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I am currently doing a 1997+ interior swap, and although there are already good write-ups on the topic, I thought I would drop my photos and reference dimensions of many applicable dims. I will try and label each one and describe anything worth noting. Each will be its own post in this thread for searching ease. Some photos uploaded upside-down, too lazy to fix, just keep that in mind when scratching your head LOL Some of the photos got downsized, But I have uploaded all full size photos in this shared public link Mods, feel free to pin!

If anyone has vent windows with the locks please let me know.

Hey folks, after years and years of driving old Subarus and old Miatas, I picked up two things I've always wanted two weeks ago: an old Jeep and an old pickup. This is Eugenia the Jeep, my new-to-me 1989 4.0 5-speed with 121k. I've been hunting for a small, fairly simple but still interesting truck for months and two weeks ago I saw her sitting for sale and bought her the next day. Had a few electrical quirks (turn signals not working, but they're fine now), fuel gauge pegged way past full, radio and a/c not working (I'll worry about that later) and a very soft clutch. I bought the old gal with intentions of doing as close to 100% of the work myself. I'm pretty comfortable working on small stuff, changing alternators, fluids, plugs and brakes and things like that, but I want to learn as much as I can and I figured this was a good truck to learn from. There seem to be plenty of resources and I went ahead and picked up an old Haynes manual for $2 until I can spend a little more on a real shop manual. Unfortunately the slave cylinder gave up the ghost a week into my ownership and I wasn't in a position to tackle it, so I brought her to a shop and they fixed her up nice for me. New clutch kit, flywheel, oil pan gasket (rubber), rear main seal and some little odds and ends. But, after spending money on labor that could have been spent on beer and bandaids after doing it myself, I'm vowing to try to keep her out of the shops from here on out. Anyway, sorry to be long winded but I'm glad this forum is here and I'm looking forward to reading up on as much as I can. I do have one minor tech question for now, and it's probably pretty simple. When I bought the truck, I was told not to roll the driver's side manual window down all the way, so I've been leaving it up about three to four inches. Last night I forgot about this and the window dropped into the door. I pulled the door panel to investigate, and it was easy to get it back up (just had to lightly lift the glass while cranking the window up) but for the life of me I couldn't see what was causing the problem. Any suggestions? Tried searching for an answer but mostly found the problem with electric windows. Sorry to be long winded but bear with me, and thanks in advance!

I've got manual windows and when I roll the drivers window down the "weatherstrip Glass Inner Seal" (#2 in the pic) tends to fold over and I have to push down on the glass while cranking to get the window all the way down. I've tried the dry silicone spray (temporarily helps), tried trimming them back (didn't help, looked like crud), and replaced them with seals from the JY that looked like they had more flocking (the fuzzy part) (no change). Its been like this for a while but I can't remember if its always been like this, I've had the trim panels off a couple times, did I mess something up when I reinstalled them? Is there a way to adjust the seal away from the glass or tilt it so its not pressing against the glass as hard?