JeepcoMJ

if the axle shaft moves left and right (in and out), it has nothing to do with the pinion gear. you, sir, have a bad wheel bearing. ...and your proportioning valve prop rod should be vertical...

...remove the throttle body in order to do that, though.

sorry, what do u means by that as sketchy? btw, yes, i did most of those stuff before. engine is most of expereince i had been work since 6+ years. expect little experience on transmission and interior but i did successful and make sure i do right. i made myself with vow by never use redneck way/ lazy way to repair my vehicles and other person's vehicle(s). what he means by sketchy is that the front suspension, axle, and crossmember is a bit redneck...it's obvious that the PO wasn't too skilled.

diesel cost isn't that great, and the conversion costs enough that you won't really ever get your $$$ back out of it.

NO it makes it a "you don't remove the cab to restore it, because it's part of the uniframe" situation. you can't remove the cab to restore the truck. the front inner fender frame etc. is part of the cab as well. Ha! I beat you to it punk. jerk! lol :rotf:

NO it makes it a "you don't remove the cab to restore it, because it's part of the uniframe" situation. you can't remove the cab to restore the truck. the front inner fender frame etc. is part of the cab as well.

Truly. :bowdown: ha! thanks, Don. more than I wanted to pay for it, but it is something that will help me get projects done...and I can sell stuff right away here from the 3800 since it's not mobile anyways, plus the 2.5 parts, plus interior. I don't want any of that stuff. gonna strip it inside a week once it gets home on saturday.

not when the result is free parts. but that's just me. I like when I get 2 free sets of the new style disconnects, a free set of shackles, etc.

I don't know

agreed.

*shrug* they have ALWAYS treated me and my friend right. that said, it usually takes a few calls to get all of the parts you're supposed to get. they take care of me in the end, and give me tons of free parts, so I'll deal with the hassle. that's my cchoice, though.

looks like it. also looks like a 2wd.

this is the first poor customer service I've heard of from Rough country. that said...don't you think you'd be angry if someone bought your lift from another company, rather than dealing with you directly? goes to say, deal directly with the manufacturer.

thanks, and yes, it will. like I said, not as perfect as I'd have liked...but I can work with this. and I can make $350 off my d44/tracloc 3.55 axle, $75 for my 3.55/disco d30 from the 3800, and some other leftover parts from the project. this gives the 3800 factory '86 M/T, 4.11 gears, amc20. it will be nice to order all '86 parts for it again except the engine/trans stuff lol. ugh. i'll sleep worse. that put a huge dent in my unemployed ars's bank account.

lol, thanks. It needs work...no doubt about that. the pass. front fender and door were replaced...but i verified the inner fender etc. are all straight, looks like it musta just been brushed up against something on just those panels. dent in the bed I can work with. driver's door and fender I *could* fix, but I'll just replace them. interior is gonna go, and the engine and wiring will go byebye as well. keeping the chrome trim tail lights, chrome tailgate handle, axles, rear suspension, and bucket seat brackets. everything else will be gutted and replaced with what comes out of the diesel. this is the second most expensive MJ I've ever purchased...but with the lack of rust, it is worth every penny of it. and I will make my $$$ back selling parts left over after doing the whole swappage and whatnot.

went out for the second load of parts from the latest '99 I stripped, and stopped in at my friend's junkyard that I grabbed the '87 from originally. and now I'm out $550. now, alot of people will think I screwed the pooch and spent too much. let me tell you, this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for, for my dad's diesel restoration (his body is GONE and has started to go "freakjeep" on the frame). it's an '86 4 cyl 5 speed 4x4... metric ton amc20 rear 4.11 gears from california. factory cargo light split rear bucket interior (ugly butterscotch :yuck:) 1125 the worst part is the dent in the bed. it *may* be fixable, but likely I will use that part of the bed from the 3800 to repair this bed... the engine is blown, it has 4.11 gears. I sent an email to the state asking about vehicle body replacement on frame :D, to get permition to do my plans. my dad and I have been looking for this exact truck for 5 years. it's the only year mj that has everything exactly where it needs to be in order to use it as a donor for a diesel. we have a new motor, this truck has 112k on it, I'm going to put the renault 2.1 input shaft into this lower miles ax5. it has the same axles, with lower miles, so I won't need to remove these in order to restore this into a perfect upgraded diesel clone. and despite the dent, the rust free part is what I paid for. I'd pay a grand for a rust free shell on junk roller axles...the rest of the parts are a bonus. now I can put the 3800 to factory '86 metric ton specs, and sell the dana 44 from it, or swap it into the '87 to get the trac-loc in my DD. yes. I am awesome.

The firewalls are different and allot yourself a few months to complete the conversion. It is not a quick process. Unless your name is Pat and you do it a couple of days. I was gonna say that...

at least a 2000 2wd front axle uses 4wd brake rotors and calipers.

Do you mean the best option for everything, or just interior? And thanks for reply mounting a '97+ dash requires all custom mounts. comanche and cherokee rear wiring aren't the same...custom splicing is needed. comanche sending unit doesn't work with cherokee fuel gauge, so gotta do a custom tank somehow. other than that, pretty much bolt-in

When one of the girls you took out falls asleep in the truck and you leave her out there when its 40 degrees out, yeah, they might think that. But, then again, you did come on to cc to chat until she woke up and came inside. Rob L. :shake: i tried to wake her up. not my fault :dunno: and I was right....she came in when she got cold haha.

yep, 97-99 is the best option.

posting a pic of some ugly afro-american isn't gonna make me think of sex, let me tell you that... but yeah. i've exhausted options of local women willing to have sex with me. probably because I'm an a$$hole.

i don't get it.

that's me to a T. and, unfortunately, it's the fact that I'm unemployed that's keeping me up, i bet.

pete, I'll try that. it's healthy, too. correy...I'm just cheap, and I hate swallowing pills.