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Thats what I'm hoping. I just don't have the space for any more projects as it is. Or the time, or money. And my xj DD is less than reliable. So time to liquidate some projects, make some room, and work towards eventually getting another one when I have some more space.

Its been a LONG time since I've been on CC. Work, internet issues, computer issues, more work, you know, life in general. Selling my mj, already regret it and its still sitting in my driveway. Sucks when you no longer have the time and space for a 4 year project. Just need a reliable vehicle at this point and that 2.8 just won't cut it anymore. Anyway, just stopping by to say hello. Need to check in more often, still my favorite forum around, some great guys here :cheers:

I got jerked around like that with Navy recruiters, eventually leading to me not shipping out ever and leaving the DEP. I'd follow shelbyluvv's advice. Also, if for whatever reason you have to see a doctor before you ship, don't tell them. Thats why I'm still a civvy and not on a ship somewhere.

I would love to pay $400 a year for insurance. I pay $90 a month just for my mj.

My dd zj has 203k on it, xj has 280k. Before that, my first truck, a '90 Chevy silverado with the 5.7 had 38X,XXX miles on it when I sold it. All of which are/have been my dd and/or only vehicle. Mj has an unknown amount of miles on a questionable 2.8 with the sloppiest transmission in the Midwest, a leaking slave cylinder that can't be removed without a torch, and door gaps you can stick your hand through, and I dd'd it for a year before getting the zj

This. Drove the piss out of mine for over a year. And I mean over-revving, shifting hard, pretending I'm a race car, using crap oreilly oil, late oil changes, blah blah blah. The way i saw it, when the engine blows up, i can justify the money to swap it out for something better. Engine still runs though, and the only reliability issues i've had are crappy electronic fuel pumps, and more recently the carb kicked the bucket.

Man its SERIOUS now. Watching game 7 has me on the edge of my seat! Gotta agree with Hornbrod though, Bumgarner is a helluva pitcher!

IIRC, Royals Stadium was the first stadium built specifically for baseball. Went on a tour through all the secretive bits when I was in high school. One of the bits of info that stuck with me. That and the field is sod over sand, so it technically can't get rained out because of flooding.

I have to drive past 3 entrance gates to get home.....

Its quite SERIOUS :teehee: when its right here in your hometown! I can see the stadium from the shop I work at. Just sucks trying to get home!

Checked the overflow hose, put a new clamp on it, no change. Lower rad hose had a new clamp and the lip on the edge for a better seal. The reason I made the guess about the overflow bottle was because it leaks until the overflow is empty, then stops leaking after that. But the puddle is always under the lower rad hose, despite new hose, rad, pump, and clamps all around. I'm going to pull off the shroud for a day so I can see if the cap may be leaking down the rad, that's the only thing that makes sense at this point, unless I just got a bad radiator

So this is on a 96 zj 4.0, but figured it applied to MJs too since it's a 4.0 Jeep was leaking coolant for a while, finally got around to replacing the leaky lower radiator hose, fixed it for a day, then the water pump started leaking. Replaced the pump, noticed the radiator was rotting out and had a pool in the bottom of it, so replaced that too. Fast forward about a month, jeep is still leaking coolant, has been all month, it's dripping from under the lower rad hose, leaks until the overflow bottle is empty, then stops. Doesn't overheat, but what could the problem be? Since it's leaking on the opposite side from the overflow, I can't see that being the problem. Ideas?

Seen someone use a crown royal bag as a shift boot once....

Just checked mine...everything seems to be working as it should :dunno:

Meh...life gets in the way of things. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it! :peek:

Thanks. Probably the best picture thats ever been taken of the truck. can't see any pre-existing body damge, rust, blah blah. Its the same as in the first picture i posted, just put a better bumper on it and got rid of some chrome. The chrome and copper orange color just didnt look right together, imo

Was actually down poking around a bit the past month, it was mostly re-buried, then we got a ton of rain for months, and after about a 2 week period of everything being underwater, its showing again. Soon as i get the mj running and the winch on it, I'm thinking about heading back down with shovels and seeing what i find.

Looks good! :thumbsup:

Same as mine. Carb sucks, motor sucks. Better carb helps, but only as long as the motor lives. Treat it nice, and the 2.8 should do good. Mines been running a year with no issues until the original carb died.

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Its definitely possible...but I'm still in the "buying as many as i can own" phase, havent started selling any yet In happy news, my MJ runs again, for the first time in months! . :MJ 1: .

Darn snowballs...only crap thing about this is all the floorboards (or lack thereof) to replace...curse you Missouri rust!!

Haven't been on CC in a long while...lost interest in my 86 2.8 after the carb bit the dust in early may. Since then, I've been very, very slowly working on swapping a carb off of a 3.4l mercury outboard, that I got for free, onto the 2.hate. Fast forward to mid September, browsing craigslist for xjs and mjs like always, found a decent 96 5 spd xj for $1500. Looked at it, told the guy i'd be back Friday with cash for it. Couldn't get ahold of him, then suddenly that weekend I found a another 96 5spd for $100 in the same area...turns out his dad needed it for parts, stripped what he wanted, then decided he didn't want to bother scrapping the rest. So I picked it up with a good driveline and no doors or title. Was planning on putting the 4.0 in the mj...until this week, when I found ANOTHER 96 for $500 that needs lower end work in the motor. So now, I'm finally finishing the carb swap on the mj. Next, I'm putting the $100 engine into the $500 xj, rebuilding the $500 xjs engine once the xj is running enough to be my dd, then moving forward with a 4.0 swap in the mj. I think I have a jeep problem. Pics of my one-turned-into-three projects Maybe I should finally start some build threads to keep track of all this...

not forgot about...just no real way to get to anything at the moment, its been there for many, many years, itll still be there when i finally get a way down to it

Personally I think 2wd is a moot point, still a good truck and 2wd gets around fine in the snow. The salvage title is the killer for me, but if it's in good mechanical condition and can pass an inspection to fix the title, 1500 sounds like a good price to me.