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Your opinion on Hella 500s
Minuit replied to coolwind57's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
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I've seen it on a 4dr Limited with leather seats before. On that XJ it had a little storage pocket.
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May 2018 BuxMJ's '89 True Survivor
Minuit replied to whowey's topic in Comanche of the Month (MJOTM)
Glad to see this truck get the recognition it deserves. Congrats Buck -
You'll hear differing opinions on this topic, but I put a CSF 3-row radiator in my '91 4.0 and I have been very pleased with its performance. The temperature is slightly lower (but not too low) and stays far more stable with the CSF over the tiny factory radiator.
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I am in need of a car audio amplifier for research and development purposes. If anyone has one they don't want, let me know. Needs to be at least 2 channels, and needs to be working. Don't care how much power or what brand. It doesn't have to be any good, it just has to work.
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Radio antenna wire grommet
Minuit replied to Blue88Comanche's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
Also what I did. The grommet that comes with the aftermarket power antenna also leaks (but it's almost certainly better than what you have already) so it has to be supplemented with some kind of sealer. At least until the aftermarket power antenna craps the bed, and you need to get it back out again when you finally learn your lesson and install a NOS one. Adding the electronics is relatively simple to do. Or, like me, you can make it difficult if you want it to appear completely original -
Just like the 4.0, 200k is absolutely nothing for a well maintained engine. the ~120hp the Renix version makes isn't much by today's standards, but back then it was one of the most powerful 4 cylinder truck engines you could get. Won't be a great highway cruiser but it'll get you around. One difference from the 4.0 is that the 2.5 has a timing chain tensioner.
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Buy that thing right now.
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The radi- Actually, never mind
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What Minuit knows about stock Jeep radios
Minuit replied to Minuit's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
I would have been perfectly happy to discuss this with you in private until I started finding copies of my radios on eBay. I do not divulge this information except to very highly trusted individuals. Other than the cutting, I'm pretty sure those need a serial bus connection to work. I stick to stock or stock-like installations so I'm probably not the right guy to answer this. Just looking at a 1.5DIN Chrysler radio, you'd have to do some major cutting to the dash to make it even fit, let alone make it look good. As for the wiring, everything would be relatively easy other than the serial bus. They pop up every now and then. You've gotta be on your toes because the people who know they exist snap them up very quickly. Speaking of the CD player, it's here and it's a mess - but it does have the mounting bracket! I'll be working on it off and on during downtime. You guys are gonna cringe when I show you the number the previous owner did on the wiring... -
Nobody really wants to hear your loud exhaust, and you'll be turning the wrong heads for the wrong reasons. With that said, if you're set on annoying everyone with a loud exhaust, Gibson is probably the best you can do.
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What Minuit knows about stock Jeep radios
Minuit replied to Minuit's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
Here's my canned answer for any cassette related problems on these. The cassette mechanisms in these radios are overcomplicated, unreliable, and overall extremely annoying to work with. They have roughly 100 parts, about 5 different failure points, they are next to impossible to disassemble, and the parts just do not exist. I would estimate that about 25% of the radios I get in have a cassette mechanism that works. The only problems that can really be fixed on them are speed adjustment, and if the tape loading mechanism cycles constantly. As to what you can do... if you find a parts radio, you could swap the cassette player over. The RX-173 mechanism is specific to that model of radio. I do not have parts on hand to fix them. Ultimately, my answer to "how do I play cassettes with my Jeep factory radio" is to digitize your cassettes. -
Oil pressure gauge not working on cluster swap
Minuit replied to ratty's topic in MJ Tech: Modification and Repairs
99% certain that the gauges in my 91 also stay where they were when you shut the engine off.. Once you turn the key back on the oil pressure gauge goes back to 0. edit: Yes, they "stick". The engine is definitely off in this pic: Unless I'm misunderstanding things there's a decent chance your gauge is working correctly, ratty. -
What Minuit knows about stock Jeep radios
Minuit replied to Minuit's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
Dun-dun-dun-dun... the myth, the legend. The Mopar 82300393 CD player. Also offered as a pull-out version (-0392) and as a Chrysler-labeled version for other vehicles in the lineup (-0394). Type: AM/FM/CD(!!!) Display: LCD with green backlight Years: Available 1994-1996, possibly produced in one run in 1993. Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Power: 18Wx2 Distinguishing features: - It plays them newfangled Compact Discs - The only Jeep radio that you can probably make a serial number registry for - 6 AM, 12 FM station presets - The weirdest volume-balance-fader knob ever (on some examples) Not surprisingly, there is very little information out there about these due to their extreme rarity. Internally, they share a significant number of parts with the RX-173, and the internal layout is what I would describe as "an RX-173 run through a blender" - lots of surface-mount components are used, and we are beginning to see more advanced features than on previous analog radios. Unfortunately, these have a lot of problems - the faceplates are quite fragile, the power supply is fragile, the FM tuner requires removal for any service and likes to mute itself, and I'm pretty sure the CD player mechanism is impossible to find parts for, although the construction is very similar to some 1990s Mitsubishi decks. Build quality is a touch below the more mainstream Mitsubishi-made Jeep radios. Their rarity was no doubt helped by their price - roughly $300 in 1994 - about $500 in today's money. My current estimates give a production number of approximately 1200 based on a very close grouping of observed serial numbers, with the 4 units I have personally examined being within 800 serial numbers - including two units 13 serial numbers apart. I have acquired one for myself, and I will be restoring it, adding auxiliary input, and installing it in my '91. One production variation I have seen that makes absolutely no sense is the volume knob, which seems to vary without rhyme or reason. Some have a volume knob with a white tick mark, while others are unmarked. 3070927 has a tick mark, and 3070914 doesn't. If you own an 82300393, consider sharing the serial number! I would like to get as many serial numbers together as possible to determine a total production number. -
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Not chrome. What's wrong with you?
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I get asked about once a month. I usually just say "it's not for sale" so I don't usually get a number. Besides people wanting to buy it I've gotten to where I enjoy the attention it gets. Yesterday two guys in a CLEAN 97+ XJ pulled up next to me at a stoplight and started taking pics of my truck
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looking for your Comanche literature
Minuit replied to Pete M's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
Here's the extra stuff that came with the owner's manual for 1991: -
From the 15 minutes of this show that I've seen they absolutely run the hell out of the trucks. RIP I guess...
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NOS Renix Instrument Cluster
Minuit replied to HOrnbrod's topic in Craigslist/eBay... i.e. Not Your Stuff
The seller should have moved the cluster out of that shadow so that it doesn't look like it has a HUGE crack in it. -
looking for your Comanche literature
Minuit replied to Pete M's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
Jeep themselves couldn't even get the grille on right -
looking for your Comanche literature
Minuit replied to Pete M's topic in MJ Tech: DIY Projects and Write-Ups
I have: 1987 Jeep Trucks brochure with both Comanche and J10/J20 1988 Jeep Comanche brochure 1991 "The Jeep Book" with all models of that year - I think this one is in an attic or closet at home, I'd have to look for it I can get scans of these next weekend if nobody else has them already. -
The SWB Comanche's wheelbase is 113", which is just above their 110.5" cutoff so they allow it with some limitations. Everyone else's max rear suspension travel is 12".
