silvertwinkiehobo

Nooooo...I got out of the Navy, The Lazy B gave me the run-around. A few decades later, my niece marries a 4th-gen 'ranch hand,' and I find out from him that there are certain things that Boeing wants to see on an application. Had I known that 30 years ago, my life might've turned out differently. But oh, well, I can't dwell on what could've been.

Never mind on the roll bar, then; Joe said it'd be too much work.

Some cheap vehicles back in the Eighties used really cheap-assed materials (my big brother had a Cavalier that smelled like really funky frumunda BO, and I just cannot forget it no matter how much I try), and they all had their own funks.

Shortbed? I assume it won't fit a longbed without, *ahem* alteration? Joe's rig is a longbed.

In my eyes, since I lived in the city Boeing airliners are built, I would've thought you worked on 757's at their plant in Everett, WA.

I actually have two...on here and Stationwagonforums, I use "Silvertwinkiehobo," because my dream is to own an Airstream trailer; on Fullsizebronco.com and Ranchero.us, I'm "Handy_Andy_CV64," as my name's Andrew, and I served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CV-64.

Nice day at Ohop. Go Mariners!

Regardless of interior color, it has buckets and the center console. According to Maveric, those seat tracks are MJ-specific, so a resto is definitely in order. Or I know Maveric will buy them and the console, if it gets parted out. And if SoCal decides he doesn't want the rollbar, Maveric has second right of refusal after SoCal.

Ah, yeah, got it. A common problem on GM columns, whether tilt or not. In installing the new column in Maveric's rig, it had the shift interlock, and that was interfering with the column inner workings. So I tore it down to remove the interlock, and found all four screws had no torque on them. And BTW, attempting to install the plate those screws attach to, and get the lower trim cone in place, is a damned b*@ch, so if you don't need to remove it, leave it alone. You'll thank yourself.

The power window and lock circuits use plugs that insert into the fuse block, factory-wise, and use 30(?) amp circuit breakers to protect them. As for the relays, in the '91, they're mounted on the passenger A-pillar under the kick panel, but we moved them to the driver kick panel for simplicity's sake.

Power locks and windows in the MJ and XJ is a separate harness that goes across the front of the floorpan and hump under the carpeting and sound deadener. Joe and I just did that mod using a '96 harness for the basic wiring, and parts of a '91 harness to get the door lock relays from the RKE setup. I made hand-drawn diagrams for it, and was going to post them when Joe started a thread on these mods.

Easy to measure for a driveshaft. I'll also talk about driveshaft phasing in a minute. Insert the yoke into the tail housing until it bottoms, then pull back about 1-1.5". Take a tape measure, and measure from the center of the yoke ear all the way to the center of the axle yoke ear. Give that measurement to the driveshaft company when you give them your driveshaft. As for 'phasing,' the centerline of the output shaft and the centerline of the pinion gear shaft need to be parallel to each other. If it isn't then the axle housing needs to be shimmed, on the front of the spring mount pads to lower the pinion angle, or on the back to raise it. Get it as close as possible to parallel, because there's no slop to rely on in U-joints.

Excellent work, and good on you for not letting the smoke out. Now, here's the $64,000 question: will a Renix sender resistor fit an HO pump hanger? Joe's gauge reads backward, and I'd rather not try installing an HO fuel gauge, just in case it requires slicing and dicing the cluster and cluster wiring to do it.

Uh, yeah, but we should consider ourselves lucky that it's there, otherwise, everyone would be bitchin' and moanin' about the noisiness. What do you have going on your column?

Yesterday, Ashley (Mrs. Maveric) cut a nice big brisket in half, and cubed one half so it could be coarse-ground for brisket burgers, chargrilled by Joe, topped with cheese and on nice local-made buns from HEB. Sided with mac&cheese and smoky BBQ beans. Sorry, no pics, but we also watched The Patriot.

Ohhhhh, I had a recollection of some King Salmon cooked in cinnamon applesauce. I love it when the memory is so strong, you taste it on your tongue.

If you have to have your rig machine-washed, find one where you stay still and the machine moves back and forth. That's the only solution I can think of. Congratulations on your original ownership.

You have slop in the rotor and shaft when moving the crankshaft back and forth? I know that Ford's spec for timing slop is no more than 15° rotation before rotor movement. I'm wondering if your timing has jumped at least one tooth?

He's brought up a good point. My former co-worker did a 4.0 Renix R&R, and somehow got the engine position 180° out. So be sure to check that.

VLS was after my time; I was in Fox Division, NATO Seasparrow, and the Evolved Seasparrow totally blows me away, as they not only still have box launchers, but now have VLS installs on the Arleigh Burke destroyers. I got out in early September '89.

Ah, OK, Joe's homestead's down here in the pecan orchards of Seguin, more or less between San Antonio and Austin.

What area of Texas?

Aaaand where is this yard located? Anything worthy of snagging on the hacked Comanche?

I got lucky, left a full socket set in a Grand Marquis when Joe and I pulled a ton of interior parts for his wife's Colony Park, and went back the next day for Jeep parts; it was actually there! I've had my tools stolen as well as left them, with no recovery, so getting them back unseen brought me relief.

No, for CarQuest, who are now Advance Auto, that's a correct price. Gotta understand, they're paying loads of overhead just to stock it for you if you need it right now.