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The carport/install crew finally were scheduled. They showed up Friday, 3 hours later, complete. I went with higher then normal for a car port sides. I mainly did this to have more clearance around the braces that run from each column back up to the trusses. I will probably eventually stud in...

That's right, Overlander. My '86 is probably going to need some attention. The column parts are good, probably some slack/missing/damaged parts that go from base of column back to the transmission. I need to take a better look.

Two days of strong north wind, picking up limbs.

Are you using the OEM transmission shift linkage or aftermarket?

How many meters is that :geek:

Quick update. Since I will be daily driving this Jeep in the rain for the next few days I decided to install some new wiper blades and arms. On the arms, the springs were old/weak, passenger arm tweaked a little bit from contact with a tree limb. Part number for new wiper arms: And new...

I start this one up and drive it around the neighborhood pretty regularly to keep it fresh. Last few runs both belts have been slipping non stop. Power steering was still working but the alternator was not charging. Belts that came on this Jeep, definitely not original. Bought two new cheap...

Small update on all the weather proofing work. I drove the Scrambler around for about 45 minutes a few weekends ago during moderate rain. No rain water leaking up front anywhere, no rain leaking in from the back of the hard top or the bulkhead. But, I had a little bit of water on the...

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Try to find the Mopar replacement gauges that plug and play with the OEM set up. Problem is, they have been discontinued for a long time.

https://www.cj-8.com/threads/ls-to-ax15.51468/ This is Ron's thread, read all the way through it. He did have an issue with the second setup so we will have to wait to hear from him about it.

Definitely an @Ron84cj question since he has this exact setup and has had problems.

I thought about that with mine but two concerns: 1) Mine is under warranty. I talked with the mechanic at the local dealership and they can tell if the cylinder shutdown has been electronically deactivated. 2) From what I have heard, if you permanently disable the cylinder deactivation...

No ESS on 392 8-) It has the stupid "deactivate 4 of the 8 cylinders mode" under light throttle/load conditions. It can be deactivated by: 1) put the transmission in manual mode 2) turn on "offroad plus mode" all the time 3) drive harder 😆 It can be deactivated with an aftermarket tune but...

Andy has factory 3.54 gears since his Jeep was a factory 2.5 four cylinder. The 3.54s give a slightly noticeable bump over the more common 3.31 gears.

That's been my observed experience. Stock 258 or stock 4.0 last forever. Mixing and matching parts sometimes not to great. I purchased a brand new 2005 TJ Rubicon, put 165,000 miles on engine, no internal engine issues. Purchased a 2005 LJ Rubicon with 20k miles on it. Sold it with 140k miles...

Not sure on the engine internals, BUT 3.31 gears/32" tires/loaded down/I am presuming you are using overdrive, are you excessively lugging the engine, i.e. too low RPM for speed/loads? I have been running 258/4.0 with Mopar MPI/4.10 gears/33" tires/T5 and AX15. I typically cruise at 70-75 mph...

I ended up putting a bunch of lube on the back side of the applique and on the door. Too much lube, actually. I attempted to install the applique but could tell I had way too much goop and it would be a PIA to get it in place. I ended up removing the applique off the door, cleaned all the...

Moving on, decided to install the new door applique stickers. Removing the interior door panel, my wax paper water shield is stil in great shape, and keeping water off the back of the door panel. I needed to remove the inner door panels so that I can remove the door lock cylinder and the...

The fog never let up this morning so I worked inside the garage, no biggie. I masked up around the perimeter of the back glass rubber seal to protect the paint and make excess goop clean up easier. I used this stuff to seal between the rubber seal and the fiberglass top. The rough texture of...