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@Rymanrph, it is hard to see in the pics, but it used to be a work truck so it is covered in small dents. It looks like it was wheeled hard even though only 2wd. Southernwheeler, After owning 14 or so Jeeps, I think Ill keep this one. I like the white, with red alot!

A few months ago I bought an 89 MJ for $600. 4.0 auto 190k miles 2wd. It is from Tennessee so it has very little rust. It does however have a dented left fender and was missing the turn & parking light. It also has a custom plastic window in the pass side door. I plan to swap it over to 4x4 to make a trail truck. Here is a pic when I got it home. Here is a pic after I swapped in the 4x4 axle from my parts cherokee. It came with 2.5" coil spacers, new tie rod ends, shocks, track bar, brake lines and a wheel bearing. Plus it had great 31" mudstar tires on 15x8 mod wheels. This is a pic after I trimmed the fenders a little bit. I think I may bob the bed! I now need to install the 4x trans and tcase. Replace the plexiglass pass side window, weld the rear axle up, and install a lock right in the front if it will fit. (I bought it for a cj that I sold). I have been chasing electrical gremlins for months. No turn signals, wipers or heater fan. Once I replaced the turn signal bulb sockets, added a new dash ground, and installed a new ignition switch its fixed! Since all the 4x4 MJs I looked at when Jeep shopping cost around $1500-$3500 I figure I am in this one right since I have almost made my money back on the donor XJ by selling the engine and some other misc parts. I wish I had more pics, but I forget to snap the camera when I have wrenches flying about.

I wired up the new style turn signal sockets, and got the indicators turned off on the dash cluster. Although that didnt make my turn signals flash. I was fiddling with the key while stumped about the problem and staring at my dashboard. When low and behold the ignition switch if held in a certain spot would activate my signals, wipers, and heater motor. $15 ignition switch should fix it for good!

My MJ is an 89, and I have the same problem. I checked the ground from battery to engine, to firewall, and added an extra one straight from the battery to the firewall. I thought it was the turn switch right off the bat, but I refuse to by a new one for $100+ just to parts swap. I took the steering column apart to see if there were any broken wires or bad contacts, everything looked good. I put it all back together and both turn indicators are still on, now the horn works, but the turn signals only worked one time. I already plan on putting a newer 97-up grille on it, but wanted to get it licensed first. No signals = no tags. I may just jump on the grille swap instead of hitting the HELP isle for sockets and rewiring the grille twice.