DirtyComanche

hahaha, sorry mate, its going in the other one, why keep a turdy 5 if you don't have to...unless your planing on feeding me, then we might have a deal.. :P on the little motor thing, a carbed 350 is is easy to set up and run, and very comon and cheap. agreed a light motor would help with the wieght, but it gets more expencive, as adaptors are needed, with a 350, there are no pricy bellhousings needed to bolt up a solid tranny, like a 4500, or some other big lump of gears, but thatnks for shooting..brain kicked, is the 4.3L crabed? 4.3 is TPI. That's big plus, carbs aren't much fun at times. However, you can get he whole TPI system for a 350 out of a junkyard pretty easy. Chevy parts are just so plentiful and cheap. Oh yeah, I think a 350 weighs the same as a 4.0. 4.0s aren't exactly light.

I guess I should have mentioned that with my plan I'd be shooting for 39" tires. I was trying to be budget. No alloy shafts here.

Arr, I said NP205 doubler, I ment 203! That's what posting at 2am will do to you.

There's a 4cyl cummins diesel that would fit. The liberty CRD, which is seriosuly rare. And a bunch of tractor diesels and some random import ones. I guess there's also the stocker 2.1L renault diesel, or whatever it is. That's why there's very few diesel cherokees/wranglers. It's been discussed a lot, but very little action, it's just not worth it. What I think you should do: Track down a 4x4 77-78 F-250 with plow package or camper special. It has a kingpin HPD60 front, and a D60 rear (I think, it might have a 70). Borrow those axles, sell of remains of truck. You'll break even there easy. Now, build a real frame for your MJ, unibodies do aid flex, but eventually that gets old. Cut off your cab and anything else you want to save, attach to frame. Build an exocage, or internal cage. Add axle combination, a SBC/BBC with a NV4500 (I think that's the model number, I don't dream about things I could never afford) a NP205 doubler with a 4:1 gearset in it, and a NP205 case with the stock gearset. Nice option of gear range, and not very expensive if you're into junkyarding. Do a proper 4-link setup for the rear, and go 1/4 eliptical (humble opinon, cost verus reward). Make some long arms for the front, or just go leafs with traction bars. Only part of the camper idea I'd keep is an OBHT (on board hot tub) just because I think it would kickass to be able to sit in a hottub 500km from the nearest human being and watch the stars. Real men sleep on the ground. I missed lots, but you get the point. I could even tell you a more cost limited buildup based on that, which I dream about doing but am entirely limited by time and ability. Failing all that, paint the sucker hot pink, get some neons and cruise the import scene. Just never come back here if you do that.

I had that problem. My solution has been to not look at/touch my MJ for two weeks. So far nothing has broken, pretty amazing.

I've heard Ford Explorer... I've not verified this. You can play with your wheelbase if it's not quite right though. Unless you ditch your bed, that'll just be a pain though.

Fixed. Now I can stop being a bum and actually do something useful on my truck. Only $600 later on a $1000 car... Ohwell.

Cooter has a point. I've seen rust under bedliner before! I'd say if you're going to do it, strip it down and etch it first. I stripped almost my whole truck (I got lazy, I beat the thing anyways, so it was kidna pointless) and I was suprised how much rust there was that was entirely unnoticable otherwise. And another lesson in bedline, spend the money on the good stuff (linex, rhino, etc) the first time - don't even ask me how I 'learned' this one.

I'd never get the warn kit for the D30. If it comes to that, I'm selling my 8.8/D30 combo and finding a donor for better things. You can paint a turd gold, but it's still a turd.

If you don't care how it looks it makes things way easier. Sheetmetal can just be dealt with using the sawzall. Or it can even be unbolted sometimes. I think my truck would have looked mean had I painted it flat black as it is in my avatar...

You can always cut the cab off the frame and make a real frame...

That's cheap! I think a lot more people use it here, might have something to do with it.

It's rear. Buick V6 - 231ci. I'm gonna just grab another trans out of a junkyard.

Anybody know if a buick V6 bellhousing bolt pattern is the same as a SBC? I gotta go check. Edit Damn

Blew up the torque converter in my cutlass supreme today... Apparently it wasn't designed to stand neutral dropping from 4K with my foot hard on the brakes... Stupid GM. That is all.

What's your price for it? Pay like .63 a liter here, 87 is at 1.08.

Isn't propane inconvenient in the states? Here probably ever 3rd gas station has it. I heard from a dude with an RV on propane that he had trouble finding places to gas up, and had to wait outside BBQ stores and crap.

Do you know where that is? It looks a LOT like a place northeast of here. (Although, I know it's not.)

Did you make your gas tank? Or did you buy it? Oh yeah, your Jeep looks darn nice. Sometimes I think I should have just restored mine... Only thing is, I would never find a bed. Just noticed, you've got a lot of stocker rims/tires :P

Yeah, MIG is easier, nicer and everything else. But for the price... I'm simply too broke. And 70amps just doesn't cut it, at all.

You have to pull of the valve/head cover and clean it out to effectivly stop it. And change all the PCV lines ($$) or clean them out if you're cheap. Or so I hear. There's tutorials. I've never bothered - mine isn't too bad.

Sounds like mine... I had two 'manches in there, neither could move. Tools, well, I'm seriously lacking there: 10 pound sledge 5 pound sledge (only mention these two because they are favorites) A makita cordless drill (that won't die...) A makita angle grinder Makita chop saw (metal disk on it) Vice (usually just use c-clamps instead... either I'm lazy, or a sadist) Crap 70amp MIG (which I ran out of gas for, so I went back to flux core...) Bunch of random hand tools Oil hearter (best addition, hands down) Stereo (second best... other than it's a peice of crap) Bunch of other stuff... None worthy of naming, other than the scrap lumber, maybe. I make do with what I've got for the most part. Wish list for tools: (not in any praticular order) Drill press - I do it the annoying way. Half inch plate just ain't fun with a cordless drill. Real welder - I'd think stick, most band for the buck Bench grinder - Hate using an angle grinder to sharpen drill bits, etc. Air compressor - Nah, air tools are for pussies... Although, it would have made stripping my whole truck easier. Press - would be very nice...

http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5878 Might be useful for some. (Only posted it because he's from BC)

Never been a fan of round, but it looks clean!

My FSM covers every model produced in 89. YJ, XJ, MJ, SJ but as it does it 10 series(SJ), 60 series(MJ), 70 series(XJ), 80 series(YJ) (I think). It has every transmission other than the AX-15 (which I have a seperate book for) and every T-case and engine... Also has a seperate book for electrical. It's kinda useful, even when my friends with cherokees (of varying years) break things it'll normally be in my FSM.