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I have looked into that. My issue with the boiled linseed\acetone mix is the tackyness. I am new to the cut and buff \polishing side of things and thought what better project to get aquatinted with the concept, than a truck with an already gone paint job. If I get crazy and screw it up I might just have to rework the whole truck and paint it. Edit:this is just kinda a start of the project I have plans to sand and neutralize as much of the rust as possible. I know I can't stop it but I'm gonna try real hard to slow it down as much as possible.

Yeah I realized it after I posted it.

Well the passenger side is done except for a bit of polishing and wax. Looking much better. Can't wait to put a shine on it.

Just looked at mine, and they are routed just like what you have in the picture. That's not to saw mine hasn't been moved prior to my knowledge. But it's one more truck that backs up your thinking.

Let me preface this with a caveat, I am not a body guy, due to my lack of patience. Pictures don't seem to do it justice, but I started to do some exterior clean up. Decided to sand off the failing clear coat edges and try to feather them into the paint. Hoping to improve the overall looks a bit. After several hours of work and a few lessons on what's too aggressive I have the passenger door and fender ready to polish. So far my method seems to work as long as I don't get excited like I did on the front section of the door. I started with a 400 wet sand focussed on the edge of the clear to take off the failing product. Then a 600 wet and finally start polishing. Could sand finer but the paint isn't very thick so I am trying to be minimal in what I take off. Just trying to blend it all to a consistent color and remove the white "fade line". Any suggestions to make this a simple project are encouraged. Not shooting for show quality just trying to clean it up a bit.

Might be a little late to the party but I found the document I was referring to earlier. 1988 Cherokee FSM-cruise control system.pdf

Today is the day. I swapped all the tools over and put the MJ back into daily driver service. So glad winter is mostly done.

Glad to help.

Somewhere out there is a guide to testing the renix cruise system. I haven't seen it in a while but I know it exists.

I would bet you can find those knobs in about any chry\dodge of the era. Doubt they made special knobs just for the KJ

Ouch. That sucks. Me personally I would send it back. You were hoodwinked and that's against ebay policy.

Thanks for all you do Pete.

Mine is a manual but I'm not sure how that pertains to the topic.

Yes mine deteriorated years ago but I know there was a small round rubber bumper the pedal would rest against.

Updated list in original post.

Added a new console latch, console block off, and some taillight washers to the truck, courtesy of @dzim@ zimdak industries. Also changed the tail lights back to incandescent bulbs, as I have heard leds will cause the cruise control to not function. Haven't had the truck out to test it yet. Got my ashtray light installed and put a new bulb in the cigar lighter lamp. Most exciting to me is the bucket seat trim, what a difference it makes in the cleanliness of the interior. Thanks @Jolietjeep@ Getting excited for spring. Roads are finally clean and with mostly above freezing temperatures in the 10 day forecast, I am considering waking her up from hibernation a bit early.

Might be worth sticking a camera down the hole to check the condition of the drive gear on the cam.

NO TITLE!!!! Unfortunately that's a deal breaker for me. I was seriously considering the road trip too.

31" under a short bed here. Did have to remove riveted panel as noted already. Voice of experience, the factory winch holds till it don't. I lost a brand-new 31" general grabber on a turbine wheel, because I didn't have a secondary strap.

Glad to hear it. I was worried you were loosing your touch.

Not trying to be critical of you build by any means but that arb compressor bracket looks like microwaved dog turds compared to it surroundings. That is all I have to add. Lol

Might want to look into that a bit more. From my understanding the 2.5 to 4.0 swap is pretty involved.

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Awesome idea. Come to think of it I might have a box of trim clips in the shop cabinet...... Gonna do some digging today. Lol