jbain Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 15 hours ago, DirtyComanche said: Before you drill your hinges to 5/16" try getting a 7mm metric bolt (10.9 grade preferably, 8.8 would be fine) that's the right length, and drill the hinges to 17/64. The 7mm bolt will be a bit too large for the hole, but since your hand drilling them there might well be enough wobble that it will be close to going, so you can file the hole out a bit and get it. Or final drill it with a letter J drill and a steady hand, which is only about a thou and change larger than 7mm. I suppose you could use a 7mm drill, but nobody stocks metric stuff. You don't want to oversize them too much or the hinge itself will want to stretch. I put high tolerance 1/4" bolts in the last set I did, they're just a hair bigger than a normal 1/4" bolt, it was enough that it tightened them up for the time being. Thanks, I'll look for some 7mm bolts.
jbain Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 12 hours ago, coolwind57 said: I dig the headliner. I'm partial to having something more interesting than standard, factory solid colors. That's interesting that you have a center rear dome light. Looks like you added that. And that thing in between your sun visors is perhaps a map light? Stock? Yea I put the center light in because I'm not a big fan of the B-Pillar lights. The thing between the visors was on the XJ. Not sure of it's purpose but I'm going to put some switches in it.
jbain Posted January 20, 2018 Author Posted January 20, 2018 Modified the XJ emergency brake assembly this morning from a bottom exit to a rear exit. I've dreaded dealing with this issue from the very beginning.
jbain Posted January 20, 2018 Author Posted January 20, 2018 Well I'm hesitant to say it but I think I'm finally finished with all the modifications inside the cab. I plugged all the holes, added liberal amounts of body sealer, mounted the emergency brake, welded the door hinges and welded in the seat mounts. Now I can put n the carpet.
jbain Posted January 21, 2018 Author Posted January 21, 2018 Got the XJ doors mounted up this afternoon and after chasing down a ground problem I even got the power windows and locks working. Still have to finish up swapping the door strikers over but at least it's water tight again.
Trailhawkmj Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Looking real good. I'm pretty jelly of those seats
HOrnbrod Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Yes, those WJ seats look great in there. Your MJ is getting much too nice to wheel.
tgcj Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Did the WJ seats fit with the original Mounts? Or what is to do?
jbain Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 The seats were definitely a lucky find and I couldn't be happier with how they fit in the cab. As for mounting them I just swapped the seats onto the 97 brackets and bolted them down.
tgcj Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks for this information. Than I will look for WJ seats here in germany.
jbain Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 Put the cut fenders on so I could finalize the door gaps and make sure everything lined up right. Starting to look like a truck again.
jbain Posted January 28, 2018 Author Posted January 28, 2018 Took the entire day to strip, lengthen and solder the rear harness's back to the tail lights. Since the XJ ran the tail light harness back both sides I had to remove the fuel tank to get the driver's side in. This job took much longer than expected but I'm glad it's finished. Now that I have lights I can start driving it.
jbain Posted February 2, 2018 Author Posted February 2, 2018 The new bumper for the MJ showed up this evening. Seems legit.
HOrnbrod Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Did you have a choice to opt out the square holes cut in the face of the bumper?
neohic Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Mmm... Love that bumper. Easily my favorite in the aftermarket right now.
jbain Posted February 2, 2018 Author Posted February 2, 2018 I wasn't given a choice but these guys are building them as they go so I'm sure they would work with you.
jbain Posted February 3, 2018 Author Posted February 3, 2018 Spent the evening rebuilding a Neutral Safety Switch.... The struggle is real.
jbain Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 Well that fixed it, all lights now function as they should.
jbain Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 Got the axles all cleaned up and ready to install.
jbain Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 Disassembled the HP 44 this afternoon to check gears, bearing ect. I always hold my breath every time I open a diff cover, but i was happy to find no chips, excessive wear or metal shavings. Time to give it a coat of paint and roll it under the Comanche.
jbain Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 Dirtbound OffRoad sent me a couple lower rear bedside armor for my bumper. Very beefy and fits the bedside perfectly.
89eliminator Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 i like that a lot. should really add some strength once bolted to the bed.
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