89 MJ

Wildly unrelated, but those torque thrusts look great on that truck.

This very much reminds me of my Eagle. I ripped off the computer controlled garbage and slapped a 2150 and HEI dizzy in its place. Felt like it doubled the horsepower of that car.

Yes! I'll never be a customer of theirs just because of the moronic ads.

I've heard the same up north. Maybe they should focus more on their payouts than their stupid gecko commercials

Yeah, only looking at MJs the same model year is stupid. The 150 mile range makes some sense though, as that would be a 2.5 hour drive, which is fairly far and far enough for vehicles to have different values in the different places. That said, if they told you why your comps won't work and told you that it needs to be the same year and within 150 miles, I'd look for some comps that match their criteria. They should have no problem taking those then. FWIW, I have spent several years around bodyshops. I have been told by many many people that in terms of price, Progressive is cheap to insure vehicles. If something happens, they are one of the worst companies when it comes time to getting paid for damage. Now I'm sure a lot of that depends on the agent, but this has been a problem for as long as I can remember.

That's what I fully expect it to be. I have noticed that it has been feeling like it needs shocks, which is irritating because they're only 6 years old and Monroes, but that's new parts for you.

Yes, those will work. My brother ordered the exact same headlights I put in my Comanche for his J10s and it fit both of them correctly. For what its worth though, from what I have seen and from what my brother has seen, everything BJ's has to offer is typically more expensive than lots of other places. It is a small company though, so there's that.

I went back and looked at some of my old pics. It looks like my passenger side motor mount is behind the driver side mount too. I'll also add that I installed the rubber mounts with the engine. No sure if that will make it easier, but that's what I did.

I'm curious as to how this will work out, especially if it helps prevent axle wrap too. I need to do something with the rear of my truck because it doesn't take much to get it to squat and it wheel hops like nobody's business. I know my truck probably needs shocks, but if that doesn't cure it, I might have to look into something like this. It should help a lot with load capacity too.

Changing the title should have no effect on the follow feature.

Sounds like a plan. Everyone here is always a great help!

Ok, good. Just wanted to double check that you were using the proper transmission. It is usually easier to do them together, but installing them separately is fine too. Could you post some pictures of what is going on?

You might be able to clean the injector that you've got.

In WI, there is only one person at one parts store who I trust to look anything up. Usually I find the part that I need online and will call the parts store with the part number if I need the part soon, otherwise I just order it off of rock auto.

You’re using the trans that was behind the 4.0, correct?

That almost looks too nice to use for parts.

Sorry to hear that. I hope everyone was fine.

Looks much better with the chrome.

Pretty much all of the interior trim pieces are worth pulling, the rear window, exterior b pillar trim, rear fender flares, tailgate, rear bumper and brackets, pretty much anything that isn’t the same as an XJ part is worth saving.

You’ve got the carbureted 2.8, right? If so, that looks to me like a mechanical fuel pump. It might just be the gasket that’s bad. If the pump still works properly, I’d just replace the gasket. It’s hard to find a good mechanical fuel pump anymore.

The add a leaf will likely have more arch than the springs in your pack, adding lift. It will also stiffen the pack some, also resulting in lift.

I don't think the tow rating changed based on transmission, but I could be wrong. The metric ton trucks are rated at 5,000lb towing capacity with trailer brakes, if I recall correctly. With the regular towing package, they were all rated for 3500, if I'm not mistaken.

I think you've got a great plan there. Especially putting a 3 link in the front and ditching the leaf springs.

You probably could do it, but I don't think it would be fun. I don't even love towing 2,000 pounds with my MJ, but my truck does have a little bit of lift and 31s and I think it needs shocks. And I also haven't flat towed with it, I've only towed trailers. In my opinion, I think the wheelbase of the MJ is too short and the rear end is a little on the light side to feel comfortable towing much weight at speed. I think that the TJ would probably weight more than the MJ and try to drag it all over the road, which a braking assist system wouldn't really help with other than when you're braking. And with the MJ being so light in the rear, I think it would be pretty bad on a 4-6 hour drive. If it were a 1 hour drive on backroads, it would probably be fine, but I don't think it would be very good on the highway.