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I will have to do that.

You're right Jeep Driver, I shouldn't be doing such. But like everyone else I'm cheap but willing to learn and not let anyone I don't trust touch my truck. But if you see, the new hinge is much more open in design than the old solid ones.

A teaser

That’s what I think but I’m baffled as Chrysler’s instructions are incredibly vague.

I will now post pictures. I planned on doing so a little bit later but I have time now. Hinge and instructions. Note it’s open design.

Hate to really jump in on this but y’all caught me at the trans crossmember. According to the catalog, the 2.5L’s trans, AW4 and the BA use the same crossmember. As stated above the AX15 does indeed use a newer “type 2” crossmember as it is dubbed in the catalog. Just wanted to make that known. Have fun!

Noop. Buuuutt we could say he does since it is lifted.

Excellent question. There’s me and another member who live up here in the east side that I’ve met. There’s others but i don't know if they are active anymore. There’s a couple members close to you in chandler and south mountain areas and there’s a couple in Tucson.

*X3 -Q8 AGC Black Ram 1500 Sport Group APA MONOTONE PAINT PACKAGE CBA BENCH SEAT - STRAIGHT BK CGX Head Restraints-Outboard Seating, RR DDJ 5SPD MANUAL TRANS A881 (JA-41) ERB ENGINE - 4.0L I6 MPI GAS GAC ALL WINDOWS - TINTED GLASS HW1 JJA CIGAR LIGHTER - FRT COMP KD8 DELETE TAPE STRIPE COLOR SEPARATION LAP FUEL ECONOMY SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT LMA HALOGEN HEADLAMPS MBJ Bumper - Front, Black MDA FRT LICENSE PLATE ATTACH REQUIRED NAA ESA W/CATALYST (EXC CALIF SYSTEM) PB3 MEDIUM BLUE PRIMARY COLOR - GB3 QB3 Intense Blue Pearl Coat RAC RADIO - AM/MTR SBA POWER STEERING TBG SPARE TIRE - COMPACT WMC BASE WHEEL DRESS - UP (INCLS TRIM RING) 90% of this is accurate. But 86-88 build sheets are lacking data. Build date 4/19/88 Body code TL61

Would love to provide the build sheet but need the VIN please.

Nice! Where at in AZ? There’s a few of us here and we are always interested in gettin together and hanging out.

Big C clamp and a socket is what I would use and press it on. And put some grease on the bolt or stud to help with sliding it on.

Has anyone installed the new redesigned door hinges before? I have two new sets from Chrysler and they are way different but function and look like what would be used on the 97-01 XJs But Chrysler says they are direct replacements for the old ones. Just the side that mounts to the body is more open than the old solid one.

Try looking at the 4.2L on CJ’s and YJ’s. They used the same bracket for the AC and Alt on the 2.5L up until 86 but the 4.2L has it until Chrysler stopped putting it in YJ’s in ‘90

Right? You remember seeing something and then you never find it ever again! Now I would have to guess the material is a paper thin like rubber. That's all I got.

The exhaust flappers? No I didn't. I was very fortunate to have mine indecent shape from the AZ heat. It looks like those vents are just crusty, falling apart and need to be replaced. Buuuuuuut, not all hope is lost. My best guess is if you can get some sort of very flexible and pliable rubber, you could poke holes where the holes need to be on the vent and make new flappers with the vent. They are rebuildable, just the right material is needed to do what the vent was designed to do.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H5948V4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I used that for the vents. Works great but you end up with a metric ton left over.

Alrighty @Minuit Here’s for not installing it for a year and your amazing work fixing what I broke lol. RX-141 installed. Now I just need to get one of those dongles that locks on to an empty station and does Bluetooth and aux/usb. I wish I could upload a video of its performance but can’t without doing YouTube. So I tested out everything and it works perfectly. Even the cassette. Yes being 23 and having cassettes. I can blame my girlfriend for her obsession with that. I prefer vinyl.

Lol I gotcha.

Did the same thing with the bigger crate except it holds most of my misc fluids and oils. Used hinges for the lid.

I will admit. Both those pieces look to good to be furniture. But still awesome.

I’m gonna do this to my original tailgate that’s all mangled. I like it!

Chances are the terrible running could be vacuum lines being plugged or broke, exhaust manifold cracked or not tight against the head or sensors going and or are bad. Possibly dirty grounds as well. Anytime anyone acquires a new to them MJ, we have them hit up Cruiser54's Renix tips.

Nope, Registry is the right spot for your VIN and what not. Build thread goes in the Members projects section.

Mind making a build thread for this beauty?