eaglescout526 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Wow its been a few months. Found a couple of the flash to pass switches, I will be adding them to Little Red here and Chunk. I added the wire to the plug as it was vacant and didnt think it was there in the first place. Plugged the new switch in and it does the flashing. Neat! Dumb feature, sure! But another one to add to make them both a little more modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Added the flash to pass. This one is weird to a terminal that has constant power so I can flash the high beams whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 My father finally found the pics he took of me working on little red back in '16 As we can see I am working on painting the rims. On a tight budget it was what I could do with the trailer rims. Note the back window is still the OEM rear window. I still regret changing it out. I changed it out due to missing the latch that I ultimately ended up finding later on...not sure where it went. Yes grill is upside down, I fixed it later. There I go cleaning and prepping the wheels for the new paint. They looked good honestly. But going down the rabbit hole of OEM, I wanted Jeep rims. Heres me replacing the bushings on the original leafs. I dont recall what I was doing there but probably cleaning up any and all rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pizzaman09 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Sweet rear window louvers. That would be awesome for hot summer days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, pizzaman09 said: Sweet rear window louvers. That would be awesome for hot summer days. They do a great job actually! The design is more for the OEM window but hey, I got it to work and can’t complain about the functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, pizzaman09 said: Sweet rear window louvers. That would be awesome for hot summer days. Having driven this truck after sitting in the sun all day and my truck after sitting in the sun all day, I can confirm, it makes a huge difference in cab temperature. It also really doesn’t affect visibility at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Ok I have been chasing the weirdest steering issue for the better half of 6 months now and I have boiled it down to the beam. My 2wd beam has been through hell since I have owned her. Burning the old bushings out, putting in poly bushings, replacing coils, replacing the poly bushings and cutting out the sleeves of the old bushings, not good and tight sway bar bushings which would lead to a death wobble which ruined what little gripping power the upper control arm bushing mounts had, ball joint replacements, stripped threads on the coil spring bracket, welded a nut where the old flag nut once was, oh and my slight accident I had where I crunched both drivers side control arms...yeah! Good times. Any how it is being replaced with this beam from an 86. I noticed a couple differences with this one, the UCA mount openings face the back vs the front of the Jeep. The mounts also have supports welded to them which I believe are factory. Other wise that is it. It should be an easy bolt in and should fix alot of the issues I have currently while fixing old issues of the past. Grabbing the beam from my parents house. Beam all cleaned up Beam reinforced to prevent future removals of the UCA bushings from damaging the mounts and had one of the existing supports welds fail and rewelded that. Yes I did do a test fit and the UCA with bushing clears just fine. I should be able to get this done before the AMC show. Beam swap should be started and done tomorrow while waiting on some new parts. But this should correct the steering issue I am having once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Beam in! Got it last night, didn’t fix my issue which I think it’s the new gear box. What ever. But I got peace of mind on the front suspension and no more clicks and groans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eaglescout526 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 Little update. Got death wobble again. I think its the Mopar track bar finally giving up which is good cause I feel I got my money's worth out of it now. I lost the charge in my AC again. This time I had a slow leak which ended up evolving into a fitting I completely missed on the tightening when I first installed AC! I was surprised and dumbfounded by how I missed that fitting yet impressed with how long it held on and held the pressure before death wobble knocked it out. It still had charge when I tightened it as some leaked out while doing so. Thats good news and meant I didnt need to have it vacuumed down and could just add more 134. Now it blows ice cold once again. Might do an efan set up when I have the funds to do so. I also smacked a construction pylon with my pass side mirror. Luckily Dzimm's clip for the mirror bit the dust but I had another, installed it and back in business! Thats all for now. Might try a modified CPS on her in the future to see if theres any performance gain like on the 4.0L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 I haven’t driven her a whole lot. Chunk has taken on daily duties and she is for truck stuff and shows. I have also been waiting to drive her again as I need to replace the sway bar links which I got in. But I’ve got a major cosmetic update Now the two are very close to being twins! Same exact NOS molding kit that I put on chunk except it’s for the MJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLAJeep Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 2 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: Now the two are very close to being twins! Same exact NOS molding kit that I put on chunk except it’s for the MJ. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Nice little shot at the cruise in with the molding kit on. Now to figure out my death wobble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted Saturday at 01:17 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:17 AM Very unique, I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted Saturday at 01:49 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:49 AM 29 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: Very unique, I like it As do I Mike! This molding kit was a great addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 daily Posted Sunday at 06:56 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:56 PM i have a hard time finding info so if you or any one else can respond id be super happy, what is the name/part number for the tub that comes from the air box to bowl, mine is held together with tuck tape and electrical tape. i also would love to have any info for boxes from down south, i am in Rural Nova Scotia and have a box with a rotted floor. i would love to get a new box for it also i cany find any info on 1986 2.5L 4spd i have the idiot lights not the regular dash, is that a plug and play with a XJ full dash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM 20 minutes ago, 1986 daily said: i have a hard time finding info so if you or any one else can respond id be super happy, what is the name/part number for the tub that comes from the air box to bowl, mine is held together with tuck tape and electrical tape. i also would love to have any info for boxes from down south, i am in Rural Nova Scotia and have a box with a rotted floor. i would love to get a new box for it also i cany find any info on 1986 2.5L 4spd i have the idiot lights not the regular dash, is that a plug and play with a XJ full dash? Ahhh the 86 only intake tube. You might have to get creative with that one, like yours they all have fallen apart. Try seeing what the YJ guys did too. I know they share the same air box as the 86 XJ and MJs. As for your cluster, 84-86 clusters with gauges are plug n play, you will need to get the oil sensor and coolant sensor for the gauges. Also if you find one with a tach, they arent easily adjustable for the engine. 87-90 is also plug n play, but you will need to also swap out your speedo cable for the 87-90 cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 daily Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM 23 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: Ahhh the 86 only intake tube. You might have to get creative with that one, like yours they all have fallen apart. Try seeing what the YJ guys did too. I know they share the same air box as the 86 XJ and MJs. As for your cluster, 84-86 clusters with gauges are plug n play, you will need to get the oil sensor and coolant sensor for the gauges. Also if you find one with a tach, they arent easily adjustable for the engine. 87-90 is also plug n play, but you will need to also swap out your speedo cable for the 87-90 cables. are the 86' radios etc a single year or can i run to 87-91 for that? i have no radio or speakers, or any head liner or any thing. i got it prettyy rough and this is my first time ive actually had money to "build" something so it is alot to learn at 32 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted Sunday at 07:53 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 07:53 PM 5 minutes ago, 1986 daily said: are the 86' radios etc a single year or can i run to 87-91 for that? i have no radio or speakers, or any head liner or any thing. i got it prettyy rough and this is my first time ive actually had money to "build" something so it is alot to learn at 32 lol Lol. You can use any year radio you like. I believe 86 uses the same 84-85 pack-con connectors but I could be wrong. But those connectors are not easy to come by on the aftermarket scene. However 87-89 uses metri pack and there’s the Chrysler proprietary connector that should be readily available to adapt as well. I highly recommend not cutting up the radio harness unless absolutely necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 daily Posted Sunday at 08:05 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:05 PM 10 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: Lol. You can use any year radio you like. I believe 86 uses the same 84-85 pack-con connectors but I could be wrong. But those connectors are not easy to come by on the aftermarket scene. However 87-89 uses metri pack and there’s the Chrysler proprietary connector that should be readily available to adapt as well. I highly recommend not cutting up the radio harness unless absolutely necessary. i got it well used and i see a few wires hanging in there and i just havent dug in to yet, so that is less then stellar news lol working 70 hour work weeks will do that to ya. so ill get some more info on that and pray that i can fix and repin or rewire and not worry too much i see that a few after market online shops have an extra speaker set up for 5x6.5 hook up so lets hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted Sunday at 08:13 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:13 PM 7 minutes ago, 1986 daily said: i got it well used and i see a few wires hanging in there and i just havent dug in to yet, so that is less then stellar news lol working 70 hour work weeks will do that to ya. so ill get some more info on that and pray that i can fix and repin or rewire and not worry too much i see that a few after market online shops have an extra speaker set up for 5x6.5 hook up so lets hope Luckily there’s lots of info here and everyone is willing to help. Feel free to post any tech questions you have in the tech section or PM me as well if youd like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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