87MJTIM

Excellent save!

For an automatic, it’s called a flex plate. (Same thing, only different.) To change a flex plate, you need to drop the transmission.

Past one today. Driving on Rt. 75 in New Market, saw an MJ heading in the opposite direction. It was gray with most of the paint faded/flaked off. It had a nice orange (rust) patina. We both waved to each other. (He may post here that he saw a gold MJ on the same road.)

It's "Jeepsticker" not "Jeepstickers" Singular, not plural.

Not yet. Like I indicated, I have been busy the last couple months.

I have been busy with work the past few months. I have not had time to do anything with the MJ (or anything around the house). I did replace a faucet in the bath not too long ago. While forming plumber's putty on the fixture, I thought "why not try this around the fuse box?" I could form a bead around the engine bay side of the box. It is not water soluble, doesn't stain, and remains soft over a long time. Am I missing something?

A Tesla owner's battery died on a road in WV - just outside of a coal mine. The miners pushed the car to a building so it could charge up. No doubt with electricity generated by coal.

I am pretty positive you cannot prove a negative.

The inspector probably isn't familiar with older vehicles. He looked for a NSS, didn't see it and thought it was not compliant.

No, it does not have an NSS. It sounds like the inspector is an idiot.

I took an ignition cylinder from a same year XJ to a locksmith. He reprogrammed it to match my original keys.

My efan kicks on when the REM registers 219*. (I don't trust the dash gauge.)

There is no diff between MJ and XJ AX15 cross members. There is a diff between auto and manual trans. I think you have an auto CM. You said the seller had several CMs. Was there one with the drop section?

Someone else may look at the cross member and comment. I cannot see the center drop section. I am not sure that is the correct cross member.

Your signature does not show where you are located. Update it to show your state and closest city. That way other CC members may be of help. I was watching a local junkyard for Jeep XJ a while back. At one time there was an 90 with a 4wd, internal slave cyl. trans and a 96 2wd with an external slave cyl. trans. I left the yard that day with one 4wd AX15 with an external slave bell housing and all the inner parts. (Needless to say, it was a long day.) You may want to watch junkyards, also.

I have stated previously: My BA10 never left me stranded. However, I had the slave cylinder replaced 5 times. I vowed it would not see a sixth. That's why I swapped to an AX15 with an external slave cylinder.

If you want to go to 4WD later, don't get the 2WD. You will only have to get a 4WD later. To change a 2WD to 4WD is more time and $$ then the cost of a 4WD. Search for a 94+ manual XJ that is a 4WD. You will get (almost) everything: external slave cylinder, tcase, cross member, trans mount, slave cyl., front axle, and front DS. You will need to get a new rear DS or have yours cut down. The XJ rear DS will be to short.

That looks like 215.

I am sorry to hijack this thread, but in your signature your tire size is P125 ? Is that a typo or do you have really narrow tread?

Yes, it will bolt up to your 88 4.0. (AS LONG AS IT IS AN AX15. The AX4 and AX5 (2.5 engines) look similar to the 15, but do not bolt to the 4.0. The DS will fit the BA10 and AX15. Yes, you can convert to an external slave setup. You will need a different bell housing, the front bearing retainer cover, the bearing release fork, pivot ball (for the fork), and a release bearing. EDIT: Find out if the cross member comes with it. You will need that, also. It looks like the mount is attached.

Yes, the end of your current DS mates to the tcase.

For a 4wd set up, the DS goes into the tcase, not the trans. The out put of a 4wd mates to a tcase. You can't run a 4WD without a tcase (that I'm aware of). You can install a tcase without a front axle. Then when you have the front axle installed, you attach the front DS.

Your parts list is going to include: A 4WD AX15 (preferably with an external slave cylinder). The proper bell housing whether internal or external. If external, the shift (bearing release) fork. If external, the proper slave cylinder. A tcase with 23 spline input shaft from an AX15. The trans cross member. Your current one doesn't fit the AX15. The trans mounting bracket (see above). A shorter drive shaft (or shorten your old one). When you convert to 4WD: A front axle with matching gearing to your rear (which is probably 3.07.) You may want to upgrade the rear to match the front. Find one without a CAD (or just by-pass the CAD). A front drive shaft. Transfer case shift linkage for inside the cab.

Same here. Original owner. No plans to sell it. (Someone once asked if I was interested in selling it. I told him he would have to talk to my daughter, because I'll be dead.)