87MJTIM

He still did not say what yr it is.

What yr? There is the complete wiring diagram for an 88 on the forum somewhere. Other years? IDK. I bought a hard copy for the 87.

I picked one up from the stealership. I had to request the boot for a TJ. If you tell them an MJ, they will tell you it is not available.

I had a terrible squeal with mine for a long time. Replaced the belt several time and the water pump, but did not fix the squeal. Turns out it was the harmonic balancer. Now, no squeal. $0.02

There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum. Just ask and you shall receive. Sorry you had to loose a friend to inherit the MJ. Once you pick up the Pick Up, let us know more about it: engine, trans, model/options, etc.

If you have a smart phone, you can down load a running or bicycling app that has built in gps. The app's are free to inexpensive. You just set it on you dash and drive.

Does have a D44 make it a metric ton? or was there more to making it a MT? The reason is my '87 has "off road" package with a D44. I just swapped the rear leafs for the General Spring w/ military wrap. I still have the old leafs (one leaf is broken).

I understand not have the resources. I cannot weld anything, but I know how to find people/businesses that do that. Receiver hitches for MJ are harder to find than needles in haystacks. It just seems to me that if you cannot buy it or find it, then (have someone) make it from pieces lying around. My 2 cents.

Are we beating a dead horse here? This topic has been covered long before. http://comancheclub.com/topic/26626-receiver-hitch/?hl=receiver+hitch Drawings have been made. Take them to a metal shop and have two plates made. Then, go to a JY and pull a receiver from a wide base truck/van. Cut the bar to the proper length for the MJ and weld the two plates you had made on it. (or, am I missing something?)

...and the rear bumper...

Sounds like the molding goes back on. Thanks everyone. More pics when it is all back together.

It is a DD. As I said, I am leaning toward getting the molding. The samples they had were for Chevy S10 and full size Chevy trucks. From 20' away you could not tell the diff. The pin stripping was done. This picture was before that. More pics:

I just picked up my MJ from the body shop. They did a GREAT job. However, they could not find the exact side molding from the factory. They did not want to put back on the old stuff. They can get some that is very close to the original, but before they order it they want me to decide: molding vs. no molding. Some people suggest I should leave it off. I am not sure. I think it will protect from stray doors. Molding No Molding Your opinion, please.

The openning on the driver's door for the electric window and locks will be longer than the existing openning on the old panel. This is because the XJ has the controls for all fours. So that you don't have an uncovered hole in the panel, you will need to trranfer the plate with the elec wind/lock. Please take a picture of your door with both the elec wind/lock and a hand crank :yes:

Here is a Fey bumper on an MJ.

http://www.faxonautoliterature.com/1991-Jeep-Repair-Shop-Manual-Original-3-Volume-Set-All-Models-P12003.aspx Try this.

I found this site for FSM. Complete set and reasonable prices. www.faxonautoliterature.com

My dad always said that it is bad luck to be supersitious.

The Chief and Laredo were both cut after 88.

Thanks for bringing this post up. I have seen it and read a lot of it. I just wanted to see if there's one easy to install. I'm a college kid on a college kids budget. And also just got my mj for free and been fixing it up. I'm not old and don't really have much experience with fabrication or much of any mechanic work. Took on the project of fixing this mj to start learning and fell in love with the mjs. What would you suggest for me to do to equip my truck with a receiver? Sorry, I don't have an answer for you. Maybe search junk yards or ebay or craiglist.

There was a long thread about this awhile back. You can read through it all if you have time. http://comancheclub.com/topic/26626-receiver-hitch/?hl=receiver%20hitch

Sorry the prior link was not correct http://www.comanchemj.1hwy.com/index.html (the web page cannot spell COMANCHE)

Check out http://www.comanchemj.1hwy.com/index.html On the Comanche History page, this give different production totals, but not split by LWB and SWB. EDIT: I corrected the Link. Sorry for that.

the column headings for the "SWB/LWB" are backwards. For 86, it stated that only the LWB was available (which is correct), but the count is shown under the SWB column.

173 cubic inch/2.8 litre engine 5 speed trans. 2 wheel drive - not 4x4 Repeat the 2 wd and it has a 7 foot bed (all '86s had the 7 ft bed) If the eighth digit (the "1") was a 7, the trim package would be an "X". If the digit was an 8, the trim package would be a "Sport" or "XL". The "check digit" is a meaningless number.