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+1 vote for Krusty Like em on my rig

I replaced all the factory speakers, the head unit and put in a small powered sub for right around $200 - was quoted $600+ to have it installed by a shop so opted to diy. The Sony head unit is a mechless marine model - easy install because of the short form, lot of room to stuff all the wiring behind. Found a local shop selling these for $45 ea - bought two, 1 for the truck and 1 for the boat. Crutchfield will tell you which scoche harness you need to hook up to factory wiring. The kicker speakers came off of Amazon - nothing fancy, they do the job. The Rockville powered sub was most expensive component and you need to buy a quality amp/sub wiring kit and run like a 4awg wire back from the battery..... Little cab pretty good sound

Had a huge oil leak suddenly appear on the 88 XJ - had to move it out of the way of the boat and decided to drive it to pick some fuel for the kicker, got back and parked it - 1/2 hr later noticed a dinner plate sized oil spot - WTF? Turned out it was the Oil pressure sensor (have full gauges in the XJ) - see pic, the plastic body separated (you can see the o-ring) and oil was spewing out when it was running - and big surprise, the gauge was not working.. So ordered this one off of Amazon: Standard Motor Products PS315 Oil Pressure Sender $21 shipped and works fine - but definitely does not look like the big metal one in the MJ - figure that one might be original?

The rear on mine was 19-1/2" from center of the hub to lowest edge of the flare. Front was 18-1/4"

Ha - the ones in that machine are at least 3 years old (pulled all those old Polyvends off locations in 2016-17) Chips are free if you want the machine at $500

Kegco a lot cheaper - think I paid $130 for the freezer - the Perlick flow control taps (stainless) with the stainless dual tower & all hoses had to be $300 - and to avoid building a collar for the freezer bought the 90 degree low profile fittings to clear the lid - that was another $75 - throw in chalkboard tap handles & the CO2 tank all in was a little under $600 (I like beer) - worth it to me but think you can buy a ready to go Keggerator from places like Home Depot for $400

Snaky Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State announced yesterday may be starting the process of opening some things back up. Fishing - lot of people pissed about how the state is managing fisheries up here anyway, think they only reason they closed fishing was so they'd have something to offer during the slow start-back-up plan. Halibut season should open next month, probably be delayed. Salmon runs (what's left of them) start up in June - pretty calm right now since there isn't much to target, but there is going to be a lot angst if they don't set the seasons and open up in the next month or so - fishing by it's nature is a fairly solitary endeavor - the launches can get crowded and the fish checkers have to interact to inspect the catch, but no worse than a trip to the grocery store. Golf - same thing, this is one sport that encourages social distance - hell most of the time I'm off by myself in the woods looking for that damn titelist that got away from me because I left the face open, bent my left arm, shifted my stance, lifted my head, late on follow through, dog ate my homework, someone talked during backswing.... seems like another activity they took away just so the huddled masses would be appreciative when they give it back... As a side hustle I run a string of vending machines - most of them are in business that are closed/un accessible - hotels, nursing homes, etc. The few that I do have that are still selling I have been ignoring because I don't consider vending essential - apparently I got that wrong because I have machines in essential businesses and some apartment complexes and they have been calling for me to come fill them up - so have to mask up, glove up, tote cleaners and wipes and go into the places and re-stock the machines. With all the extra time on their hands, the residents of a couple of apartment complexes invested in tubular lock picks (easy to buy right off Amazon) and started ripping off the machines - takes a little skill and practice to get even the cheap locks open, but with all the layoffs people have nothing better to do than practice breaking into the machines.. So now those machines get hardened hasps over the T-handles and puck locks with Abloy cores - good luck picking those suckers! Soon as they start smashing glass I'll pull the machines. When this first started taking off, I had a case of 160 N95 masks and put some of those in the machines, along with a couple cases of the 1 oz hand sanitizers - those things sold out in hours (I only charged normal mark up - think I paid $.50 ea for the masks and sold for $1.00 and $.35 for the sanitizer and sold for $.75) - phone rang constantly for more masks and sanitizer but couldn't get any - only a fluke that I had the stuff to begin with - ended selling about 24 masks in the machines and all the sanitzer, once I heard about the mask shortage sent the rest to my cousin that's a nurse at a local hospital (kept a dozen for immediate family) Crazy times

I like beer. I really like draft beer. Lost my old keggerator in a poker game that got a little out of control (lot of stuff got thrown in that pot) Built a new one out of a Costco chest freezer (kids call them Keezer's) Works great, holds two tall pony's or 3 corny kegs. Holds temp at just above freezing (like beer cold)

88 MJ - 90,000 miles 88 XJ - 120,000 miles 89 XJ - 200,000 miles All run great - the 89 with the most miles has lowest oil pressure on the dash gauge - but not by much and not sure how much I trust that reading anyway.

What color buckets? I have an excellent condition bench (blue) in my MJ - and would like to swap to buckets. If you are close to the Seattle area (freight would be cost prohibitive) and the buckets are in decent shape, happy to trade. Far as I know, they would bolt right in.

There was someone on Seattle Craigslist parting out a 99 TJ that had a good AX5 for $300 but I see it's now listed as sold. Always searching for AX15 and have seen these AX5's come up - usually ignore them, had no idea they were in MJ's

AX5? Still learning this jeep stuff - was the AX5 only on the 4cyl jeeps? or was it before the Peugot BA?

Buying my first house, got notified the day before closing I needed to cough up another $8k in cash - (we had thought we needed $12k and had that but someone miscalculated and we needed $20k) - sold the S10 Blazer I had for wholesale price to get some quick cash and bought the house but had no vehicle or money to buy one..... Borrowed $500 from my brother and bought an 84 S10 pick up longbed with the 2.8 - truck was straight but paint and interior were trashed - motor sounded like a bag of marbles in a washing machine on spin cycle. Thought maybe it would last a couple of months - kept an eye on the oil and temp and just drove it.....for 2 years! Thing spewed oil like you couldn't believe - finally got that somewhat under control - was a banjo bolt that I think held the oil filter on - remember trying to cut a complicated gasket after tearing the $5 dealership one - finally said screw it and forgo the gasket for a $#!& ton of RTV - stopped that particular leak for rest of the time I had the truck. Gutless and noisy, but it ran until I sold it to some kid for the same $500

31's on factory rims - does have about 1-3/4 budget boost but wasn't necessary for clearance. WJ LCA's were necessary

Yep - and now I have to go do it again (although the DMV offices are all closed due to WuFlu) Think I'll start with the place that titled the black one

So, had another XJ 2 door pop up on my radar - wasn't really looking with all the crazy shixt going on right now, but it was right there and price was good.....so....... Got another 88 XJ 2 door 5spd - this one is a "Sport" version This one is really, really clean - no dents, rust, clean gray interior - mileage shows just over 200k but runs great - probably fix this one up for the wife and kind of go the wheeler route with the black one... Too many Jeeps

Gotta be it - didn't come that way from factory, no question (to my non-locksmith-expertise observations) the square key for this 88 MJ works both the door locks and igntion.

Ok - well this weird then - the square key unlocks both doors and the hatch and works in the ignition. Does not work for the glove box. I thought maybe the door and hatch locks were trashed or something and would open with any key or a screwdriver so I messed around seeing if the MJ keys or a few other keys I had laying around worked....nope. The passenger side lock is wonky - sloppy fit, gotta jiggle the key to get it done, the hatch and drivers door lock/unlock smoothly with the key - ignition same. So, have no idea how this is possible - must have been messed with by previous owners - probably easy enough to fix by buying the door/hatch locks from a JY XJ if I need to change (provided they have the round key to go with)

Only really messed around with the rear hatch - square key locks/unlocks that one fine, will confirm the doors and glove box tonight. Don't lock the doors at the house and haven't been driving it around as it needs a number of things attended to before road worthy

Don't know - will check tonight

88 MJ came with two keys: Round (oval) for the doors and square (rectangle) for the ignition - this is how I remember old Chevy's were keyed so seemed correct to me when I got it. 88 XJ came with just the one square key - opens the doors and the ignition - this sound correct? Have no idea why it would be this way from factory.

The 88 XJ I just picked up has that sensor and the dash light works - sporadically.

1-1/2" lift in this pic - but fit fine with no lift - WJ LCA's - no rub

Update: Got it titled. Just kept going to different DMV offices - each time presented the Title and Bill of Sale - shot down twice - both places claimed fair market value was $13k+ 3rd office I went to just processed the paperwork and signed off on the $1400 purchase price without comment - completely random nonsense dealing with the State bureaucracy but now good to go.

Even when the state was begrudgingly going along with $30 tabs, my truck was always at least $100 - I said something about it at the DMV and they told me it was a CAR tab fee and rules were different for trucks or SUV's - had nothing to do with gross vehicle weight so more bs to squeeze revenue. Got collector plates on the MJ so never have to buy tabs for it again - but they warned me that if i was caught hauling stuff in the bed or making dump runs, would be subject to fines - you can have your collector truck but can't use it as a truck - asshats - put a tonneau on it so can't see if I'm hauling anyways