ejndssn Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Nice job on the video and jeep :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blusteve Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 nice tank where did you get it and approx. cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 I got the tank at RockAuto.com - ran me around $130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted May 9, 2009 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hey All, Once I got the new gas tank in, I started using the truck quite a bit. I'm getting ready to move to Madison to start my new job on June 1st now that I am gradumatated from college. We used the truck to move me home and also to go get my Dad another project vehicle, what a mess that was. ;) The late snow-melt and a yard full of clay soil made things tougher. Even if I would have had lockers, all 4 wheels spun at the same time trying to pull it out with the truck with the air down in the tires. Had to just block it up and winch it out of its hole. Now that I'm back home, I swapped my aluminum rims back on and I'm getting ready to put the truck away for awhile. I'm not planning on having both MJ's in Madison until I own my own place a few years down the road. When I come home I'll keep it limber by driving it, but the miles will be going on the white MJ for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Where was you at man at the blessing? I tried calling up at your folks place but got no answer was you down or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 How are the yokohama geolanders working for you? I was thinking of getting some of them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Where was you at man at the blessing? I tried calling up at your folks place but got no answer was you down or no? :rotfl2: Please tell me you were blackout drunk when you wrote this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Where was you at man at the blessing? I tried calling up at your folks place but got no answer was you down or no? :rotfl2: Please tell me you were blackout drunk when you wrote this. What you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Where was you at man at the blessing? I tried calling up at your folks place but got no answer was you down or no? Yah Roger, my mistake on that one (So far now I owe you two days of Jeep stuff - I'll make good on it someday :fool: ) I failed to realize that the Jeep blessing was the same weekend as my graduation from college. While you were having a blast watching other guys play around on the obstacle course that they usually have setup there I was walking across a stage 8 hours north and getting my diploma... When you called the house, you got no answer cause my parents came up for the whole graduation deal. While they were up there, we snagged that Willy's truck in the pics for Dad. How are the yokohama geolanders working for you? I was thinking of getting some of them myself. They are treating me well so far. I have no complaints with them. All winter they sat in the barn because they are on my nice rims. Now they are back on the truck and they ride just like they did last fall - got a nice hummmmm to them and they have worked great off-road for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted user Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 whered you get the fuel pump mounting sending unit thingy (couple people have called them by a couple names) or is it the stock one? did you have to do any fender trimming to run the 33s with the four inch lift, and SUA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 The fuel pump and sending unit is the stock one, there is one that looks just like it in your MJ too if you have a SWB... As far as trimming, nothing has been trimmed yet. I do have some rubbing though, but it is nothing I am worried about. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronClarsen Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Hey did you make that front bumper or did you buy it somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hey did you make that front bumper or did you buy it somewhere? He got it from JCR Offroad... http://www.jcroffroad.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 :thumbsup: To be more specific, use this link :dunce: http://www.jcroffroad.com/Merchant2/mer ... y_Code=MJB The front bumper I bought from them is a stage 4 and I have nothing but good things to say about it! Also, JCR NOW has rear bumpers and sliders for MJ's for sale... see if you recognize the rear bumpers too...the rear bumper on this truck started it all. Thanks to them, I don't have to make rear bumpers for you guys anymore. :rotf: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy208 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 where did you get your fuel tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 I got the tank at RockAuto.com - ran me around $130 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy208 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 what vehicle did you get the rear axle out of and how did you change the leaf spring perchs and shock mounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 The rear Dana 44 came from a 1987 XJ with the Towing Package( - I think). I know it came from the '87 XJ - the seller - dfreeman616 - informed me of this. I think that all Dana 44's came in XJ's with the Towing package - however I am not certain of this. I do know that Dana 44's were available as a option (in the towing package or Metric Tonne package in XJs and MJs) from 1987 to 1989. I cut the perches off of the axle with a 4.5 inch angle grinder and re-welded them onto the alxe so they would fit the MJ measurements (you can re-use them if you don't gouge them up bad). When you put the axle in the vehicle, make sure your pinion angle is correct to your truck or else you will get vibrations from having U-joints at non-canceling angles... Shock mounts - I just re-used the stock ones and bought longer shocks. The shocks I have in there now are too short though, need to get longer ones, probably going to be getting them soon. :rotfl2: Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 So, in two weeks I get to drive my beloved '88 all the way back over here to Wisconsin to be reunited with me again. I CAN'T WAIT!!!! I'll post pics up once I get it here, should be a good time back at home (it'll also be my 24th Birthday), be nice to spend time with loved ones again and to GET MY TRUCK BACK!!! :clapping: I found these pics the other day when I was going through my camera case and found my "Hunting" SD card. I took these last fall when I went out to retrieve my bow-stand the day before rifle season started back in Upper Michigan. It's gonna be hard to find a place this nice this fall in Wisconsin... I had apple trees around me here and was sitting in a small Oak tree with two long ranges of vision to the NW and SE along the lines. Lots of action there... I'd be lucky to find a nice Oak again in amongst the corn fields around me here. But the upside to that is that there ARE corn fields around me here... It'll be an all new experience for this Michigan Boy this year... Anyway, back to the point, I GET MY TRUCK HERE IN TWO WEEKS!!! :banana: Also realized I never put this one up, this is what the truck looked like right before I parked it in the woods and put the cover on it back at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 repost :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 repost :yes: I know... is it a bad thing that I am this excited though Roger? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 repost :yes: I know... is it a bad thing that I am this excited though Roger? :dunno: yeah cause mine is sitting. :roll: come on in to chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Well, we made it over here to Wisconsin just fine. Over Labor Day weekend I took the truck back up to the UP of Michigan to go spend time with friends that are still in college and do some mild wheeling and camping. We went out to one of my favorite places to wheel, the Stampsands of G a y, Mi. Not any pics of the action cause I was driving. We camped about 25' from Lake Superior though, made for a great night! Sometime soon I'm going to start putting a little bit of cash away from each paycheck for the next step in this project. Going to finally get some lockers for it and a beefy steering setup. The truck is now licensed in Wisconsin with a "Hobbyist" plate. This plate ran me $200 but I never need to renew it and it will stay with me for the rest of my life. I can't drive the truck in January and can only haul a total of 500 lbs. Also to be eligible for the plate the vehicle must be at least 20 years old and I must have another primary vehicle, thank goodness I have two MJ's! I'll get pics of the plate when it comes in the mail, it's green and gold. :rotfl2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 So can you drive it where ever, or only under x amount of mile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 So can you drive it where ever, or only under x amount of mile? you can drive as much as you want. but like Brent said, it can't be driven in Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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