Newbie - Just got an MJ

[boostamante]

To break you

Well then Mission accomplished Cause i am balls deep in debt

 

[karstic]

Well then Mission accomplished Cause i am balls deep in cracker

FIFY

 

[cracker]

If his was a budget build then what the hell was mine?

Yours was 'budget' but we spent to accomodate your long term axle needs.

Beamer has a lot more money to spend. We need to gear/lock and convert it to 4WD still and now he is talking about biting the bullet and getting an Atlas.

 

[cracker]

Beamer's 'take offs' are up for grabs. Help us make some $$$ to put it back into the MJ.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?p=245394929#post245394929

 

[boostamante]

Yours was 'budget' but we spent to accomodate your long term axle needs.

Beamer has a lot more money to spend. We need to gear/lock and convert it to 4WD still and now he is talking about biting the bullet and getting an Atlas.

Yeah, i know

Tell him to bite it already... that is.. my.... XXXXX

 

[Beamer]

thanks to every one who bought the take offs. softens the sting on the wallet. still quite a ways to go before she is 4x4. next step is getting the front sway back on, then gearing locking and custom six lug shafts for the rear 8.8. if any one has a front locker for a low pinion 44 or a carrier that will handle 4.56s i am looking.

 

[cracker]

Beamer also needs help with these:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=245398424&postcount=388

 

[boostamante]

Beamer also needs help with Deez Nuts

Fixed

 

[cracker]

Well. Lots of progress has been made but in quite the most odd order......

Got the three link all done as well as got the frame rails all plated

Got the front Dana 44 in there

Gave a little boost to the front end so it sits a tad taller now

Got the front end geared, air locked and now has the locking hubs on it.

Gear and air locked the rear axle as well and also got Moser alloy shafts/rotors/wheels to match the front axle bolt pattern

Mostly done with the rock sliders. Just need to cap them and burn them in.

So, now he has a rear bumper, axles ready to go front and rear with gears and locker, rock sliders (almost done), AND HE IS STILL ONLY 2WD!!!!

 

[rockclimber]

I vote you get some more pics of that track bar and drag link setup...

 

[cracker]

I vote you get some more pics of that track bar and drag link setup...

There is only one pic. The DL/TB are about the same length and angle. It will be less of an angle after he gets the high steer on.

 

[rockclimber]

There is only one pic. The DL/TB are about the same length and angle. It will be less of an angle after he gets the high steer on.

I'm more concerned with the bracketry, etc on the TB. thats pretty much the exact histeer setup I want to run on my 30. with heims of course:roll:

 

[cracker]

I'm more concerned with the bracketry, etc on the TB. thats pretty much the exact histeer setup I want to run on my 30. with heims of course:roll:

concerned with his track bar bracket? The frame side is a RE HD bracket and the axle side is 2x4" 0.25. The track bar itself is a modified RE HD track bar with a 3/4" rod end at the axle end.

If he hadn't had the RE HD bracket and track bar, we would have made our own using rod ends on both ends but we made his RE stuff work out and it actually works out pretty well.

 

[cracker]

This is the track bar bracket before it was welded to the axle

This is Julio's 44 with basically the same set up but with the high steer hooked up as well with a modified RE HD track bar and the RE Track Bar bracket.

 

[rockclimber]

thats what I'm talking about. looks really good. I'm swapping some chromo stuff with vanco brakes and a hub kit and now I have the necessary inspiration for my TB bracket

thanks.


of course mine may be shorter because I am running a lot less lift than Beamer.

 

[cracker]

Beamer made some progress this weekend. He finally finished all the supports for the rock sliders. He tested his rear air locker (he got it used) and it held pressure for 5 hours

Thanks to Karstic, he got a carpet from a late model XJ and cut and fit it for the MJ:

He also repaired his broken bench seat.

 

[boostamante]

Now that it's fixed-ed can we swap?

Cool beans on the progress. I need to address some things that irritate me on my Rig. One of them being the spot where it gets stupid hot right behind the passenger seat above where the Muffler sits. Last time it smelled really bad when i drove out to Forrest falls and some smoke was coming from it. I threw some water on the carpet and all it did was steam it right off. No bueno! Other than that i want to add some leafs to the pack as it finally settled and it sits a tad lower still in the rear.

 

[cracker]

Now that it's fixed-ed can we swap?

Cool beans on the progress. I need to address some things that irritate me on my Rig. One of them being the spot where it gets stupid hot right behind the passenger seat above where the Muffler sits. Last time it smelled really bad when i drove out to Forrest falls and some smoke was coming from it. I threw some water on the carpet and all it did was steam it right off. No bueno! Other than that i want to add some leafs to the pack as it finally settled and it sits a tad lower still in the rear.

The cat probably got pushed up into the floor closer than it should be. I have some insulation for under your carpet that will help as well.

 

[boostamante]

The cat probably got pushed up into the floor closer than it should be. I have some insulation for under your carpet that will help as well.

Is that where the Cat resides? Right around the passenger footwell?

 

[cracker]

Is that where the Cat resides? Right aroud the passenger footwell?

yup.