fiatslug87 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 How many wires come out of the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: How many wires come out of the body? Three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Well I got the old O2 out and it looked like a spark plug running lean. can't say I have seen that before on an O2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Alrighty @Minuit. These are for you. NOS radio knobs. There. Nice and shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: Alrighty @Minuit. These are for you. NOS radio knobs. There. Nice and shiny. Yeah... I'm gonna need about 300 of those, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Minuit said: Yeah... I'm gonna need about 300 of those, thanks. Lol. Sadly the big knob was the last one in existence and I have 4 more of the small ones left. If I knew how to chrome I would get them produced and chrome them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 'tis a good looking radio. meanwhile I'm taking a silver paint pen to mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Pete M said: 'tis a good looking radio. meanwhile I'm taking a silver paint pen to mine... Truth be told that's what I did to the original large knob, dash bezel and vents. It doesn't look terrible either! If anything no one would know the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Well I guess this is a fix? I bent the upper hinge back towards the body a couple weeks ago. Well that resulted in the door needing to be lifted to close properly. So I added a washer to each bolt on the bottom hinge and the door shuts much better now and seals up at the top of the door. That has been the end goal... Now the door gives an illusion that makes the fender appear out of shape towards the bottom but that's just the door sticking out. I think the door is out of shape or something but I will replace the hinges one day...or the door...or something. This also gave me the opportunity to realign the fender and front fascia so that's a plus! Now to restore the front grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 21-slot restored. I will say that masking this bugger off is a chore! But it no longer looks like it’s sat out in the sun for 30+ years. I’m happy with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 that looks fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High2by Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That looks really good. I need to do something to mine...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Replaced the front headlamp bezels with AMC ones. Painted them up to match and the front end looks uniform now. Got some upcoming stuff this weekend. One will be a car show with two other MJs. No spoilers but it will be fun. But Little Red has some up coming replacements, the coil springs and lower control arms. Not too happy about replacing the bushing on the LCAs the second time and the arms like to wiggle off the bushings so that needs to be assessed. In the mean time I’ve been working on a little side project. Did spray paint the first time around. That failed. So went back to how I did my air filter lid and it’s coming out great. Hopefully gonna do a Small NOS parts dump soon so keep an eye out for that and pics from the car show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 @Pirate_Staz @MJCARENA Best part. We were the only Jeeps there!! No JKs or supercharged grand cherokees. Just three MJs attracting attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Welp, if anyone is curious and stumbles upon a take off set of shocks and coils for a JK, use the shocks and sell the coil unless you want an inch knocked off on your ride height. Other than that they fit fine. Old coils are going back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High2by Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Are the JK coils stiffer than the stock coils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 thats sucks to do all that work just to figure that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just now, High2by said: Are the JK coils stiffer than the stock coils? They definitely are stiffer but they are short a coil compared to stock. I imagine they ride great but you will bottom out quicker and its quicker than I am comfortable with. Kinda odd as I'm sure the JK weighs way more than our trucks. Rears might work though but I don't have the rears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just now, jdog said: thats sucks to do all that work just to figure that out Right?! On the bright side I won't have to fight with replacing LCA's this time. Should be a quicker job than todays 5 hour ordeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 At least it wasn't a total waste of a dayStock 1988 swb 4.0 ax15 np 231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Nope. Even cleaned the back side of the rims since I had them off. So two things were successfully done today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 No pictures? Stock 1988 swb 4.0 ax15 np 231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 7 hours ago, jdog said: No pictures? Stock 1988 swb 4.0 ax15 np 231. Of the rims? They look exactly like the rear rims when I cleaned them. But I’ll be sure to get pics of the suspension before I tear it all apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Before JK coils removed: After swapping back in the old coils I see a bit of a height difference vs the new coils but it was enough to bug me plus I didn’t like how it was one less coil than factory. I think my coils are just showing their age now but maybe I’ll just go snag some NOS ones from a dealer. But I’m not too worried. They will do their job and not bottom out quicker. As she sits now: ...Or I could be very well losing my mind. Oh well, onto acquiring a ZJ steering box next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/21/2020 at 9:18 PM, eaglescout526 said: @Pirate_Staz @MJCARENA Best part. We were the only Jeeps there!! No JKs or supercharged grand cherokees. Just three MJs attracting attention. We gotta work on your photo taking lol, here's what I took. (Although mine ain't much better it was kinda cramped) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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