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Sorry, forgot you mentioned replacing it in the first post. Are you able to move the crank back and forth with a pry bar? Ideally you’d check that at the flywheel end but since the trans is installed you might try to do some prying at the front. You might still have crank walk, hard to say with...

Is the harmonic balancer itself in bad shape?

Wrapped up the t-case and got it filled tonight. Driveshaft back in, skid plate back on. Seems to not be leaking anymore, so I think I nailed that. I think that officially does it for work underneath. I’ll need to do the final brake bleed once it’s time to hit the road, otherwise I think I’m...

Lots of random crap accomplished lately: Fuel tank fixed and finally installed (had to remove and reinstall yet again - forgot the little push-on metal clip for the sock to hold it onto the pump) New cat/muffler/tailpipe installed - pipe is super close to tub but I think I have enough...

Just FYI, the one you’re looking for is the big one front and center in this pic below. It is main bearing #2 in the 2.5L, so should be the second one from the front.

To replace just the thrust bearing, I don’t think so. I’m not sure if you can just buy a new bearing like that though, there are specific measurements the bearings are sized to to fit your block and crank and maintain proper oil clearance. Less likely, but also possible, is that the crank...

I’d probably pull the oil pan and examine the thrust bearing. Thrust bearing locates the crank relative to the block. For the harmonic balancer to be out of line with the other pulleys, that’s some pretty significant crank walk. Maybe the thrust bearing broke. Hard to say without pulling the pan...

Not sure if you’re aware, but all of the injectors receive an ignition power source from the ASD. Have you confirmed those two inner injectors are receiving power? The computer pulses their ground to operate the fuel spray, so if the new computer didn’t fix it, you probably have a power problem.

5.13 for 33's with 5 speed. Even that barely gets you back to stock levels of performance.

I would highly suggest scrapping this idea and possibly recommend going the opposite direction with smaller tires and higher (stock) rpm. Taller gearing/lower rpm often does not equate to better fuel mileage. Fuel mileage is tied directly to load, which is how much throttle you need to overcome...

So the starter won’t crank at all? It’s almost a 99% chance you’re not totally screwed. Probably popped a fuse that shares with the starter relay.

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Can’t say how important it is, though I imagine jeep used it for a reason. When I did my body lift long ago, I ended up cutting out a portion of it so that I could keep it. The grille mount was interfering due to the raised grille height. I’m back to stock height now but I still have it. I...

Supports the front right hard brake line.

Odd. Looking at the parts manuals, black as a dash option is really only ever found in the early models, like 87-90. I only ever see spice and agate for 91-95ish and the parts manual tends to agree with that. Wonder how you ended up with black. As for the grays, they had a light gray in the...