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Finished up the battery cables, new fusible links and many other wiring repairs. Pics soon!

Which brand did you go with on your mounts? I used an anchor trans mount on my 90 XJ and it sagged bad, my exhaust hanger was clunking on the trans crossmember every bump. I switched to a Napa Balkamp mount which was significantly beefier and it has no sag to it.

Curious to see how the belts turn out!

Made more progress on the cables today. Need to make a minor trim to the relay cover and make a cable to the rad support, and the firewall to motor cable. Just barely have enough cable to finish this after doing the 90 XJ as well. Last but not least will be some 2ga cables for the ZJ.

What is this brown wire coming off the alternator plug supposed to go to? It was disconnected and it was charging just fine. EDIT: A bit more research seems to show that the brown wire is unused since I have a voltmeter and not an idiot light.

I reinstalled the venturi? tube back into my air filter housing. Is that a first, somebody reinstalling one of those? Lol.

That red interior is sweet!

Couple pics of the MJ battery cables as a work in progress

Getting the battery set in so I can get to work making the new cables

Still letting the Eastwood cure up on the MJ before I put the battery tray in and start crimping cables. So today I tackled the passenger side motor mount on the 1990 XJ as well as the oil filter adapter o rings. Will replace the driver side mount when I put in the HO air box bottom on. These battery cables will be getting replaced as well of course. Think we may be keeping this white XJ and I’ll use the blue XJ for paintable body parts for the MJ.

New battery today, went with a group 34 Deka Gold with 800 CCA

Out with the old, along with some slight surface rust clean up and topping with some Eastwood. No more cheapo napa cables. I plan on mount in the fuse holder to the battery tray in some way shape or form. Thinking welding a bracket to the side will serve better than counter-sinking machine screws for inside the tray. Also realized that I need to get a group 34 battery for this tray, which is another upgrade from the stock battery that will go great with the new cables.

Got my battery tray in as well as an oem black ash tray. Haven’t decided on powder coat or paint. I can finally get to work making new battery cables.

Thanks! After looking at some pics online of color matched grills (limited XJs) and consulting with my wife, I’m really leaning towards going with something like SEM trim black instead of glossy color matched black. That way I can paint myself and touch up myself if needed. Color matched grill is pretty fancy for a Sportruck

It has arrived! No cracks or breakage anywhere. Going to get that spray bomb off of it