watchamakalit

Took delivery of the MJ yesterday afternoon. It is an '88 2x4 4.0L 5spd. This summer plans include a 4x4 swap and paint.

Nice man. Sorry I didn't get back to you the other day. I didn't have it anyways. :cheers:

I will keep my eyes open as well. :cry:

Not trying to Hijack but anyone got pics of the speakers in the door handles?

Sorry man I don't swing that way. :eek: :eek: Sounds like the cannoter valve might be plugged. Might want to flush it out with some mirror fluid and check the preload on the muffler bearings.

Looks good. Did you have to do any changing of the motor mounts to get the 4.0 to bolt in?

Fixed the link for ya. :cheers:

I wouldn't mind riding one of those. :brows:

I didn't take it away from her it is just down right now. The alt. crapped out. On the plus I have a free one coming saturday. :cheers:

Yea I had planned to cover the back of the gate with expanded metal to keep things in the bed and then get the whole thing painted with the truck then face the letters with a contrasting color. But I got stupid and thought I needed a fullsize truck. Needless to say I am back in the market for an MJ.

Looks good. But I would have gotten someone better looking to drive it. :D

Here is the one on my old MJ I would offer more pics but I got stupid and sold it. It was 2"x6" 1/4"wall and heavy as hell.

Ok I know it ain't mine but I really like it. Here is my salute to JohnQ.

Thats the one. I am kinda glad you beat me to it though. I found one local that is really clean. Haven't bought it yet, still waiting on paperwork.

Alright who the hell bought it??? Do they want to sell it? :cheers:

Well crap. Now I gotta hurry up and talk to the wifey.

That's something I didn't know. :eek: Won't your A/C compressor be running? I'll have to try this. Only if your A/C works in the first place. :nuts: And actually the A/C will run in defrost mode also. The point is to help remove the moisture from the air and dry it out faster inside the cab to help with foggy windows.

Its on the NE side. Algonac I belive. If I tell you for sure where you have to promise to give me first dibs on buying it. :cheers: Adam, I would love to go up and look problem is its like 4.5hrs one way. I just can't afford to waste a day and not come home with it. So if I can get someone who knows what to look for and is local to go give it a once over for me and its ok then we can make the trip. Plus I haven't told the wife about it yet. :eek: :brows:

I found a manche that I am thinking really hard about buying but kinda want to know what I am buying first. It is in the detroit area and I was curious if anyone up there would be willing to go look it over for me. I really want to buy it but just wanna be sure there aren't things that I don't see in the pics he has sent me. I really have a tough time asking this on here cause I am fearful that whoever goes to look at it will want to buy it. I need some feedback. What should I do?

yup

<---Owns a CJ and currently no MJ I wave at any Jeep that looks like they "understand". That being said if I see a Jeep and think "oh thats just a soccer mom" and it waves at me, YBYA I will wave right back. Jeep Wave freaking Rules

IMO you should have loaded it on tehre w/ the motor in the front for better tongue wieght, also the trailer looks very heavy duty... BUT since the rear axles are farther back on that trailer then there supposed to be,(there is a forumla to figure axle location for optimum tongue load/balance of the trailer in general)even w/ the motor in the rear of trailer, it still looks ,like to much tongue wieght. The first time we loaded it we went the other way (CJ facing forward) and the front end of the MJ started to come off the ground right about the time the rear wheels of the cj cleared the ramps. We turned it around and still had way too much tounge weight for a stock MJ but I had to get it home. The trailer was borrowed last minute from a friend who owns a car dealership. It is a 26ft flatbed and it is extremely heavy. On the way to pick up the cj I wondered if the MJ could pull the weight of the cj and the trailer. the trailer was noticeable behind even when empty. But the good ole 4.0 came through with flying colors. Man I miss that truck.

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

It can be really scarry towing anything oversized with an MJ. Granted if you weren't using the first trailer you could get your hands on to get your CJ off the interstate it might be a diff. story. This was after a ~35mi trip home. No trailer brakes and way too much weight for the MJ to handle.

:cheers: nice