what did you do to your MJ today?

[MiNi Beast]

finish ripping out the interior

 

[A_Town_MJ]

Did some body work on the MJ today, mainly on the tailgate. *pics tmrw*

Sanding and painting tmrw, ordered some floor pans today so next time I'm home from college,

well throw those in :D

[Jakeman17]

Changed Oil, Flushed Heater Core, Changed Thermostat, Put in pin for quick disconnets

[LoTGoD]

listened to the purr of 6 inline beauties for the first time in a VERY long time.

[CWLONGSHOT]

I WHEELED IT!!!

Sorry no good pics.. just these crappy video clips...

 

 

YES, some inconsiderate bastid parked his CAR in the middle of the road!!! We where probably a mile and a half from any paved road.... We SHOULD have driven OVER it!! LOL... We chopped a couple small trees and just drove around it.

 

 

It was a VERY easy trail. I only used 4WD in one very twisty spot. Most harder spots I simply flicked on the rear locker and shifted into 2WD LO.

 

CW

[88mjmanche]

finish ripping out the interior

 

 

thats a cherokeeeeee THIS IS COMANCHE CLUB naaaaaa jkjkjkjkjkjkjk lmao i was doing that today

[comanchedude]

Put on some used 35" tires. and some different wheels. now have to get the flairs back on

 

[mvusse]

Failed at solving DW.

 

When I bought the truck, new bushings in the control arms fixed it.

 

Then it came back, noticed play in the frame side of track bar. Replaced track bar and bracket, fixed.

 

Then it came back, found a bad balljoint, fixed again.

 

Then it came back again. Inspected all suspension and steering components, and found play in steering. Replaced everything from pitman arm to steering knuckles, minus damper. Upgraded to stronger parts in the process. Steering is tight now, DW is still there. Checked balljoints, found another bad one. Replaced it, DW is still there. Swapped wheels front to back, no difference.

 

@%#&^#$@%&*

 

I have a feeling I'm going to completely disassemble front suspension one part at a time, and put it back together, and still not have it fixed.

 

I WANT TO DRIVE THE PIG AGAIN. SAFELY!

[freakjeep93]

check you track bar bracket on the axel it may be oavaled out abit causing you DW if it is just weld a heavy washer in the hole thats the same size as the track bar bolt

good luck :thumbsup:

[mvusse]

Track bar was tight on both ends when I inspected the suspension three weeks ago.

[freakjeep93]

seriously it may be tight but the bolt hole may be a tiny bit oavled out and it may not move untill you drive

[mvusse]

I stacked concrete blocks on each side of the front tires to prevent them from turning, and with the engine running had my daughter turn the wheel back and forth to see what moved. Hardly any side to side movement of the truck, and no track bar movement aside from the frame flexing around the bracket.

[DJM/78]

I have the same problem , when I bought my truck. The front dances around like, Speedy Gonzales on

meth. I replaced the front track bar , that took allot of it out but, still there . I took it to the shop and my mech.

said it was in the steering. I wonder if some energy suspension bushings will help, allot of my friends swear by

them. Mostly because of the bump steer that we get on our nasty roads.

I'm interested to see what you come up with.

[Pete M]

I fear turning this into a tech discussion, but what's your caster set to?

[Dirteatr717]

My manche sat in my driveway collecting rain droplets :drool: i wish it would just turn into snow!!

[SuperWade2]

Finally got it started and pulled into my garage for further evaluation...

 

See here -> viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20237

[JeepcoMJ]

bolted down the rod and main caps on the high output I'm building for a friend's comanche (which I'm also buiilding), as well as put a new rear main on it.

 

 

then I wired my brother's plow lights. put in a 6 pin toggle to switch between factory and plow lights so he can actually drive with the plow up.

 

then I ate at george webbs with some friends.

 

Then I spent the last few hours dicking around on the net, while wiring up my crossover harness properly for the 95 H.O. xj dash wiring to 87 renix mj rear wiring.

[freakjeep93]

i walked by ole rusty and made an oath that i would work on resurecting her tomorrow

[Jakeman17]

New thermostat housing put in

[Automan2164]

New thermostat housing put in

 

:clapping:

 

Torque wrench?

Rob L. :D

[Jakeman17]

nope lol

[WBKrazy]

it's still sitting, awaiting surgery.... but me and mike stripped some more parts off the xj this morning..... soon thatll be done, and i'll have to pull the 2wd tube off my mj and throw it under the xj so i can roll it to the scrapyard... then the mj swap begins!

[Wildman]

Went on a 1400 mile round trip to fulfill my obsession and quest to fill in the 1991 MJ model year in my full scale model collection :D

 

And dragged home a perfect R U S T free specimen for the '91 slot :banana:

 

Now, I only need the 1992 model year, and my quest will be filled :roll:

 

I think I need a new hobby :nuts:

[Automan2164]

Went on a 1400 mile round trip to fulfill my obsession and quest to fill in the 1991 MJ model year in my full scale model collection :D

 

And dragged home a perfect R U S T free specimen for the '91 slot :banana:

 

Now, I only need the 1992 model year, and my quest will be filled :roll:

 

I think I need a new hobby :nuts:

Planning on putting her back together?

Rob L.

[Wildman]

Planning on putting her back together?

 

 

OH yea, back to the original condition, Plus :D

 

It's all there, just the interior is pulled out, and the front clip and fenders are off. He had the box bolted back on, and the doors "screwed" on for the ride, otherwise, all the parts are in the cab, or the back of the van.

 

All OEM - bucket seats, air, tilt wheel, cruse, off road package, rear slider and no Rust at all :drool: