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what did you do to your MJ today?


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Had an adventure.

 

6 am:

Hooked up tow bar, hitched it to Cherokee, stuck magnetic trailer lights on the roof. Key turned to disable steering lock, transfer case in neutral. Needed 4wd to get started because my rear wheels were on ice and the Pig was frozen to my driveway. Plan is to follow the alley for two blocks to a church parking lot, check things out in the parking lot to decide if it's safe to go the whole 3.5 miles to work.

 

Going down the alley is squirelly, @$$ end of Cherokee moving left and right. Then about to turn into parking lot it starts to jackknife. Get back on the gas to straighten it (reaction without thinking from experience towing trailers), and it keeps going. Steer into the skid (only going about 5 mph) and stop. Am I on ice? Try to get going again, and I squeal the tire. WTF. Get out to investigate and find the Pig's front wheels turned all the way the wrong direction. Straighten out the steering wheel, and pull into the parking lot, but she just does not want to track and follow the Cherokee. Unhook everything, drive the Pig back home, jog back to the church, get in Booger and go to work.

 

On the way to work I start thinking and decide a likely possible cause could be my front Aussie as the transfer case does not have a "true" neutral. Neutral setting connects front and rear drive shafts.

 

4pm:

Hooked up tow bar, hitched it to Cherokee, stuck magnetic trailer lights on the roof. Key turned to disable steering lock, transfer case in 2wd, transmission in neutral. Needed 4wd to get started because my rear wheels were on ice but the Pig was not frozen to my driveway. Plan is to follow the alley for two blocks to a church parking lot, check things out in the parking lot to decide if it's safe to go the whole 3.5 miles to work.

 

Still a bit squirrely, but not as bad as before. Turn into parking lot and Pig tracks, but pushed @$$ end a bit sideways before the front wheels get turned the correct amount. Looped a figure eight and it seems to track decently, so I get on my way. 25mph, and the @$$ end feels too loose to safely go any faster. Even this speed may be too fast. I may have hit 35 at one point in tiime, but mostly 25 the whole way. The steepest hill climb is covered in gravel from the salt trucks, and I spin the whole way up in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear. Made it just fine, but I can definitely never safely flat tow the (a) Comanche behind the Cherokee. The Cherokee just does not have enough weight on the rear wheels to safely tow a 3500 pound load with 0 tongue weight.

 

Oh how I miss the Suburban!

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I did yesterday to make the tow bar attachment. But after I tear into the front suspension, I'd have to walk home. This way I can let the truck sit there tore apart and use the Cherokee to get home or go to the parts store. I'll try to start on it tomorrow, but I don't expect to have it back together until some time after the weekend unless I spend all day there Saturday and Sunday. But I don't believe it is safe to leave a 13 year old girl home alone all day long Saturday, especially since she will probably have one or more friends over. House may not be standing any more if I try that. Last time I left her and her friends by themselves for a few hours she burned out the crossover in one of my speakers playing Britney Spears loud enough to be heard inside 3rd house down the street. And Sunday I'm planning to go the the str86ho meet and greet, which will be a 90 minutes drive each way.

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Installed my Flowmaster 50 series today, also gutted and sleeved the cat conv and welded everything up. Sounds about like my original muffler with the back end falling out, but maybe a touch louder but still mellow. I have yet to drive it on the street yet so havent heard yet how it will sound under load, or if it has made any difference in the amount of power on tap.

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I adapted the MJ tail light wiring to the 97+ XJ harness.

 

I set it up like this.

 

Both minor tail light bulbs come on with the lights on. (parking lights)

The top major bulb is for the brake lights.

The bottom major bulb is for the turn signals and 4 ways.

Reverse lights stayed the same as factory.

 

The reason I adapted the MJ harness to the XJ's is so I can retain my factory tail light lenses. I like the look of the MJ stockers over the 97+ XJ stock lenses.

 

I will be doing a write up in my build thread in the next day or so...

Stay tuned.

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Checked oil, Checked tire pressure, aired up tire that was low, (ill get that fixed one of these days), took it for a spin, found a stolen car, well...not really find it, it was just kinda sitting right there in the middle of the road, couldn't miss it. I called Dispatch and reported it, came by later and I'm pretty sure they (Deputy and Investigator) were pulling drugs outa the trunk. Not sure but it was a white powder substance in a clear baggy. :dunno:

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Checked oil, Checked tire pressure, aired up tire that was low, (ill get that fixed one of these days), took it for a spin, found a stolen car, well...not really find it, it was just kinda sitting right there in the middle of the road, couldn't miss it. I called Dispatch and reported it, came by later and I'm pretty sure they (Deputy and Investigator) were pulling drugs outa the trunk. Not sure but it was a white powder substance in a clear baggy. :dunno:

maybe you should of looked in the car to see if anyone needed help....then look for money!!!!!! :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

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got the new-to-me exhaust "installed" on the 90. :banana: then puttered it out of the garage and back to its parking spot across the street. hopefully I'll have some photos for y'all tomorrow when the sun pops back up. :thumbsup:

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