88 MJ

[Gibby]

88 MJ, 6" lift, 33" tires, locked front and rear, bucket seats, rebuilt 4.0 with a cam and 200 miles on it... Still finding out more as I go along and fix things. Traded it for a subaru I had.

 

 

I'll post up more pictures as I go along. Pulled most of the blue pieces off and painted them black. Most of the dash was painted blue by previous owner... I'll start de-ricing that sometime soon.

 

Cleaned up the tail lights pretty well but they need to be removed and cleaned properly.

 

I plan on painting the truck orange sometime within the next few weeks. Hopefully I'll have my first wheeling trip out of the way before it receives paint.

 

I still have to blead the brakes and check all the fluids for it to be mobile.

 

I'm on the hunt for a set of mirrors with mounting bolts if anybody has any. Also in need of a head liner.

[Gibby]

Took it for a short ride which was only about a mile. It has a bad miss and no power. It moves on it's own but could'nt get out of it's own way if it needed to. Anybody have any ideas? New plugs in it and all the wires are on properly.

 

Took the sway bar off and decided to do a little flex test.

 

 

I'm suprised it did this well. Shouldn't do this again on a full tank though... Lost about $4 worth of gas.

 

Brakes work for the most part but I think I still have more bleeding to do. Atleast the brakes actually work now.

[Gibby]

It runs good now but still not much for power. I am use to my turned up duramax though...

 

Pulled the farthest back injector wires off and found a bent pin. Straightened that out and the miss went away. Next on the list of things to try is a new fuel filter.

 

Still can't get the transmission to shift the best yet. It's full of fluids now so I took it for another drive. I'm starting to think that the trans cooler has a bunch of air in it. Hopefully that will cure itself and she might start shifting better.

 

Found a death wobble at 25mph... Bad enough for me to slam on the brakes. Almost shook me off woodland ave. That issue belongs to the upper track bar link. It moves back and forth a good 3/4". Needless to say I'm not going to drive it again until I get a new track bar on it.

 

Leaving the battery unhooked, until I get the new track bar, in hopes that if the trans has a computer it will reset it.

[87Warrior]

Even a stroked 4.0 will feel like a pig compared to a stock dmax... then compared to a tuned dmax... Well, you get the picture.

 

It looks like you made quite a deal trading a Subaru for this rig. :thumbsup:

[dualthrush2s]

looks like a solid rig good luck with it

[Gibby]

Drivers side floor board was replaced and not very well... I'm going to fix that probably in the spring. Behind the dash is a nightmare. The only gauge that works in the speedometer. The wiring for the radio was hacked to bits so off for some schematics I go.

 

Even a stroked 4.0 will feel like a pig compared to a stock dmax... then compared to a tuned dmax... Well, you get the picture.

 

It looks like you made quite a deal trading a Subaru for this rig. :thumbsup:

 

It doesn't help that it's currently at 400hp and 900tq at the wheels. I plan on upgraded the turbo and injectors when they decide to die. My end goal is around 550hp and around 1300+ at the wheels. Might as well show you guys a picture.

 

 

Oh ya... It's a stick

[Dadinator]

I assume it's an auto since it is having shifting issues.

 

It may be the TPS. That caused a shifting issue on our old truck back when it was an auto.

[Gibby]

I replaced the TPS and still nothing... I can't find any power out of the 4 prong off the TPS. I did get it adjusted off the 3 prong and she runs awesome.