89 MJ

Doesn’t looks like a factory MJ piece.

I put a new water pump, radiator hoses, and coolant pressure tank in my 89 4.0 and it still overheated. The radiator was not allowing enough flow. It is probably corroded inside and flow is restricted.

What condition are the front flares in?

Congratulations!

February 2022-Gandalf the Gray Build Thread- Year/Model - 1989 Pioneer Drivetrain- 4.0, originally BA-10 swapped for an AX-15, Dana 30 front with full shaft CAD delete, Dana 35 rear, 3.07 gears Cooling- Truck already had an open system conversion when I bought it Electrical/Ignition- All stock Renix stuff, Cruisers tips done and a Dirtbound battery tray added but thats all Suspension/Steering- 4.5" Rubicon Express SuperFlex front with adjustable lowers, custom rear Alcan springs to match the front lift Interior- POR15 and Noico (black and "red") lined interior, new carpet, originally with bench, swapped for an XJ drivers bucket, MJ pass side bucket, older Alpine head unit with Rockford Fosgate front and rear speakers Brakes- All brakes, axle seals, hubs and hardware replaced. Rear weight prop valve removed, installed Wilwood proportioning valve, stainless steel brake lines all the way around Lighting- Headlight harness relays were already installed when I bought the truck, added interior cargo lights from a Volkswagen Jetta, 2 LED pod lights installed in rear bumper also wired to reverse switch Exterior- Beater style body, Dirtbound bumpers F/R, added a truck box for truck things Wheel & Tires- Pro Comp black 15x8, 32x11.50 BFG KM3s Misc- 3d printed Terminator skull shift knob courtesy of a friend, and Spiderman holds my phone Best MJ story- Haven't made a whole lot of memories with this one yet, but there's plenty to come! CC is Awesome! Why? - I have been on online forums pretty much since they came into existence but I've never been on one that provided so much information, help and enthusiasm. You can tell that the people in the CC really love these trucks and are generally good folks just wanting to keep the MJ dream alive. This place is awesome and I'm very thankful for all the help I've been given and all the help that I can give out in the future! I really, really like this truck. Congrats @jeepmjga!

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I think for 90% or more of drivers, the radar cruise is probably a good thing. That other percentage is out working on and driving 30+ year old trucks. My point: of course most of us won’t like it, that’s why we stick with our old school tech. I will follow that up with a conversation we had the other day in school. One girl admitted that she has a hard time driving cars without adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist. That makes me a tad worried about my generation.

I'm curious as to how the Renix will handle the stroker too. I might just build one when I am done with college.

Based on the throttle cable, that is most definitely an HO TB.

Hey, I’m an Eagle owner too! I have a build thread in the same spot Pete is talking about.

Good looking truck. I really like the grille guard!

That is probably what we are going to do. I’m not going to do it until spring, but I just want to have everything ready for when that time comes.

That’s what I thought too, but I’m pretty sure I installed the solid rear window one because the slider one was trashed. I never knew there was a difference.

I have a slider. I don’t remember for sure if I used my slider one or the solid rear window one. My truck originally had the solid window.

The rear window trim/seal/molding, whatever you prefer to call it in my MJ had a small tear in it when we installed it and when it storms hard, I was starting to get water in the cab towards the end of summer, so I am ISO the rear rubber piece around the rear window for my truck. I do not need or want the whole back glass.

Nice MJ and I’m envious of the 3/4 ton Yukon!

It’s going to look great! Chrome 10 slots are the best.

They are. Especially considering that Chevy cars were all wood structured until halfway through 36.

I only have 1 of other of the Elco. After this show though, I drove the 65 Coronet Hemi convertible and Challenger Demon. A Lil Red Express A Winged Warrior and Mopar show at the house of the PO of my MJ’s father. My cousin’s 72 Lemans GT (not a T-37 or GTO) A 68 Shelby GT500KR convertible that my dad drove his neighbor around in decades ago. 1 of 318. My Dad’s 54 Studebaker Conestoga Wagon. He bought this car with the roof cut off, so he chopped it. It had a 9” with 4.10s and a posi, a Chevy 355 with dual quads, and a 5 speed. Now located in Belgium. 1 of roughly 400 My mom’s old 46 Chevy and my Grandpa’s 34 Chevy Master Town Sedan. It had an SBC with a tripower. He drove it every day during the summer since the 80s. Unfortunately, in 2016, he was in a crash in that car and neither are around today, but the weather was beautiful that day and it was how he would have wanted to go. Roughly 900 of those cars were built between 33 and 34.

By no means exotic, but harder to come by than most exotics. My boss’s 59 El Camino. He bought it in 1960, the year he graduated high school, and has never sold it. Originally it was a 6 cylinder with a three on the tree. In 1966, he drove the El Camino down to SoCal to visit his wife’s uncle. Jim and his wife’s uncle then took the El down to Tijuana, Mexico to get the interior done in black diamond pattern leather. That interior is still in it, and is in excellent shape. On the way to SoCal, he also bent some pushrods running it through the mountains. He had to fix it when they got to his wife’s uncle’s house. Fast forward a few years, Jim is working in a body shop when a rolled over 66 Chevy full-size with a 300 horsepower 327 comes in. At this time, the El had about 40,000 miles on it. The 66 only had a couple thousand. Jim took the engine out of the 66 and dropped it in the El. In 1976, Jim opened the Auto Center. He decided that it was time to redo the El. He repaired the rust, painted it blue, put on turbine wheels, a 66 Belvedere grille, and side pipes. Everything you see on that truck today is original to the restoration in 76. Even the tires. The El now has a bit over 70,000 miles on it and he puts a couple hundred on that every summer.

Could I? Yes. Will I? No. It would suck what little power this car has and the electrical would not be worth the gain, IMHO. If I were to run any other type of trans, it would be an AX-15. The only issue is finishing on that doesn’t have varnish build up in it from sitting.

The issue is finding the Eagle specific clutch pedal and related pieces, but it is possible. I would rather keep it. This one has (I believe) a TF998, but I have heard good things about them.

Update on the transmission: the case is also no good, so I have to source another one though. I made some calls and one is being pulled for me in the next couple of days. And if that doesn’t work, I might be giving my spare AX-15 a home…