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So I picked up an 88 MJ in June, and it sat around for a few months before I got my act together and registered it. It's a pretty solid truck for the Northeast, but does have some rust/rot issues that I'll have to address. It was already swapped to ZJ buckets, and the PO replaced the floors. Not the prettiest job but it works for now. I swapped in a real gauge cluster and a center console from one of the parts XJ's I have in my yard. Specs: AX15/np231 D30/D35 3.07's 115k 31's I got it on the road the end of the summer, about a week before the tranny in my GMC decided to take a dump. I did the rear main seal, oil pan and valve cover gaskets along with a sweet new tailpipe and have been DD'ing it ever since. I got tired of rubbing the fenders in front so I put in some 4" TJ coils and OME shocks. It kind of has the Cali lean to it at the moment, but I'm on the wrong coast for that. I planned on doing a Clayton 3 link up front and an SOA in the rear with a 29 spline 8.25 that I already had, but being a recent college grad, I didn't have a lot of cash to be throwing at it. Then a couple weeks back I came across a deal that I could pass up! Specs: 98 XJ 7.5" lift (bds coils and leaves with spacers and shackles) 4.0 with a warped head AW4 SYE'd 231 Tom Woods Front shaft D30/8.25 Aussies f/r 3.55's Clayton 3 link, Skid, Trackbar and bracket Winch bumper Durango Box New Ball Joints and wheel bearings At this point I'm slowly parting out my old XJ and trying to make a couple bucks to put towards swapping all these parts onto the MJ. I ordered the Simple Swap kit from ruffstuff last week. Still need a couple things from Clayton, and some shocks and I should be ready to roll on this. I'm going to run the beat Baja MTZ's that I have until I can score a set of 35's. I'm hoping I can get away with just running the 6 inch coils up front, but I have the spacers and shackles if necessary to level it out in the end. If anyone has any tricks or pointers for the SOA swap on these trucks let me know! I've been doing some research and it all seems pretty straight forward. Thanks in advance, Dan

wow I definitely saw that when I was down there for waterfest (I dunno why I went). I was standing there trying to focus my beer goggles enough to tell if it really was a comanche tucked away there. I couldn't see the massive drier on the back and decided it was just an older ranger and that it was the booze was playing tricks on me. :rotfl2:

Anyone swap out the hi low wiper stalk/module for the nicer one? I have a 93 XJ to harvest parts from, not sure how interchangeable some of this stuff is. If so what stuff needs to be transferred over? Thanks in advance

Thanks! It's got a few bumps and bruises and the driver's side rocker has some rot but overall it's clean for around here. I'm pretty sure sure it was a 4cyl 2wd in another life, but it sure isn't anymore!

Hey guys, my name is Dan and I'm from CT. I just picked up an 88 shortbed MJ today for $1000. It's got 114k on the clock, 4wd ax15 d30/35. Also has XJ seats in it already. I'm new to MJ's but not to Jeeps in general, I've been cruising around in this for a while now and I had another one before it. Also have a m725 project out back as well. And here's the comanche, which is the most expensive of all of the jeeps I've purchased so far lol