Optimaldave

Hi all. I have an 88 with the guages but no tach, and I have a line on a 93 cluster with all options. I know the 93 will have an electric speedo but is there a way to swap just the speedo's out or to convert from a mechanical drive speedo in the trans(2wd) to an electric output? Cheers Dave

87 and older is different from 89 and newer. Don't know which one of the two 88 uses. Trying to see the picture well enough and going from memory, the above part number is for the 87 (88?) and older ones. The OP never stated what year his truck was. I have an 88 and this is the correct cable as I need the clip type vs the bolt on. Thank you Dave

Yup. Tomorrow I'll be heading to the parts store to get the proper socket and tackle breaking the nut off, retorquing the stud and cleaning all the contacts to finish my ground upgrade. Then the c101 and I can move onto mechanical checks/repairs.

Me, too. But two 6 gauge cables will be fine, especially having one from the critical dipstick tube stud to the chassis. Actually, I have a 4 gauge from the stud..... That is what I thought as the 6g is larger than the stock grounds. I planned on adding a jumper to the stud too but was unable to get it off as the stud is loose and I didn't have a female tamper-proof torx to hold the stud while getting the nut off. Also noticed the PO moved the neg terminal from the battery to mount to the stud so I will likely just clean the stud and mating grounds as I have a jumper from neg cable to the firewall anyways so once the stud is cleaned up I don't think there is a point adding a chassis ground to it as there is already one on the neg cable is there? Original Dash Ground New Ground Termination (other end of jumper cable) Negative Cable to Chassis (Rad mount, and yes, I know I need to replace the terminal as it has been badly beaten for some reason) New Block to Firewall Had a lot of fun at the end too as I noticed my Serp belt was half cocked off the PS pump pulley and upon resetting it back onto the pulley in it's propper grooves I discovered the PO removed/lost the adjuster bolt for setting belt tension. A little cursing and rummaging through the spare hardware bin and I managed to find a nut/bolt combo that would grab enough to set tension and be able to drive home... Joys of used vehicles I guess... Thanks all Dave

cool, that is good to know, though I now have it down to about 5 min to pull the cluster and strip the cable out of the truck and vise versa... One source left is a guy who runs a Jeeps only parts store that works on mostly 40's-80's Jeeps. Said he may have one that will work for me... Cheers

Hello. I will be doing this today but was wondering if anyone knows if a 6g cable would be ok for block-firewall and battery neg-rad grounds? I have a lot of power wire left from an amp I used to have but it is 6g vs the 4g recommended here.

Thanks for this, though it seems it may not be avail in Canada as no one seems to be able to get one for trucks without cruise control. Oh well, one more source to check, then to the junkyard. Thank you Dave

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Hey all, I have a 4.0L Rwd. Can I drive it without a speedo cable hooked up or will things get into the trans via the opening? Can I just put some tape over it or a pill bottle or something? I am just talking the cable itself, the gear assembly will still be in the trans. I need to pull it to fix it/replace it but the parts stores seem to not be able to find one so I want to match the new cable before I buy one but don't know when I'll have time to reattach everything. Thank you Dave

Pretty much. Let's see if this will show up large enough to read: Thanks all for the help And thanks Eagle for the chart, that is an awesome one for sure. Cheers Dave

Here in Vancouver (BC) it's around $1.40/Litre depending on time of the day and day of the week.

245 by what? And when you say 30.5s ... that's not a tire size. Are you really talking about 31x10.50s, which are typically 30.5" in diameter, or are you talking about 30x9.50s, which are typically 29.5" in diameter? 245/75-15s are also 29.5" in diameter. 245/70-15s are 28.5" in diameter. 245/75-16s are 30.5" in diameter. What do you have? I stand corrected, I don't know where 30.5 came from. The rears are a 30x9.5 R15 and the fronts are 245/75 R15 So off your statement I'd say I'm splitting hairs in sizes anyways Cheers

I have had a 93, 95, and now a 97 ZJ. All the 4.0 L6. The 4.0 is bulletproof and likewise about the auto tranny. My first two were the 242 and I now have a 249 tcase (which I HATE) so I highly recommend staying away from the 249. They have all been awesome vehicles, very comfy and a really nice DD and easily modded for light>heavy off road. I prefer 96-98 vs the first gen, and the Laredo package vs limited as the Limited can have electrical issues which the Laredo as the Loredo doesn't have so many fancy doo-dads. Cheers

Well I'm actually going down from 31's so no power loss :D Speedo is also broken and I'm using my iPhone GPS and a speedo app so no worries there right now... haha, hadn't thought about that. Thanks 30.5" BFG MT's 245 Hankook A/T's Definately has no lift on the rear but 2" on the front so some lift shackles shall be in her future Thank you guys

Logic tells me I can mismatch tire sizes front to rear as I have a RWD and many muscle cars have done it but can someone confirm that is true for the comanche for me? I have a ton of mostly worn tires but I can make a set of good tires for the Jeep with a pair of 245's up front and 30.5's rear. This shouldn't cause any harm should it? Also seems the PO put some 2" BB spacers up front but I don't believe any rear lift so the added rear height may actually level it (if it is actually off, I can't tell if the shackles are stock or not as of yet) Sorry for a kind of ignorant first post :P Thanks Dave