I am a newb to major chassis work. But I am wanting to see about stretching a 1988 YJ to LJ dimensions and keep it leaf sprung. Where would be a good spot to lengthen the chassis? Behind the door? Any ideas would be helpful.
Figure I'd start a build thread for my 88 YJ I picked up. I've been out of Jeeps for 20 years now and just getting back into them. Previously lived up northeast and now am out in Ohio.
What's really motivated me to grab one and build it up is that I went through 2 pretty severe health issues...
Boring I know, leaving a jeep stock. EDIT: This new Jeep is a 1991 with 4.0 and AX 15. Everything stock including working factory A/C.
I used to have a 1994 YJ and swapped axles multiple times in it, never kept wheels and tires long enough to wear a set out without building bigger. I was in my...
I haven't actually looked at pick n pulls yet, but since the whole cash for clunkers deal I'm betting Waggy axles that I can modify to put in a YJ are getting harder to find. If someone has a built set and upgrading to something else awesome, otherwise a set of Waggy D44s that I can grind and...
So I've been wheeling a 1988 YJ (2.5/AX5) for about a decade, now, and after a trip to Rugged Mountain Ranch in OK a couple weeks ago I REALLY need to get my gearing under control. It's currently running a stock AX5>NP231>4.88 gears. It's fine for most of the wheeling I've done, but horribly...
Long time lurker, first time poster.
Been trapped in this jeep - offroad - rock crawling sickness since 2005. First rig was a grand Cherokee and then evolved to owning and building a YJ, multiple Toyotas (never really got bit hard enough with those) and then eventually to where I'm at now with...
I figured I'd go ahead and start a build thread (that I'll probably never finish just to piss off SLOWPOKE693 ) to try to motivate myself to get this (re) build moving already.
Little back story- Bought this well broken-in, stretched/leafs/tons/40s YJ years back to play with while I was...
I don't know if she was jealous of the fun I was having with my ZJ or jealous of my attention being off of her. Either way, she solved it in the most irate way possible. She went out and bought a yj on tons and 43s. Honestly it's kind of a p.o.s. but it couldn't be built for what she has into...
Stock yj family cage with front tubes, no mounting hardware. Needs to go, if it don't sell I guess it goes to the scrap yard. $200 obo. Located in montrose, co.
Brand new never used re1445s for sale with new bushings. Went different direction with build, $500 obo. Located in montrose, Colorado, aka western slope.
Have a set of HP44/9" pulled from a running truck for a 1 ton swap. 3.54 gears. Leaf sprung front and rear. All complete.
Located in Bloomington,IN 47403
$1500obo.
Will ship on your dime.
Anyone have a doner part #
Lower hose. I have a good upper.
I have one I've been using but it fits all weird. I don't like the universal types. I'm revamping my front end and would like a preformed one I can cut down. Anyone have a good solution? Part #??
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So a while back a buddy of mine acquired an 88 YJ, with an SBC, 700R4, NP231, a Ford 8.8 and a HP 30 front. 4" of lift springs, very little rot and bed liner applied every where.
It was a "project", since the the guy who built it (not my buddy) didn't know what he was doing and everything went...
I did some horse trading for this project, spent a little bit of cash on it and now I need to dump it to turn it into cash for something else.
Clean Kentucky title,
Originally started off as a 95 jeep YJ, CJ front end conversion with flat fenders front and rear, and flat dash.
318 V8 with...
Trying to help a friend diagnose an issue. Its a 91 YJ with a 4.0 5spd. When cold it starts fine but at about 2000 rpm is starts misfiring and back firing. Once warmed up it runs fine. Driving while its warm is fine but if its cold outside and the engine temps drop below around 210 it starts to...
I’m swapping in a 2011-2017 LHU 2.0 turbo ecotec into my 95 Yj. Beside the obvious like ECU, wiring harness, Bellhousing adapter, Torque converter support. What are some other things I’ll need? EGR delete? Block off plates? Thermostat housing?
I already have a 904 and Dana 300. The 2.5 is on...
I did the stretch on this when the `rona first took off. This is just a copy/paste of the thread I put up on colorado4x4.org, which used to be a great resource, but has been killed by modern social media. I cut the rig in April of 2020 and drove it in June, so that went fairly quickly. Since...