500 MJ

Would you two just get a room or something? J/k :D

Man Down! Good to hear he was rescued. Good news is that I sent his parts out today :roll: ... something to look forward to... they should be getting in on Wednesday Pat...

I have been having some issues cause I host the pics on Facebook. Glad to repost them though, hope these ones work.

Great Pics, Thanks for posting them!

For this one second only, $1 Well shoot, no response, too bad nobody wants it... :chillin: Ok, Ok. I'd probably go for $4500- $5000 only because I've got my white one that I could begin building... But neither one is for sale and I don't plan on it ever being that way...

I think the Summer treads are 5", the winter ones are more like 3.5"... I think...

Driving back up to college last weekend I had lots of people stare at my truck as I saw them on the freeway. Lots of people seem to like it and give me a thumbs up when they are getting passed or pass me... The trucks sure are an attention getter no matter where you go. I think its because they represent another era to lots of people...

Hey Roger, I'm here! :wavey: My thoughts on chapters... I think its a great idea, however, I don't want to see chapters start to undo the friendly atmosphere that we have here. If it starts to become a popularity contest, I don't think its what we need here...

I stand corrected. Never seen one with full guages minus the tach...

You also need to swap coolant temp and oil pressure sending units, otherwise it won't read correctly... They are really easy to get to, oil pressure is by the oil filter, only one wire goes to it and the coolant temp is on the head, way back by the firewall on the drivers side. Again, only one wire to that one... If you grab the cluster from the yard, get the sending units too, they can be costly...

My summer ones are 33/12.5/R15 tires on 15" x 10" wheels. Same dimensions as the winter setup

Well, Its finally in the Jeep and it rides oh so much nicer. I got the '98 ZJ brake parts and had to replace the rotors and e-brake pads, everything else was good to go. I'm still SUA, so thats why this might look upside down to some of you. It rides nicely, Other than re-drilling the flange bolt pattern and making the spacer for the axle seal, it was pretty easy to do. I followed the instructions step by step from www.madxj.com. The only difference I had to adapt to were the MJ ebrake cables. I had to make ears to weld onto the ends so they would hook into the lever on the ZJ brakes. Finally can use this bugger now Used a Ford Shaft out of don't ask me what (It was in the driveshaft bus) with a conversion joint on the rear and my brand spanking new 1310 CV end. Like I say, it rides MUCH better now that my pinion angle is taken care of. I can actually do 70 mph without vibrating ;)

Also pretty sure you can use a TJ one...

Subarus are the most fun to pull out. ;)

Does the new clutch have anything to do with being for sale??? :roll: Sad to hear you are selling it. Gonna keep the red one? I'm sure other people are wondering if the D44 made it into the dark blue one or not too. If it didn't will that be for sale as well?

Depends on how much they are, but please keep me posted, I'm in for a MAYBE.

My Dad and I are working on one of those this summer. All that brown you see is paint. Truck came from Arkansas and was in 100% operating condition when we bought it. He even plated it for a few weeks and drove it around town before he started disassembly last fall. Its now down to its sandblasted frame and will be getting axles Dana 30 and 9" axles slung under it next. Plans are to drop in a 289 V8 from a '67 Bronco - still debating Tranny and T-case options...

Very Very Nice Find!

Very Nice Clean Work!

Actually, Yah. I know I mentioned earlier that I would be willing to make them for $300 + shipping. I think its a fair price for what you get - Here is the list of materials that I had for last summer and would have to go buy. 5"x2", 1/4" Wall Steel Tube - Ran me $90 last summer - I'll have to check again on this price at the local steel shop to confirm it. 4' of 3/8"x 3" Strap Steel to make the 4 mounting brackets and end caps - $? (I Had some laying around so I don't know the price on this item) 6" of 2.125 ID Square Tube for the Receiver + 1' of 3/8" cold rolled steel for the chain mounts underneath- $5 2 JCR Offroad D-Ring Tabs - $32 to my door http://www.jcroffroad.com/Merchant2/mer ... y_Code=DPL Shop Supplies (Welding Wire + Gas, Sawzall Blades, etc. I don't run a business so I need to replenish this somehow ;) ) - $30 So I figure that If I ask $300 and have ~ $175 into materials I would be getting $125 profit. Say I work on this for 5 hours - I'd get $25/hour I'm working on some AutoCAD drawings of the bumper right now and will post them up soon. NOTES: The Bumper will NOT be bedlined. It will come in Bare Steel or Sherwin Williams Self Etching Primer (I'd have to buy a can of the primer and it runs about $9 at the parts store if you want it painted), whichever you choose. I can pre-drill all of the holes if you want them in the mounting straps or leave them for you to do if you wish. I don't guarantee any of this to hold up to rigorous offroad use. I will do the best job that I can, but I am not a paid professional welder. I built my bumper to hold up to everything I plan on putting it through and have no doubt that it will outlast the truck that its bolted to. I run my passes hot and get great penetration when I weld. But, just for the sake of me protecting my own butt I can't guarantee the bumper to hold up to what you guys might put it through. Remember, I am doing this as a fellow-friendly comanche owner. I'm not here to ream you a new one and I don't expect you to do so to me either. Also, I expect to have a few weeks notice to get all of the supplies and time to make a bumper. I can't whip one out overnite. ;)

The snow is so deep up here that I don't go wheeling in it after it gets to about the 1' mark. Anything after that is just too much getting stuck. For driving around town I havent had any qualms with the tires and there are no freeways up here in the Upper Peninsula (Where I go to college) to worry about getting up to high speeds with them. They do seem a bit touchy at times though. I found that gate in a junkyard up here. It uses the stock latches and support straps. It is simply made out of some welded uni-strut with the piece of mesh in the center. I don't use it to haul anything with, I can stand on it with no problems but I don't know about loading it down with cinder blocks and all. It makes cleaning out the bed fulls of snow easier and also keeps my real tailgate from rusting up with all the salt. - Those are the two main reasons why I got it.

So those back flares came from a '97-'01 XJ? I like the look.

:rant: Who Did It! J/k We chopped up a rusty one this spring. IT WAS TOAST, but that one looks like there are still lots of parts to pick...

X2 ;)

Ur Grille is upside down :roll: ;) Also, it looks like its been repainted. Keep an eye out for spots starting to show rust. Almost no cars up in our area go without having some rust on them at some time. My guess is that this one did too and, even if it was a quality job, rust NEVER goes away... :cry: Try and nip it in the bud if it comes back. You'll be happy you did.