’ll go just about anywhere it was designed to minus the situations where you would absolutely need 4 wheel drive.