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    Roll bar

    Not sure if it's enough room but could you let enough air out the 33's to get in and out and then just refill the tires. It takes a little bit of time but better than removing the roll bar or making it weak.
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    1988 Jeep Wrangler YJ BODY for sale - NYC area

    Send Pics please. I live in Jersey and have a friend looking for a YJ Frame and Tub to put his bronco engine and axles in.
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    StuFF 4 SaLe....

    Just wondering if you are considering selling just the axles and for what price? Being a Jersey guy I know what house prices your talking about. Let me know how much your looking for, since I am planing on building similar axles for my YJ.
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    Looking for a Weber Carb

    Yeah I have the pressure at 3 1/2lbs. After this weekedn it seems better, spent like 2hrs playing with air/fuel screw and timing. Name is just something i made up from a college nickname.
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    Looking for a Weber Carb

    Do not go with a weber. I have had one on my jeep since I bought it 3 years ago. What a pain. I am constantly trying to tune it right, Still haven't gotten there. Its either too lean or too rich, or doesn"t idle right, hard to start. You get the picture. If it is a daily driver get a howell fuel...
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    Soft pedal after swap

    Thanks Bounty and Crazy4diesels, The calipers are on correctly. I gravity bleed each unit for 10-15 minutes. Fluid did not flow quickly kinda slow dripping, I will look to rent a power bleeder. The pedal is improving but not where i would like it. It stops fine, but just has a soft feeling...
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    Soft pedal after swap

    calipers were never removed from axles. Installed new steel braided brakelines when i swapped. Had my wife press down and hold the pedal while i bleed.
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    Soft pedal after swap

    I swapped a set of 4.10 axles out of an 93 wrangler into my 89 wrangler to make up for larger tires. Now after bleeding the brakes 3 times, once gravity bleed and 2 times regular pump the pedal way. it still has a soft pedal. Any suggestions or reasons why this would happen? Please help! need to...
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    Question about lift needed

    I have the same year jeep, have been running 31" tires for 2 years. 1 year without a lift and 1 year with. Still had good power and got 15mpg with a 6cyl and 5spd. The lift will allow you to take it offroad and flex the suspension without hitting the fender flares! I have a fabtec 3.5" lift and...
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    Brain Pick...Fitting 33" Tires

    Thanks for the input. Thinking I will go for the bl and ml. Seems to be the best of the evils. As for the spring over. I will wait till I have better axles before going through that process. Spring ofver 5-6 of lift. 35-36 inch tires. stock axles bad idea. I will update my pic when I finally...
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    Brain Pick...Fitting 33" Tires

    Ok so I have an 6cyl 5spd, 89 Wrangler sitting on a 3.5" Fabtech lift, trans drop, stock axles, after market 15x8 rims w/4" backspace, 31" tires. When I wheel my jeep with the 31's they tuck nicely into the fenders flares and it ran the trails great. I recently bought a set of used 33" MTR's...
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    Jeepz.com Summer Giveaway - sponsored by Right Channel Radios

    I am in, on my last ride I was called chubaka, because my cb/antenna was not brocasting past the jeep in front of in back of me@!
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    Alternator trouble

    Last December I replaced my alternator because it was spiking the voltage meter to 18 volts. Now 17 months later maybe 5,000 miles (2nd car) the alternator is running low reading 8 volts after the car is started. It then will jump up to normal after the rpms go over 2,000. Any idea what is...
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    yj shackle replacement

    Get a sawzall and get a couple Extreme blades from Home Cheapo and cut away. I found after having to cut all the shackle bolts when installing my lift that the Extreme Rescue blade or Demo blades work best. They sell them at the tool rental counter. Best blades ever and only $2!:purple:
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    New Idle Problem

    I know this is old but I haven't had much time for the Jeep lately. I still has the problem. Has a slight miss and makes a real weird sound around 1000rpm. Also the whole Jeep shakes when it idles (@600rpm) I changed the plugs today to Champion Truck plugs gapped to .045 it seemed to run...
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    Jeepz.com Spring Giveaway - sponsored by Muddy Rocks Offroad

    Sweet, you gotta love trying to win stuff.
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    Popping out of reverse

    Same Jeep, Same Trans, Same problem, I hold the shifter in reverse. Mine has been doing it about a year since I put in the lift. Now the throwout bearing is making a little noise when the clutch is out. oh Well I will have to swap it when it dies. Just remember this trans uses a different input...
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    Am I doing it right???

    I am supprised you are having that good of milage from those 33" and 3.07 gears. When you check your milage have you taken into account that your odometer is off by 14%. I used a tire calculator http://www.dakota-truck.net/CGI-BIN/TireCalc.cgi and after driving a real mile in your Jeep your...
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    Change rears = better fuel mileage?

    As you can see in my sig I have 89 4.2L with a simaliar problem not as much tire as you but I can feel a difference. When my house gets finsihed and I finally have a warm garage to work in those axles will help out the milage and power of the 4.2L not to mention make 5th gear one I can use below...
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