BeaterComanche86

I messed up big time… So alittle over a year and a half ago after swapping my dummy cluster for a full cluster I was removing the oil pressure sensor and snap, the brass fitting snapped off inside the block. I tried a few different methods to remove it but wasn’t getting anywhere. Bright idea, use a pipe nipple extractor. Well due to my impatience and inexperience the result was the picture above. Cursing myself I still had to come up with a solution, so I relocated the sensor to another spot in the block and tried my best to stop the flow of oil spewing out the block. No amount of JB weld or Marine Tex could keep the oil inside the engine where it belongs, once again probably from impatience leading to poor prep. Regardless I thought that’s not the proper way to fix this so in search of an engine I went. Found a pretty sweet deal for an engine in Virginia, problem was miles and condition were unknown so what other logical choice did I have then to get the engine rebuilt… After killing my confidence breaking off part of my old block there was no way I was gonna attempt this myself… Shiny Fast forward a few months and I now have a freshly rebuilt engine in the truck and am finally able to enjoy driving her around town. I learned a valuable and expensive lesson in patience. This is a 39 year old truck and parts are fragile so take your time(saying this to myself). Anyway I’m just happy to be back.

You may have figured it out already but here’s a page from M.R.277.

@87MJTIM I was just there last Saturday, and it was already picked clean. Got the fender flares though That was the first MJ I’ve seen in any of there yards around Baltimore so I had to check it out, so much rust…

Glad to help This workshop manual has helped me a ton with working on my 86 as well as all the great info here on the forum.

Here’s all 4 of them:

Theres 4 different diagrams; California, Canada, 49 state manual trans, and 49 state automatic trans. Which do you have? I have the diagrams sitting in front of me.

Mine use to have it I need to get one I got lucky and teamcherokee had some “oem” for sale but looks like there out. I’m sure someone in the club has one lying around they’d sell you, or just wait for Jesse to take his off. Also there’s this one on eBay but it’s doesn’t look to be in the best shape. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-XJ-MJ-Mid-Size-Wagoneer-Cherokee-Comanche-Front-Factory-Skid-plate/224397956207?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D09126fa4583945deb0cbd3ce0fdd2757%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D224397956207%26itm%3D224397956207%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DJeep&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A0315a19a-a110-11eb-8b4e-e2f10fab5435|parentrq%3Aea3d04d11780aaec9f6a8531ffdfe6f0|iid%3A1

That’s one hell of a tow rig

Ohhhhh that makes sense, mission accomplished.

Thank you sir but I’m not frontin’ lol

Congratulations man, home ownership can be stressful but very rewarding. Having a peaceful place to unwind and relax after a tough day is worth all the stress and projects you’ll have. Enjoy it

Thank you, as you can see the chairs were pretty rough since they were left outside for about a month before we got them so it was a hell of a transformation.

Picked this table up on marketplace for $50 and got the chairs from a friend for free so me and my fiancé stained and painted them giving them new life. I’m happy with how they turned out and now we have a dining room set Before: After: