Hey, did you get the cruise control working?

If you did, what was wrong with it? I still gotta check mine, but I'm too lazy.

 

I haven't yet... I think the control module or the vacuum motor is not working. Haven't really had time to diagnose it yet...

 

Hey I am embarking on a build very similar to yours, I have an 86 mj 2.5 5 speed 2wd that I am putting the entire drive train axles and all from a 95 xj 4.0 aw4 np231 into it, your build is super helpful in getting me ready for mine, and don't be afraid to share any tips that helped you get to this point.

 

Awesome! Feel free to PM or post questions here. I'll try to be as helpful as possible. One tip I'll share now is take lots of pictures and label everything, especially anything electrical (like fuel injector plugs, spark plugs, etc.).

 

Been working at getting my interior finished here recently. Black Friday, my buddy and I went to LKQ on a 50% day in an attempt to find a 2-door XJ with gray or black bucket seats... Unfortunately, we did not find any. However, tonight, I spent a few hours removing the last bit of trim from the inside and got the front seat belts from my donor XJ removed. Thought the belts would be interchangeable, which they are mostly, but not without some modification of course. Had to do some drilling, but now I have the correct color and type of belts for the snaps that I used.

I've also been busy with paint. Got 90% of the trim painted black. Once I get some bucket seats, a center console will go in and the door panels will be swapped to gray from my donor. Along with that, the head liner is no longer tan. It has been sprayed with dark gray fabric paint.

Other than working in the cab, I have an issue with my power steering pump reservoir leaking fluid... Not sure why is started leaking now. Was on my XJ before its stroker swap and it never leaked. Oh well... Haven't met a Jeep yet that didn't leak something all over itself.

On to pictures...

Original MJ belt - top, XJ - bottom


Drilled a new hole and it's ready to go


Had to drill some holes into the B-pillar for the bracket "fingers"


Done
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Painted panel... Notice the factory tan color


Gray head liner

 

Nice, she's coming along man!! And the power steering pump, it may be the o rings that seal the two pieces together. I was in my buddy's shop (the guy that got me to get a Jeep), and his power steering pump was leaking. The pump is a two part design, if I remember correctly there's a funky clip holding it together, slip that off then it pulls apart. There are either one or two nipples with o rings, he had what looked like a Harbor Freight box of o rings and grabbed one that fit and got them back together, no more leak. If that's not it, I can't help you haha

 

Yea, it's either that or the whole rear piece of the reservoir is leaking. The early model PSP has a two piece reservoir (at least that's how looks to me upon further inspection). It's something I need to take care of soon. I'll be swapping to some better fuel injectors too, either Ford 710's or Neon 703's.

 

Nice, that'll give her a little better throttle response

 

And hopefully some better MPG...

 

It's coming along man. There are a couple 2 doors at a junk yard near my house. All but 1 with grey interior. Only problem is that they need a deep deep cleaning.

 

Nice MJ! I wish we could find Jeeps from the early 2000s as clean as that around here! I probably have 2 or 3 times as much rust on my 2000 XJ!

 

I'm okay with cleaning them... Any chance you could take some pics and/or pull them? If they're not torn or wore slam out, I'd take them. Or, if you could direct me where to go, that would be cool too haha.

 

When I get back in town after Christmas I'll go snag some pics for ya. If you want them then I'll snag them and we can finally meet haha

 

You are the man, sir. That would be much appreciated!

 

Been working on the interior a little when time permits... Still haven't found any bucket seats, but when I do, I can wrap up the interior...

Anyway, got the painted head liner back in, mocked up and test fitted the XJ overhead console, the B-pillar and A-pillar trim reinstalled and the sunvisors put back up. The overhead console works and fits good other than the temperature display doesn't work. Shows "OC" (as in Open Circuit, probably bad sensor), but the compass does work, or so it seems. I mainly wanted it for storage and a place to install some switches. Anyway, here are some pictures of that...





I've put just over 1,000 miles on the old girl in a year...