Project: Slippery Slope – a ’91 MJ runner

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Tailgate lock in place and virtually unseen. It's always a good time getting the bracket and actuator through the opening, followed by the handle itself… But in and working, and tied in to the recently added power window, door lock, and mirror wiring. 

 

 

 

The original door stop checks were swapped out for the latest Mopar rev that includes the rubber bushing on the inside to ease the rebound of the door when opened.

 

 

I’m always on the lookout for areas of possible unwanted water entry when rebuilding an MJ/XJ. This Jeep wins out of all I’ve had… the firewall had the open 1.25” passage right of center, and then inside the cab on the upper transmission tunnel another uncapped 1.5” hole (used for the early CAD front axle vacuum lines). Both holes now successfully plugged with OEM Caplugs brand insert.

 

 

Lastly, I replaced the brittle and broken door lock cylinder gaskets.

 

 

Next up is installing the cab harness (hanging around the steering column in this pic). I made from the amplifier to the speakers, and various other add-in’s and changes (cargo light, XJ ebrake, and power tailgate).