jeff351 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 what brake lines will you use? New MJ or XJ I should come by some time to check out your work. You are making faster progress than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, jeff351 said: what brake lines will you use? New MJ or XJ I should come by some time to check out your work. You are making faster progress than I am. I pulled the stock lines off the xj I parted out. From master cylinder all the way to the rear splitter. I’m keeping the d35 for now till I’m ready to do the 8.25 spring over swap. Then the front lines I used the stock xj ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Much mo betta. Lkq find today. Also got all the fuel lines I needed and got the radiator in and all hooked up, new clutch master cylinder and slave installed. Waiting on my accelerator cable and power steering lines to come in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Got all the fuel lines ran and front down pipe in. Tried to crank but I think it’s getting weak spark so no crank today. Imma throw a new coil on and go from there. also look at my poverty fuel cell till I find a Dakota tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 Finally received the ax15 bracket I bought off a guy on all things Comanche on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Still no crank. Turns out I put my renix fly wheel in instead of a 98 flywheel so I'm prettt sure that’s my problem. Gonna pull the trans tomorrow after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 that is definitely going to be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/30/2022 at 6:08 PM, Pete M said: that is definitely going to be an issue. Replaced it with a brand new flywheel I had laying around for an old project and changed the fouled plugs and she fired right up. Took it on its first test drive. And I lost all brakes and almost died. Hit a tire with the pass fender so I gotta fix that now lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 She runs! Now to fix the brakes since all the bleeders decided to strip and figure out why my brand new clutch and slave doesn’t engage all the way. Pedal feels weird. IMG_0610.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 just gotta have all the pieces of the puzzle in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Haven’t done much lately to it been trying to find axles and lift stuff. I did drive it finally and lost all brakes 3 feet out the driveway so I sent it and almost died. Thank god for first gear lol anywho found some long arms for 400 a rear axle shocks and coils. But I gotta find the money. Still looking for a 355 Dana 30 hp also mocked up the Lund visor I got for 80 bucks. What do all y’all do to mount these? Zip screws? Nutserts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Ripped the Dana 35 out. And found a broken leaf pack. Any ideas? Take it out and replace with a leaf from a Cherokee pack? I’ll do whatever I do to this side on the other btw. I’m swapping in a 8.25 SOA. Also picked up a long arm set up Rusty’s brand. And 4.5” coils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 cherokee leafs area all different. which one was cracked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 10:25 PM, Pete M said: cherokee leafs area all different. which one was cracked? Second one from the bottom. It’s all fixed now and the 8.25 is halfway in. Spring perches are on and that’s about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Seat belts are finally installed. Don’t mind the seat I gotta get a cover. Don’t have the money to get it reupholstered right now. Also ripped out the front axle. Still trying to find a dana30 355 gears local before I got to lkq lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff351 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 LKQ in Greer has a couple of 97-98 XJs in case you need some parts. I got some fenders off the 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, jeff351 said: LKQ in Greer has a couple of 97-98 XJs in case you need some parts. I got some fenders off the 97. Oh you bastard I was gonna grab those lmao. I don’t need em but always nice to have spares. I’m going to lkq Greenville tomorrow to get a front axle and a acceleration cable since the one I ordered is too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UpstateMJ Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Got the Dana 30 hp 355 gears under the front. And some long arms I picked up for cheap. Had to order different springs bc apparently the rear is like 45 feet taller than the front. Anyway. Also got my bumper on. Just need steering and a track bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Ordered some 7.5 rubicon express coil springs and it was still raking bad so threw in some 2 inch spacers and now I think it’s too tall. But hopefully the winch will weigh it down enough. Based on my measurements these re 7.5s are actually 6 inch springs. Oh well. They were 110 shipped on Amazon warehouse. Gotta adjust the arms out a smidge to get the coil angle right and find a track bar and steering. Gotta have it ready by the end of august for jeep invasion in pigeon forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff351 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, UpstateMJ said: Ordered some 7.5 rubicon express coil springs and it was still raking bad so threw in some 2 inch spacers and now I think it’s too tall. But hopefully the winch will weigh it down enough. Based on my measurements these re 7.5s are actually 6 inch springs. Oh well. They were 110 shipped on Amazon warehouse. Gotta adjust the arms out a smidge to get the coil angle right and find a track bar and steering. Gotta have it ready by the end of august for jeep invasion in pigeon forge. I didnt even know there was a Pigeon Forge Jeep Invasion thing...I need to kick my project into overdrive and see if I can finish it by then. I'm just welding in the frame stiffeners now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 19 hours ago, jeff351 said: I didnt even know there was a Pigeon Forge Jeep Invasion thing...I need to kick my project into overdrive and see if I can finish it by then. I'm just welding in the frame stiffeners now. Yeah it’s the 10th year or something. Me and 4 other people started the very first one we had 300 Jeeps. Now it’s over 10000 a year. It’s got really big. Look into it. It’s a good time. I just need steering and a track bar to have it moving again. Then just gotta find some wheels and tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Haven’t done anything lately. Been low on funds paying bills and saving for our vacation in august. But I did order a cav fab track bar and bracket, new front rotors, and all new steering went with a new v8 zj tierod and a stock drag link since they are the same on zj xj mj. Not gonna be doing any wheeling with this one aside from dirt roads and maybe some old forest roads to chase waterfalls with the family so didn’t see the need for beefy steering at the moment. Still gotta figure out my shock situation and get the brakes all bleed and hooked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateMJ Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 How she sits with 31s. Probably gonna order a set of 33s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 tough call. 33s would look better. 31s will drive better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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