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- Gassaway TN
Well, I probably should start a build thread on my new MJ. Well obviously not “new” but new to me. It’s an ‘89 Pioneer 2wd. It has a 4.0/AW4 with an 8.8 rear axle with 4.10 gears. It has a little pep off the line but it does run some r’s around 70. I posted a couple pictures already but to keep everything together, here they are again.
Starting point:
I’ve been making small modifications to it ever since I got it. The first thing I did was to swap the ranger wheels for some Jeep Ravines. I’m running 295/50/15’s on the rear and 255/60/15’s on the front. The rear has 1-1/2” spacers and the front has 1/4” spacers. With the two piece knuckle and hub assembly I needed the 1/4” to make the wheel fit the hub without grinding anything down. Once I get a late model front beam I can do away with those.
I put in the Hella E-code headlight housings with a set of Osram night breaker H4 bulbs. I also added a new headlight harness with relays and man the headlights are light years ahead of stock. I am super impressed.
Since my truck is a column shift and I wanted a full gauge cluster, I was out of luck as far as finding a factory cluster, so I made one. I took the old idiot light cluster that came in the truck and took the gear selector out of it and then took a full cluster from a Cherokee and cut a hole in the tach gauge so the selector could be seen. It works great and looks pretty good. I got the idea on Comanche Club.
All the gauges but fuel work and I think it may be the sending unit. Still have to figure that out but with a working trip meter, I know when to fill up. It’s getting about 18.5 MPG. Not the best but with the gearing it’s good enough for now.
I got a set of B-pillar lights and got them installed along with new door jamb switches. Now when you open the doors, yep, I have light. I replaced the bulbs with LED bulbs and I must say I like them.
One more thing I did was to replace the heater hoses because the ones on it were cruddy looking from the PO swapping to a closed cooling system.
I’m collecting parts for my next work day and if it stops raining long enough, I’ll get some more stuff done.
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Starting point:
I’ve been making small modifications to it ever since I got it. The first thing I did was to swap the ranger wheels for some Jeep Ravines. I’m running 295/50/15’s on the rear and 255/60/15’s on the front. The rear has 1-1/2” spacers and the front has 1/4” spacers. With the two piece knuckle and hub assembly I needed the 1/4” to make the wheel fit the hub without grinding anything down. Once I get a late model front beam I can do away with those.
I put in the Hella E-code headlight housings with a set of Osram night breaker H4 bulbs. I also added a new headlight harness with relays and man the headlights are light years ahead of stock. I am super impressed.
Since my truck is a column shift and I wanted a full gauge cluster, I was out of luck as far as finding a factory cluster, so I made one. I took the old idiot light cluster that came in the truck and took the gear selector out of it and then took a full cluster from a Cherokee and cut a hole in the tach gauge so the selector could be seen. It works great and looks pretty good. I got the idea on Comanche Club.
All the gauges but fuel work and I think it may be the sending unit. Still have to figure that out but with a working trip meter, I know when to fill up. It’s getting about 18.5 MPG. Not the best but with the gearing it’s good enough for now.
I got a set of B-pillar lights and got them installed along with new door jamb switches. Now when you open the doors, yep, I have light. I replaced the bulbs with LED bulbs and I must say I like them.
One more thing I did was to replace the heater hoses because the ones on it were cruddy looking from the PO swapping to a closed cooling system.
I’m collecting parts for my next work day and if it stops raining long enough, I’ll get some more stuff done.
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