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I'll be on the lookout for a set. Thanks folks.

I'm headed out to the Pick-n-Pull in Wadsworth Wed looking for stuff, I'll take a look at whats out there when I visit. ~Brad

Today I updated my list for this Wednesdays trip to the Pick-n-Pull. Looking forward to going shopping.

awesome :)

Lol, happens to all of us. (it just happens I got called in to work early and already have a whole pot of coffee in me) :cheers:

Actually he waited a week before asking again. Well, 7 days and thirteen minutes to be exact, but who's checking? As to the problem I would look to somethig causeing a flow restriction, possibly the fuel filter. If your pump is putting out 39psi of a reccomended 40 then it seems to me your pump is working, though it might be having issues keeping up with the required volume. I would check/replace the filter and go from there. ~Brad

You know, some years backa friend of mine bought himself a basket case motorcycle. It was only about 80% complete, literally half of it was in assorted cardboard boxes and coffee cans. He planned on simply stripping the rest of it, using what he needed for his other bike and E-Baying the rest. Then he changed his mind and decided (for reasons that still elude me) to fix it up instead. Many many hours and a medium sized wheelbarrow full of money later he had it all back together and ready to roll. Awesome right? Well, it was. Right up until he did all the work to find the previous titled owner. Long story short, the titled owner decided he wanted the bike. With no signed title to back himself up the best my buddy could do was take him to court for the cost of the repairs he had done, and even then only what he had recipts and such to prove. The guy even had the stones to offer to sell it to him afterward for more than what the judge had awarded in repair costs. Not saying it would happen to you. Just something thing you might want to keep in mind. People can be asshats. If you plan to fix it up, I would highly reccomend getting a title before you do.

I picked up a 94 Cherokee for my daughter over the weekend. It's needs work, but thats another story. What I was looking at was the way the lock set is set up. My MJ, like everyone elses, uses seperate keys for the doors and ignition. This Cherokee has one key that works for both. Does anyone know off hand whether I could pick up a lockset like hers and set my MJ up to run off one key?

Nice project you got there. Been a long time since I thought of Titusville, haven't been back in years...

Was doing a bit of looking on the net, and I found this service bulletin from Chrysler. http://www.i-car.com/pdf/advantage/online/2002/july/2301702.pdf It not only details the failed weld on the hinges, but gives a part number for the Chrysler kit and procedure to repair and/or reinforce them. Might be old news, but I thought I would share.

I still plan on making a template to adapt the Reese hitch, even if I don't end up using it myself.

The good: I was able to score a nice little 2 door 94 Cherokee sport with almost no rust, 4.0 high output, full gauges, with 4wd (which my MJ lacks), excellent interior in the same grey as my MJ... New alternator and starter, decent tires, My poor little brain is just spinning. :D The PO, a friend of the family with a farm is currently storing my boat for the winter. This thing just happened to be parked next to the same barn. Finally, after a good amount of chatting about it, he agreed to sell it to me. I am sitting here thinking I struck the motherload of parts to fix my truck up nice for only $500. :cheers: The bad: You know that big snow storm that knocked the crap out of the midwest recently? Well, its my daughters first winter driving. She decided that the engine in the family car (an '03 Malibu) was in need of a bit of custom work... So she caved in the front end on a pole. :fs1: (She is fine) :cheers: So much for the family car. You can see where this is going right? :wrench: That awesome pile of parts sitting out by the barn is getting dragged back to my house this weekend, and my lovely wife is already asking how long it will take me to get it on the road. She did not seem happy with my answer. "As soon as it's ready." The annoying: Well, I know that the rear axle (Dana 35, I didn't get that lucky) has been stripped of all its brake components. I think the only thing left are the wheel cylinders, and they have been exposed to the elements with no drum on them for like 2 years. I am just going to assume they are shot and replace them. :ack: The PO also pulled the starter to put in another jeep, only to find a bad wire on the other jeep before even pulling the second starter. Never got around to putting it back in, so it's in the back seat. I think i'll have Autozone take it for a spin before I put it back in, might as well test it and make sure it's still good. In theory, a battery, the brakes, and putting the starter back in should be enough to get it back running again. We shall see. The worst thing though is the reason it was parked in the first place. Hinge problems with the drivers door. :( I am assuming that the hinges have pulled out or something equally bad, but I won't really know until I get it in the garage and see what I have to work with. I didn't want to open the door outside in the snow and risk it not sealing back properly or somesuch. That's really the only part that worries me, though I'm sure it's not so screwed up that it can't be welded, or even replaced if needed. The rest is all just time consuming, bolting back on the missing parts. All in all this is shaping up to be a very interesting little side project.

Sorry I misunderstood. I honestly thought you were planning on making up a batch of these. I really was only looking for a set of adaptor plates when this all started. Obviously I would rather have a hitch made for the MJ, but I am fine just adapting the reese that's sitting down at the local Wal-Mart. Hell, worse comes to worse I can pull stuff with the XJ I just bought today. (once I put it back together that is)

Good morning to ya, grats on scoring the Jeep. :cheers: A question for you on you gas tank, does it leak all the time, or just when it's full? I have the problem on the '89 I bought right before it started getting stupid cold out, but it's fine so long as I don't fill it up all the way. (I still plan to fix it, just waiting for it to warm up already). Not trying to steal your thread, just interested in what you find since I may have a similar issue. :hmm: Shocks and such I don't know much about, though there are many here that do. :dunno: Cab lights... mine were non-working when I got my MJ as well. I cleaned the contacts inside them and they both started working again. Another common culprit is the door switches. There is an electrical manual elsewhere on the site. It helped me a lot. You can find it here: http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12734&hilit=electrical+manual That same electrical manual has more details on the three different gauge clusters as well. :thumbsup: Once again, welcome aboard.

Just a thought JACKED88, You are planning on making an entire hitch as opposed to the side plate extensions for the Reese like I was thinking, and thats a good thing. It's a better, cleaner, solution as fas as I'm concerned. I will still make a tamplate for the extension plates though, hopefully even drawn up as a printable image that folks could just download. Anyhow, that's not why I am posting. I was thinking, if you are crafting an entire hitch from scratch it may be easier and stronger to have a square hole for the crossmember water-jetted into the side plates. That way you could pass a half inch or so of the crossbar through and weld on both sides. More lateral strength, and assuming the holes are identical on both side plates it would help to hold the entire assembly square while you were welding, at very least helping keep the bolt holes even side to side. I think it would make shipping it in pieces a bit easier for those that can weld, but don't have the resources to cut out the parts. Just a thought.

That would be awesome.

Agreed. When I started this one up I had no idea it would turn out like this.

Congrats! :jump: I only ever made it to 1st class myself, my son is already progressing beyond that. I just do the Scoutmaster thing now.

mine is a 3 pane glass with the center sliding. if you don't have a latch, it may just be missing. mine has one but it's just attached with the rear view mirror type glue so it falls off now and then. since they used that, it may just be that it feel off. if it's lost, ask others to find one in a jy or order one online from some of the glass companies, jeep suppliers, and topper companies, etc. Good idea, I was just looking in yards whenever I visited. I will definately add that to the rather long list of things I would like to get done.

All I know about mine is it has a single slider and no latch or lock (yet another reason to have a camper shell on it)

when I look (which I did even before looking around) it shows you are sold out.

Having someone that could actually make a bolt on hitch would be even better than adapting one.

That might work too, it just depends on whether they drop down far enough to clear the bumper... we shall see. PM sent.

I was thinking, event though it's a bad habit to get into. It usually ends up with me spending money that I shouldnt on something my wife seems to think I didn't need. Anyhow, this is something only kinda different from that. Take a look at this trailer hitch: A Draw-tite hitch, made for the Comanche, and a tad on the rare / expensive side. Now take a look at this one: A Reese model 37042 light truck / suv multi fit. One that several posters have mentioned having installed on thier trucks with sucess. It's major advantage? it runs about $125 depending on where you live. It's major drawback? It calls for drilling holes in your frame, which can be a nuisance. It also means you have to line everything up, hold it in place, and mark it all. Not to mention fishing bolts down the frame to the holes you drilled. My idea? See those side plates shaped like an "L" that bolt to the Reese hitch to adjust it's height and attach it to the frame? Why not make a set of straight plates similar to the Draw-Tite hitch to use instead? We could actually make the Multi-fit Reese work just like the Draw-Tite. My problem? I don't have the measurements I would need from one of the Draw-Tite's to have a set of plates made. My solution? I am hoping one of you lucky folks that have a Draw-Tite hitch can get me some measurements. Hell, Ideally I would love it if someone could just take a piece of cardstock or paper and make a replica of the side plate, marking the holes and where the drawbar is centered. Mail to me I will get the side plates designed and post the results. With any luck I might even be able to get one of the local machine shops to hang onto the pattern and make them on mail order.

whereabouts might I find these flappers? Under the dash?