ThatJeepGuy Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Spring is here, holy smokes it's been over a year since I've updated this! I think I can safely declare it's time for some change! This single piece window, the fuel cell and potentially the trans cooler gotta go! I'm sure ive said it in here before but i really want all the bed space back and while ive had a TJ tank setup sitting on my shelf for a while now (stuck undecided on how to mount it) i think its finally time to just remove the fuel cell and make it happen! At the same time why not relocate a trans cooler to the front of the jeep? The last bit - factory rear sliding glass! In my other MJ build (truggy) I have sliding rear glass and it's very nice on the warmer days with slow crawling - ive missed that option from day one with this Orange truck. Not doing as much crawling but the option for extra air flow through the cab is desirable. The fun part to acquiring another sliding rear glass becomes simple. Buy expensive salvaged glass from ebay or by luck - buy a whole truck locally and salvaged the glass yourself. Unfortunately I have done both 😑, Not only did I nab that tan longbed MJ ($400) i also to my surprise won an ebay "make an offer" listing for $330. Honestly not my original plan but here we are... Soo here's to springs welcomed warmer weather, a glass job with a spare to cover my a$$, a new fuel delivery setup and trans cooling setup and a future filled with en empty pickup bed.... or 2 empty pickup beds 😉 More to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Pending your installs, might be interested in the second sliding glass setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Comanche SS said: Pending your installs, might be interested in the second sliding glass setup. Best I could say is take a look at ebay. At the end of my glass deal if I end up still with a spare I'm going to be keeping it for just that reason. Really I'm not going to be willing to sell it for anything less than what I have into it and at that point you may as well play the ebay "make an offer" deal cuz it would be better than what I'd need to also ship it to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 12 minutes ago, ThatJeepGuy said: Best I could say is take a look at ebay. At the end of my glass deal if I end up still with a spare I'm going to be keeping it for just that reason. Really I'm not going to be willing to sell it for anything less than what I have into it and at that point you may as well play the ebay "make an offer" deal cuz it would be better than what I'd need to also ship it to you 10-4, appreciate the honesty lol….I sold my 4 pane slider, and I have the solid in my truck still, Wanting to go with the 3 pane slider in my truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 55 minutes ago, Comanche SS said: 10-4, appreciate the honesty lol….I sold my 4 pane slider, and I have the solid in my truck still, Wanting to go with the 3 pane slider in my truck. Yea sry, not intending to come off harsh, just the reality behind the numbers. I was actually driven to completely defy the ebay price initially becuase I didn't exactly agree with how much someone was asking for their 3 piece glass. Then I went down the hole of sourcing one for a better deal in spite of their price only to accept the reality of it. They aren't cheap because they are desirable! I actually still have the rear cab section of the white rusted out MJ I pictured earlier in this thread. To my benefit it had a sliding rear glass as well BUT i found it knocked over one morning (local hoodlum kids or the wind 🤷♂️) and 2/3 sections broke out of it. Funny enough this also drove me to re-aquire another MJ rear cab section I sold to a buddy of mine some 3-4 years ago. This one has a 1 piece glass but for the same $50 I sold it to him I could practice removing the window and ultimately salvage the rubber trim seal. This one still had the factory rear cargo lamp and interior trims in it *Bonus*! By the end of all this I should wind up with some spare parts, potential Sale/trade inventory, that 3 piece sliding window I've been wanting in my truck so badly and potentially an MJ bed trailer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, ThatJeepGuy said: Yea sry, not intending to come off harsh, just the reality behind the numbers. I was actually driven to completely defy the ebay price initially becuase I didn't exactly agree with how much someone was asking for their 3 piece glass. Then I went down the hole of sourcing one for a better deal in spite of their price only to accept the reality of it. They aren't cheap because they are desirable! I actually still have the rear cab section of the white rusted out MJ I pictured earlier in this thread. To my benefit it had a sliding rear glass as well BUT i found it knocked over one morning (local hoodlum kids or the wind 🤷♂️) and 2/3 sections broke out of it. Funny enough this also drove me to re-aquire another MJ rear cab section I sold to a buddy of mine some 3-4 years ago. This one has a 1 piece glass but for the same $50 I sold it to him I could practice removing the window and ultimately salvage the rubber trim seal. This one still had the factory rear cargo lamp and interior trims in it *Bonus*! By the end of all this I should wind up with some spare parts, potential Sale/trade inventory, that 3 piece sliding window I've been wanting in my truck so badly and potentially an MJ bed trailer as well. My MJ bed trailer is arguably one of my prized possessions, the usefulness of it is way more than I anticipated. You won't regret having one around, I use mine weekly around my property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 15 minutes ago, Comanche SS said: My MJ bed trailer is arguably one of my prized possessions, the usefulness of it is way more than I anticipated. You won't regret having one around, I use mine weekly around my property. I had one years ago with a topper to boot. It definitely was useful but I came into a position of needing cash so I let it go. Never really regretted selling as it served it's purpose but as a result of having to buy this entire jeep primarily just for the glass - then also to my luck the unibody and bed on this one aren't terrible for being a MI truck - I'm not even going to bother trying to sell it (no title, no drivetrain, hacked floors and hacked front fenderwells from someone's booty work V8 swap). It'll serve me best if I just avoid the re-sell market and make the bed/rear frame more useful to me. Prolly chop the rear cab section like I have others and send the front section to scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Well it's finally time! Prepare for custom install! Yup that's the spot right there Hit the steel skid with some death wheels cuts Then pre installed the assy for some reference marks and came to adding some steel to the rear so it will attatch to the rear of the bed. And there we have it, it's angled down atm but that will get remedied before I start figuring out the front mounts More to come on this- see you next weekend OJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 You ended up with that MJ? What do you do with the drivtrain? I hauled down from WI few years back. Did it still have my tree dent tailgate on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 5 hours ago, MiNi Beast said: You ended up with that MJ? What do you do with the drivtrain? I hauled down from WI few years back. Did it still have my tree dent tailgate on it? I think you've got a different orange MJ in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 3/17/2025 at 2:37 PM, ThatJeepGuy said: I had one years ago with a topper to boot. It definitely was useful but I came into a position of needing cash so I let it go. Never really regretted selling as it served it's purpose but as a result of having to buy this entire jeep primarily just for the glass - then also to my luck the unibody and bed on this one aren't terrible for being a MI truck - I'm not even going to bother trying to sell it (no title, no drivetrain, hacked floors and hacked front fenderwells from someone's booty work V8 swap). It'll serve me best if I just avoid the re-sell market and make the bed/rear frame more useful to me. Prolly chop the rear cab section like I have others and send the front section to scrap. This mj had a v8 with 3 manual speed trans On 3/17/2025 at 2:37 PM, ThatJeepGuy said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 16 hours ago, MiNi Beast said: This mj had a v8 with 3 manual speed trans Yea my mistake, I forgot I shared the picture of that one here thanks to the sliding rear glass. I knew it had been around for a while now but never knew it came out of Wisconsin! Didn't get it with the drivetrain, it did initially have a motor still in it but when I haggled my deal, it didn't include it. No tailgate on it either but humor me, when did you haul it from WI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Maybe 4. Or 5 years ago now. Ill have to check back in the memories for sure but I know I have trip pics. Hauled it to my buddies, wakeboard76 place in Newaygo where he offed it as decided against making a baja ultra rig out of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 14 hours ago, MiNi Beast said: Maybe 4. Or 5 years ago now. Ill have to check back in the memories for sure but I know I have trip pics. Hauled it to my buddies, wakeboard76 place in Newaygo where he offed it as decided against making a baja ultra rig out of her. So did you guys pick it up as is or are you guys the ones responsible for the work done to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 11 hours ago, ThatJeepGuy said: So did you guys pick it up as is or are you guys the ones responsible for the work done to it? I picked it up soley for the tailgate and to help out another member. Then took it to buddy as he thought he might put it together for tough truck challenge but apparently he forgot how many projects he had going on. Then told me he had sold it cause wife wanted it out the yard. We didnt do anything to it other then me swapping tailgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted Monday at 02:11 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:11 AM More TJ tank progress Modified the rear mounting setup and then leveled the tank. Made some simple brackets that secure the front of the skid plate to the exposed 1" lip of the unibody X brace. Then came the fuel filler setup. One of my old jerry cans and the gift that keeps on giving - Tan MJ parts! Old style fuel filler cap to boot! After plasma cutting out the threads from the jerry can cap I bolted the filler from the inside to the can. Next was getting the fuel to go from the bed and into the fuel tank. A custpm steel elbow is in order. Some leftover chunk of 1.5" hrew tube and some cuts with the grinder. Then we sprinkle the fluxore welds into place And spiffy it up some - good enough for me Little access hole which avoids the leaf spring mount, rear bed mount and also the mounting setup for the rear bumper brackets Some salvaged radiator hose will do for the time being until the new fuel filler hose shows up And that's all for the weekend folks! Tune in next week and see where I wind up with either finding an 05-06 TJ fuel sending unit assy to drop in OR try to be crafty and adapt an Areomotive fuel pump to my current 04 and older sending unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted Monday at 04:00 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:00 PM Made that look professional with the grinder. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJeepGuy Posted Monday at 07:40 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 07:40 PM 3 hours ago, MiNi Beast said: Made that look professional with the grinder. Nice. Meh, just less grabby, not much room for positioning as it is let alone having a textured finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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