89 MJ

Yeah, same with me

Gotcha, that makes sense. If you want to plant the truck at some point, it definitely makes sense to keep oil off of the paint.

Just an idea, instead of polishing it, you could do a 50-50 mix of acetone and boiled linseed oil to shine it up. It’s a lot quicker and easier than polishing and the oil will help slow rust, but you will need to reapply it every 6 months to a year.

You can do it in your garage just fine. Need to pull the a-pillar trim and b-pillar trim and the stuff that goes along with that. Not difficult, just takes some time.

There is no bell housing adapter for the Peugeot. There is one for the AX-15. You’ll need motor mounts, headers/exhaust, a car intake and accessory drive, the ECU tuned, plus the adapter for the bell housing. You’ll have a few thousand in just those parts. Then there will be stuff like the clutch and flywheel, miscellaneous seals and gaskets. Plus you might need to get driveshafts made. Probably plan for $5k if you can do all of the work yourself. Whether or not it’s worth it is up to you. I personally wouldn’t pull a good 4.0 for an LS, but if the 4.0 ever has issues, I’ll strongly be considering an LS.

They were 84 and 85 XJ Wagoneer only.

Thank you! They make a great companion to MJs.

Looks like a good project. That 21 slot grille is a hard to find piece.

Interesting, thanks for the info

He picked up a set of 2004 Ram 3500 axles for the yellow 83 today. D60 front and an AAM 11.5 for the rear. They both have 4.10s and the rear axle has a limited slip. Overkill? Definitely.

Very cool! I never knew there were Orvis XJs, I only knew about the ZJs. Is it 4.0 powered? What’s up with the ZJ 5.9 hood vents?

Those emblems were just stuck on, no studs. I’d probably try a putty knife first, then apply heat if needed. Those holes should not be there. Could’ve been any number of things, really.

I’d recommend checking out either of @Gjeep’s threads. He put black interior in both of his trucks.

So do you have lines from each item going to this breather, or does each one have its own breather?

Longevity. I’m not saying that another Diehard will live 40 years, but I’d bet one of the small, cheap ones definitely wouldn’t live that long. I know several people with the modern Diehards and I’m yet to hear of an issue with them.

Microwaved dog turds!

I’m liking this. Might have to copy you at some point.

Black would look good, especially with the black vinyl flooring and the black steering column. You could also look for CJ, YJ, full size Jeep, and AMC Eagle or other small body AMC cars, as they all had similar wheels. Here’s an example of an Eagle wheel with the spokes wrapped. Also has a really neat woodgrain horn button

I’ve got a 31 under my short bed.

What color interior do you have? You probably could find one that would match your interior.

Ok haha. It would’ve been a holy grail MJ if it had the hidden winch though!

If you did this, you might also want to do the seat back adjuster knob too.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks to be in about the right spot for the standard bumper to me.

And it a Laredo, so it’ll have bucket seats and all of the options.

A1: I believe it gets deleted. A2: There should be an “X” in the top right corner of the attachment, right by the insert button. That will remove it.