DirtyComanche

I know guys who street drive their boggers... I'm not talking a 32 or 33 booger either. But, they balance them with about 10Lbs of BBs or sand. Each tire.

What actually looks badass and can be done with a rattle can... The the whole truck flat black first, or perhaps semi-gloss to avoid the 'grey' look. Depending on the paint. Mask off strips, flames, whatever floats your boat, and spray them with high gloss black. It creates a really neat ghost pattern effect with very little fuss.

Nah, it took them off and burned them out too, but it burned the stud portion of the bolt into the surrounding metal... Thus, making the bolts and surrounding metal one peice. If I'd been half smart I'd have used the 7018 and it wouldn't have been a problem. But I had 6011 lying right there... And it was on 225amps.

They're beadlocks...

Paddle shifters, eh? My experience with the stock bumpers is that they actually hold up reasonably to 'fender benders' if you can call them that. I mean, I've still got the stock rear on there, sorta. It's been through hell though. On that long 'to-do' list of things that don't get done because everything else breaks first. The stockers are basically throw away, they work once then you replace them...

Leave it, it's an emergency brake.

Lower it... It'll look better. I had an 86 long box that the front coils shattered on it, dropping it maybe 2", and it looked awesome besides the 'problems'. Well, the rear needed to go down a bit though. Why do you need sturdy bumpers? It's not bumper cars out there... I'd take a peice of 2x6x.125 HSS and cut it into three peices, one being 33" long for the centre and the two remaining (11.5" IIRC) would be used for the area under the headlights, but they would be angled back a bit by cutting them about 15* off... Cap the ends though. You gotta tub it though. You're doing what I wanted to do, but then realized street trucks are useless in hickville, BC. That and there's no good MJs left here.

The Liberty diesel was run entirely as a 'marketing gauge' . They had no intention to produce it for longer than 2-3 years, and in fact knew it would not be able to be made to pass the new emissions standards. However, the public's reaction to it was great enough that they will be putting the other CRD engine that daimler owns (somehow) in the grands and libbys after they get it figured out. The new engine is pretty much the same as the old, but a bit bigger and with a heck of a lot better fuel system. And on the chipped diesels being hard on trannys... Typically diesel engines came in vehicles that were designed for towing/stump pulling, and thus already had a massively strong tranny (can anybody say allison?). But, like any modification it will have ramifications, and typically you wind up having to buy a better TQ and tranny cooler. However, the liberty was NOT designed to tow/pull stumps. It's a plushy luxary IFS SUV wanna-be. So I somehow doubt the tranny would be up to massive modifcations to the engine. Although, a chip on the lib engine is going to give you 15-25lb/f, not the crazy 150+ that you can get out of a cummins... Oh yeah, and a faster shifting tranny is better than a slow one. It's a friction thing.

NOT THAT! 85-90 I think. Or 75-90. Or something. But NOT 10-30!

That's good entertainment before or after a few beer.

I drove around in the middle of winter with mine with no coolant. The gauge got pegged pretty bad. Every time I put the clutch in to shift it would stall, unless I stayed on the gas. Otherwise it sits about 210. On the old mechanical fan. The XJ stays at 190 with the AC on.

Where the Hell do I live? One of the many redneck capitals of the world... Okay, so apparently I don't have to have a complex over this. It's them, not me, right. Oh, nice rock lights. I need some... And headlights that work too.

It fits. Steering, winch, rad fans... But, I've decided to do things a little differently. I think I will make the winch tray portion removeable, and weld the rest of the crap in. This should be easiest in the long run, and I don't mind buying MORE steel! Oh, and, in case you don't know; using 6011 stick for cutting out bolts doesn't work too well. It just seems to weld the whole mess together. Serves me right for being lazy...

TPS.

How do you like your name? My problem is that every time I run into another Scott they seem to be female. But hey, another Scott owning a MJ, that's something.

I think it's wrong. But I haven't tried 2dr XJ flares yet as I don't have a 2dr. But, I just might play a bit the next time I'm in the junkyard (probably tomorrow).

It's just like galvanized, grind it off first. The only problem is that you can't grind the inside of the frame rails, which are also coated.

To tell if there axle is an 'undesireable' 78, look at the arm mounts and the coil mounts. If you can see they are welded to the axle tube, and you can still see the tube, for the whole length from pumpkin to knuckle, it's not a 78. If the tube dissapears into a casting that holds the arm mount and coil buckets, it's a 78. If you cut the 78 ones apart, things get ugly.

If your electrical is okayish, it will only follow grounds... Otherwise you've already got electrical problems. Although, I guess with this crowd that'd be likely.

I'm with Pete... Take EVERYTHING! I wheel in some very remote areas (at times), sorta the places that it's an hour or two back to the FSR, and then an hour or two back to pavement, and then an hour or two back to a real town. If you've got to get dragged that whole way, or send somebody back for something, it sucks.

That's what galvanizing is -- zinc plating.

I know a guy who got his truggy to 'pass'. But that's because he in turn, knows another guy, who just happens to do VIs.

You don't need to even pull the battery... I NEVER do for mine. Heck, I've welded on it while it's running.

I consider leaf springs to be an entirely rebuildable/disposable component. If they go flat, or get bent, it's just an oppertunity to try another combination of junkyard leaves. That and my MJ does not see enough milage between 'being broken' for it to really matter. And I'm itching to 4-link the rear. Or 1-link it. Or 3 link it. Or something involving links (or zero links... hmm).

Yeah, it's a pain. I'd rather nothing broke BY FAR! Even 'easy' things on the trail get hard in a hurry. Especially if you're fighting bugs, lying in mud, or have a nagging woman around.