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Progress for today: We got the 2wd tranny out of the truck Image Not Found Thanks to the awesome Great Lakes region rust it took a little longer than we had hoped...about an hour just to remove it. We got a late start due a rainy morning and having to do it outside. We also have the 4wd tranny re-installed. I don't have pics of it in yet. We had some change-over to do as this was a junkyard purchase and, typical of junkyards, they cut the wires, lines, etc... rather than removing them when they yanked them from the donor. We stopped short of getting the 231 bolted in due to prior commitments. Here is a pile of axles & stuff. There are 2 29-spline 8.25's, a HP D30, drive shaft, NP231, and the 4wd tranny in there In the background is my buddies '96 XJ. 4.0/AX15/231 long-armed with a trussed & chromo'd HPd30 front an 8.8 disc rear under bastard pack leafs both with no-slip lockers and 4.56's on 35" BFG M/T's. It is apart for new floor pans and a 2x3 rectangular frame. We are probably down until nect Sunday as we are both tied up tomorrow and the forecast is for 5-6" of rain over the next 5 days.

It sorta went left.

That sounds like the way to go especially if you were going to do an AX15 swap anyway. Only do it once this way

No one would miss it... :banana:

No, they won't work.The Dana 35 has a tube diameter of 2-5/8". The Dana 44 has a tube diameter of 2-3/4".The Chrysler 8.25 used 3" tubes. You need u-bolts with a throat dimension of not more than 2-3/4". Just to clarify: most all Dana 44's have a 3" tube. The MJ version is unusually small.

I removed a 231 from an XJ today. You can hold one up there one handed and start attaching with the other.

PCB? Isn't that the cancer causing stuff in transformers?? :hmm:

Starting on it Saturday 4/26/14.

Starting on it Saturday 4/26/14. It will not be that quick a job as it is also a 4x4 conversion.

http://comancheclub.com/topic/42254-700-off-road-capable-55-soa-lift/ http://comancheclub.com/topic/28522-incommandos-4x2-redux/?p=428671 An idea and suggestion. There are many others out there.

Please post your sources for this information and cite it. Many of us remember a day before google and, shocking as it seems, we remembered stuff for ourselves. Maybe a Wechsler of 167 helps me here but this type of discussion without needing to google is still the norm among my circle of friends. If you don't know your stuff you don't enter the conversation. It is the difference between knowledge and parroting. Apparently knowing things has fallen even further out of favor than I feared. Although you are not at all clear whether you are referring to the actual topic,biofuel ..... http://www.polywellnuclearfusion.com/AltCantDoIt/Biofuel.html http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/files/Big-Green-Lies-leaflet.pdf http://books.google.com/books?id=UHqh16GO-pgC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=biofuel+lies&source=bl&ots=0rqnugwn6e&sig=Eyko6K0zhW35wlV79dr8Vjyfhe0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tOpXU9D7OeHN2QWqwoHABg&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=biofuel%20lies&f=false Or maybe you mean the sub-subject,.... Tesla? .... http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2013/05/01/both-fiskers-collapse-and-teslas-profits-show-the-folly-of-government-venture-capital/ There can be no doubt that, at this point, Tesla is a success. However, it still represents a failure for the federal government’s “green energy” loan program. Simply put, the purpose of the DOE loans was to save the earth, and Tesla used them to produce toys to amuse the rich. Here are about 22 pages of background including the money that was lost. \ http://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-financial-problems-and-recovery-2013-2#that-same-year-martin-eberhard-filed-a-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-and-tesla-motors-it-was-later-resolved-7 Here is some more about how Tesla is a toy basically aimed at those who want the "new" and who prefer form over function http://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-financial-problems-and-recovery-2013-2#that-same-year-martin-eberhard-filed-a-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-and-tesla-motors-it-was-later-resolved-7 http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20140419/BUSINESS/304190048/Tesla-s-US-sales-slow-analysts-question-growth-prospects There are thousands of articles, books, posts, etc on both biofuel and Tesla... Feel free to educate yourself to your hearts desire. Sorry, but I didn't basically cut and paste the Tesla sales brochure and buy into it. The info is out there if you want it. This has been discussed many times on many forums and in multiple sources of media. However it is not always easy to re-locate as Musk has a history of paying to push down negative info about him and his firms in search engines. That he does so is even mentioned in the lawsuit against Musk by by Tesla's founder Martin Eberhard. .... You will note that just about any search you run will direct you to company sites or shill sites, such as the Tesla-run TeslaRumors.com, that tries to hide as a fan site no matter the actual topic on Tesla. Companies pay for this service. This would explain why company propaganda is apparently your only source of info on Tesla. That is all that they want you to see.

I see people did not read the article. This is fuel from corn waste(stalks, leaves, etcetera) and not corn kernels itself. Distilling corn kernels to ethanol is much easier.Also, Tesla is not failing. Their sedan is one of the most popular high end luxury cars right now and their stock is doing well having jumped nearly $200 in the past year. Also, $87,070 is the base price of the high end P85 Model S which is $34,930 less than your quoted average selling price. Even with some options added to make a P85+ it still only comes to $110,000.Clearly you have not read or done any research. clearly you have not researched Tesla's past and are drinking their PR kool aid. I was referring to their *past* failures and defaults. If you would do some research regarding the average selling price of the S you would see that few if any base models have been made or sold. As greenie dweebs,techies who have to have the latest, and narcissists are willing to pay a premium to be first Tesla is building loaded models almost exclusively. These sell above list for a stripper. Your chosen "some" options bloats the base price by $22k to $110k. Your research appears to be nothing more then repeating the Tesla website with no consideration to a little thing called bias. Will Tesla succeed in the future? Probably but only if politicians keep the welfare that lowers the prices going and they can bring a viable mass market car to the table at a competitive price. Biofuel is still a boondoggle that may similarly succeed in the future but for now is a waste

it does look sad....kind of like WALL-E. Poor lil' jeepy with no front tires..

Spicer can be found for $25-$30 a pop...why cheap out considering they are a known weak point? http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=IROR&Product_Code=IR-X760X&Category_Code=PFX

But the whale shark is a harmless plankton eater...kinda all show and no go.... :brows: It may indeed by an age difference thing, like the fart cans. But remember this, whippersnappers..new isn't always better! And even if it is old age and treachery will defeat youth and stamina every time. Now where is my wheelchair? My sciatica is killing me...

UCR stats don't list that level of detail, just the major crime. You should know that, and whether you are unwilling to take anyone else's word for anything sounds like a problem I can't help you with. Let us not forget JeepcoMJ's thread is being hijacked - and frankly - I'm done. I asked for NIBRS reports or even one to back up the claim regarding we all have seen it. Even someone in a town of 8,000 or so should know what a NIBRS report is..... or should. Especially an LEO.

WWII Fighter style!

Yeah, um, these are the same types who told us thirty five years ago that we would die in an ice age by now. Then came the totally made up scare tactic of global warming and the biggest lie: that it is man made. The correct term is climate change and it has always occurred. The current warming cycle began at least ten thousands years ago and had nothing to do with humanity. I certainly am not under a mile-thick ice sheet although such was here during that time. The cavemen did it!!! The feed shortage is upping OUR food prices. Especially for beef. It has long been a greenie goal here to limit or eliminate cattle production. Coincidence? Hardly. Then the cause switched to auto emissions. It may have had some validity 40 years ago but the law of diminishing returns has rendered it a moot point and yet they still keep harping on it. One volcanic eruption such as the Iceland one last year more than surpasses any human created sources yet such truths are ignored in favor of propaganda. I could go on and on but basically this is a political issue, not an environmental one, and the "scientists" are no more than activists with dubious science or more accurately out-right lies.

I have supervised numerous homicides and hundreds of shootings. Not one was for driving slow in front of a ricer. Although NOLA still battles DC for the most corrupt department the worst crime rates have been in the rust belt for some time now. IF you are a police officer posting NIBRS reports of some of the shootings that occurred due to someone driving slow in front of a ricer should be a simple matter. They are public records after all. I did include road rage shootings as occurring but just that they are rare and take far more than driving slow in front of a ricer''' :-)

Another lie from the leftists and tree huggers: making fuel from corn would reduce costs and emissions. Thinking people saw through it from the beginning but the greenie sprout eaters bought it hook, line, and sinker. The truth? It both costs more ( much more when you include government subsidies) and pollutes more. Left-leaning outlets use the headline "fuels from corn no better than gas" while honest places are using the correct headline, that it is worse than gas, listed below: http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/study-fuels-corn-waste-worse-than-gas-26196.shtml Now add the billions of government dollars lost on Tesla's failures, the hundreds of millions lost by investor's in Tesla's failures, and the ridiculous per-car tax subsidies given to both the producer and purchasers of an electric car and you see that this is the next big "green" scam...if the media will ever report it. I should not be paying Tesla or Nissan tax money to lower the selling cost of an electric car and we should not be giving $7,500 tax credits ( not just a reduction off of reported income, a credit for tax paid) to wealthy people who can afford a Tesla toy whose average selling price is $122,000 :soap box:

Good way to get shot (or shot at) in today's society. Edit: Don't get your panties in a knot about my comment either because: (1) You know its true, and (2) you know I've seen it. Now we wait for the first fool to say "Oh well, I'd shoot back...." Please link some articles that show definitely that people get shot for driving slow in front of ricers. (1) No, it is not true at least in in any statistically measurable way. (2) No, I have never seen it despite being a retired cop from a s(*&hole city that is generally on the "20 most dangerous cities in America" list. Please document the time you saw it because, you know, if we have all seen it that would include you as, as well. Even actual "road rage" shootings are so rare, like real stranger child abductions, that when one happens anywhere in the country it is news everywhere. Therefore people think ( or more accurately don't think) that such things are (1) far more common than they are (2) something new. Now it is more likely, but still extremely rare, if the encounter keeps escalating over a period of time and distance but that scenario is not what is referenced in either comment. I know I know....someone read it on the internet.... :banana: Be sure not to flash your headlights at oncoming cars with their brights on as that will get you shot as a gang initiation. It most be true as it was on the internet, as well :doh: But if you forward this post to 47 people within 18 seconds the mythological being of your choice will grant you three wishes and cure polio. :yes:

I hope that market research is complete enough to do an effective analysis. IMHO to an AMC collectible purist this modification would be the same as a full-on swap and might limit the market to those buyers. There are fewer and fewer performance AMC enthusiasts out there as frankly there weren't that many to begin with compared to the Big Three. I have owned 7 AMC V8s. They are not a very modern design. The biggest, the 401, falls well short of the benchmark set by the other large displacement V8's of the era and are fairly expensive to build when compared to most of them. A full drive train swap might be easier and maybe cheaper, especially for jeepers, when you consider the other advantages of moving up to a 20th century powerplant. I hope you discover that there is a big enough market and this is success. It would be awesome for those who would use it.

Get out of the way? Hardly. That is right up there with truck nuts for showing someone is trying compensate for, ummm, shortcomings. The is the front version of a fart can on a ricer or a "stack" in a truck bed. Just go ahead and get some of those eyelash things to complete the look

The classic version (bottom) as used on the CJ, J-trucks, and Cherokees has my vote.

He looks to be in Russia or somewhere in Eastern Europe. His shop looks fairly well equipped, as well. Good on him for the do-it-yourself attitude. It looks like that was probably the only way he could do a lot for his MJ there.