eaglescout526

Isn't that a police XJ cluster?

Neat!

Looks great. I'm convinced to get one....but how does it get installed exactly?

Rebuilt throttle body yesterday. Recieved some drip moldings from Will and now Little Red does not look odd without the drivers side I did not know that the drip rail was so screwed up that getting this molding on was a pain in the butt! Cruise control is ready to go and will be a next weekend install along with a fuel line to replace a flare nut that is chewed up at the TB.

You actually would not need to splice anything to make the new cluster work. All the clusters from 84-90 use the same style plug to plug into the harness. For the sending units you will need the ones for gauges, oil pressure and temp. Unless your old one is idiot lights, you should not have to swap sending units. For the tach, as long as the Renix cluster came out of a 4.0L it should see the 2.8L pulses just fine and won't have to make any adjustments to the tach. One problem: If your truck is an 86 you will need to swap the speedometer cable to the newer 87-90 style.

I’m gonna take a stab and say the starter relay if that has never been replaced.

I put some thought into it and I think that plug is for the oil pressure switch or sensor.

That green wire needs to go to the starter relay. Does the relay have an open spade?

Does the wire have a flat connector and is a red wire? If so that for the optional under hood light. It does not plug into that spade on the coil. Don't know what that's for. For no spark / start I would check the Crankshaft Position Sensor on top of the transmission bell housing on the drivers side. See if the sensor is dirty and putting out the right voltage.

Like the title says, I am in search of a drivers side drip rail molding. For whatever reason mine is missing from my truck prior to my owner ship and I'm curious if anyone happens to have one to sell. Does not matter if it is black or chrome.

Dang. Well, snapping it off or putting a good liquid rust remover like vinegar is all I got left for ideas.

You could always try soaking the nuts in something if you don’t want to snap it off. If you are not in a rush to get the job done

Lol. Yep.

Lol, oops. yea I am. No that shouldn’t happen on the freeway at all. Just at times when the vehicle isn’t moving.

From what I’ve been hearing a lot of people don’t like it and it seems like the battery enjoys dying early in its life. There’s been times at work where customers come in because their “fuel saver” battery will be dead and it would not be in stock here at the dealer. Chrysler can’t seem to keep the special battery stocked unless the dealer orders them on the side from elsewhere. But they are only on certain Jeep vehicles equipped with the pentastar 3.6 and fiats. So they are not terribly problem prone, just that battery likes to die

No, they don’t. Thank goodness too.

Alrighty, after spending half the day swapping throttle bodies around I finally got it done. Could not do a whole swap and done, I had to swap the bowls around as the other throttle body had another open vacuum port and the one that came with my truck did not have such. So after installing the wrong gasket and discovering gas leak around the bowl, I removed the body again and tightened the screws to the bowl and swapped in the right gasket and now she purrs. Still a tiny leak around the bowl but there's nothing I can do as no one seems to make a rebuild kit for the 2.5L TBI. I did find and buy the last two injector retainer kits from Chrysler so that is now all new. Lesson learned, do not tighten those screws so damn tight! Updates: while back I swapped in a drivers side remote mirror so now I have a dual remote set up finally, swapped throttle body and several months ago I sent off an RX-141 radio I found at AMC salvage to be repaired after my goof up and Jeremy just now finished restoring it! I think I will probably end up swapping in that radio. Also swapped valve cover with the new one I recently painted and got a 21 slot grill on. I'll get a pic of that later. Future: Cruise control, radio and hopefully a paint job. Thanks Pete for this sticker! RIP Don. Edit: Just found a rebuild kit after some digging.

What gogmorgo said, give it a good ole tune up and drive it around more than just a block and push it a little to get everything up to operating temp. Then go get it tested after your warm up drive

Looks like a good idea. Probably would be a better alternative than cutting holes into the clock or the clock delete panels

Thank you. Little update: Since replacing the O-rings for the TBI I have noticed an increase in throttle response and the injector is not spraying all over the place now. Woo!..... broke the injector retainer screw which some of you may have seen. Went to AMC salvage today, scored a whole cruise minus the speedo cables which I hope I can find new. Came out of an 84-86 Cherokee? I do not know but it had the GM deluxe trash can at one point. I may replace the wiper/cruise/turn signal lever if they are reproduced for cruise. Also a plan B to fix my screw up braking that screw head, the yard had a used throttle body while I was there and so naturally I bought that, luckily it was not a fortune. Plan is to get the throttle body cleaned while I'm at work before a weekend install After watching TFL's video on their MJ I may have gotten a little too inspired and I decided to take my front header apart and repaint the trim. I also restored my eight slot grill but that was before the videos existence. Now some pics: Naturally I love it but who doesn't love what they do to their truck. Not seen very well in the picture but I did buff the headlight retainers to stand out better.

Parks and rec There is one in the movie "Small Soldiers".

Not really an answer, but for as long as my grandfather owned the truck before me, he had put a blanket over the bench to protect it, cut holes in it for the seat belts and done.

LOL

I bought one leaf set from them. I love it. Course any non broken leaf pack is an improvement over a pack with one broken leaf. That being said, their dowel pin to line up with the axle is not the same as the factory axle alignment pin, so save your old leafs like Pete said.