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I put leds in mine, and love them. It's a good time to clean all the contacts and dielectric grease the connectors as well. My gauges give me no problems.

I'm asking $250

That'll be $150 well spent in my opinion. Exhaust systems are a pain.

I did mine when I did the engine swap, and bought various pieces (tailpipe, muffler, aftermarket cat) separately. I had to do a lot of tweaking, as not everything was as "direct replacement" as they said. I was able to modify and weld it up, but if I had to do the exhaust on a stock yj, I'd...

Get a mechanic's stethoscope and probe the injectors. You can hear the click as they fire. I had one on my 4.0 that was missing maybe once in 8-10 shots. It wasn't enough to trip a code, but did make the rig run a little off. Replaced the electrical connector at the fuel injector (they are...

Lots of options, and lots of different ways to go here. Some basic choices to make and things to note: Can you do the fab work yourself? There will at least be motor mounts, but these things have a way of snowballing. I was dragging the welder and other fab tools out regularly on my swap...

Heh. Yeah, a commercial fab shop might not even have the tubing bender they'd need. What I'd do is look up a Facebook page called "Built Not Bought 4x4 Fabrication Off-Road Community". There's guys all over the country building rock crawlers in their shops. Some of them do amazing work, and...

That's doable, but I'm sure if it would be practical. The thing is not heavy; I'd say 70lbs or so. But if I put it on a crate it would be about 52" square. I might be able to get that down a bit depending on how I strapped it down. I think I could get it to a place where I could load it on...

Don't know where you are, but I have one in Oregon.

I looked for one a while back and couldn't find it. There are a few out there that are close, and with access to a welder that was close enough. I bought a generic version and made it work.

Last few pictures. I've got 75 miles on the new drivetrain, and things are starting to settle in. I like it. Not too much power for a short wheelbase and high COG, but enough. Leave it in 3rd gear and it's spunky. Drop it into overdrive and it cruses at 65 comfortably. The engine...

Ok, I thought about this a little more. You might be able to get away with mating a TJ engine loom and a YJ dash loom. With the YJ, the computer was in the engine compartment, so there were wires that pertained to the FI system that went into the cab, but the bulk of it stayed in the engine...

[I did answer your actual question in my rambling. I put it in bold...] Couple main questions: First, are you going to run fuel injection, or slap a carburetor on it? Second... do you know what you're getting into? Because this will be a big, expensive project. More things: Was the 87 a...

Feels like a partially plugged cat to me. Have you done a compression check? Inline sixes will still run fairly smooth with a weak cylinder.

Heh. Yeah, this last couple weeks I haven't posted much because it's been all boring detail work making sure the wiring was right. I'd tested everything carefully and didn't hit the key until I was sure I had the best chance possible. It was still a very satisfying (and relieving) moment...

First try...

I can confirm that the yj steering column is basically a close version of the one they put in S10s and Blazers from the same era. Mine is an automatic, and there are differences in the shifting levers, but if your Jeep's manual, you won't have to worry about that. My yj had a ratty...

Old semi mudflap...

No, although I've seen that happen. There's lots of room on this rig.

Yeah, I've got rubber sections at either end; there should be enough flex. I've done this before and it's worked ok. I'll watch it for a while, but I don't expect trouble from it.