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CAD drawings of side plates have been made by a few independent people and shared/compared. I suggest reading the entire thread. I know it's cumbersome, but you'll be up to speed.

Yes, you can test the voltages, or you can pull it out and test the resistance. Should be a smooth, linear output. I have had my battles with the 2.5l renix TPS for an automatic, which you can't even find anymore. I had to buy one for the 4.0 and reverse the wiring (why they aren't consistent, I have no idea.)

Did it stall at speed or when you came to a stop? Was your gas tank more than a quarter full? When was the last time you replaced your fuel filter? Just trying to get more info. It helps w/ the troubleshooting process. :thumbsup:

Just another classic case of engineers and technicians clashing. From my limited experience, both of them need each other to be successful in the industry, and same goes for on Comanche forums. If someone doesn't want to play nice, well then: :thwak:, :no: and let's all move on. Back to getting technical, I re-measured my hole patterns on both my hitch and bumper, and it came out exactly 1-1/8" between the top hole and the line that the other 2 line up on. Not that being a sixteenth off is a big deal, people can always hog it out. Also, I personally see no advantage to making the holes smaller. That thing won't move. Just my 2 cents. I do like the pattern having that 4th hole, though. There was some question about the thickness of the walls of the cross member. I can't measure it exactly, but I believe it to be 1/4" walls, esp since the tube welded to the bottom is the same size (same radii on the corners). Anyway, has anybody found a shop to quote out the endplates? I can sent the pattern through some of my connections and just get a second opinion.

I'm assuming since you sound like you are one of these older, creative types, you could figure out how to attach a "stock" hitch w/ a custom bumper, and maybe report back to us. Perhaps contribute something other than your smart-@$$ comments about engineers and what not. Or, if you need a young, 20-something engineer to come over and figure it out for you, maybe I can help you with that. Basically, either be an asset to the group, or just sit back and let us work.

Well, the file extension is just dwg. The program is Mechanical Desktop 2000i. I think I can export them in a few other formats. If you are using something from the last 5 years you should have no problem importing it. PM me your e-mail address. I used to work for Bay Design, Inc. http://www.bayindustrialgroup.com/about ... group.html They are a glorified garage, I guess you could say, but they do automation and all that stuff. No more than 15 people on the payroll. Funny thing is, I designed the carriages on that system in the picture. It sure was a good job, but I decided to pick up and get a Gov't job with some decent pay. I definitely like living in Virginia better.

Hello fellows, This is my first CC post EVER, and I have been following this thread for a while now, and it is a whorl-wind of information. First of all, anyone interested in buying a Draw Tite hitch I pulled from a JY, see my classified: http://bit.ly/LAaaRY I am probably not going to be putting a hitch on my MJ, seeing that it's a 2.5L, but after seeing one at a JY I knew it could not go to waste. However, I did make a 3D CAD model of the hitch for my records in case anyone wanted the plans to make one. I have not put a drawing package together, but if anyone wants to double check dimensions (esp since I still have it in my garage right now), or just compare models, just let me know. I don't want to hi-jack anyone's effort if they want to spear-head the project, but if anyone wanted a second estimate I can get a quote to build these. I used to work for a machine/fab shop in Baltimore and I would outsource the work through them. I'm offering my help if anyone wants it, or if there is enough demand I can have a bunch made in a batch for a small profit. Otherwise, I'll just be over here working on other projects, which hopefully will be posted (if they are successful).