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  1. Walt Jaquith

    Making myself a bumper

    Been a while. The Jeep's in winter quarters, the 8.8 project is on hold and I've been concentrating on... other things. But I scored a Badlands winch on sale, and wanted a bumper to mount it on. I wanted something more than just a raw plate, but a lot of the commercially available bumpers are...
  2. Walt Jaquith

    8.8 rear end swap

    So begins the saga of the 8.8 rear diff swap. The donor is an early 80s axle from a Ford Explorer. It came with limited slip and 3.73 gears. During early tuning of my 4.3 I'd figured I would need to regear from my current 3.55 , and so when this one came up for sale reasonably, I snapped it...
  3. Walt Jaquith

    Next winter's project

    Scored a limited slip 8.8 to go under the YJ next winter. Supposedly the Explorer had under 100K. I'll probably convert it to disk brakes.
  4. Walt Jaquith

    Suspension Seats

    I'm starting to price out a pair of suspension seats for my yj. This is a street/light trail rig, but my wife likes to ride with me, and doesn't like getting banged around like the leafers are known to do. I'm 6'2", so I need a tall back, but I don't mind lowering the seat base if needed...
  5. Walt Jaquith

    YJ engine temp / oil pressure connectors

    Has anyone had any luck finding connectors for the gauge senders (fuel injected)? No one seems to have these... Temp (gauge) sender: And oil pressure sender:
  6. Walt Jaquith

    SOLD YJ 4.0 ECM

    This is my spare ECM from a 93 yj that I bought for parts. It was running (had a bad rear end). I'm swapping engines in my yj so I'm ready to sell it. I did the Capacitor replace on both my ECMs... this is the one that was not featured in the video (see my signature). The cap replace was...
  7. Walt Jaquith

    Troubleshooting Your Jeep YJ Turn / Hazard / Brake Light Systems

    If you own a Jeep YJ, at the time of this writing it is at least 24 years old. That’s a long time for a rig that was designed in the early 80s, when the American automotive industry was, frankly, not doing its best work. If you’re going to keep your YJ working reliably, you’re going to need to...
  8. Walt Jaquith

    Old School 4.3 Drivetrain Swap

    Ok, the engine and transmission are ready, the shop is cleared out and the Jeep is staged. Tonight after work I'll begin pulling the fuel injected 4.0/auto and prep to drop in a rebuilt 4.3 V6 from a 91 S10 Blazer. I'm using the 700R4 tranny (also rebuilt) and the NP241C transfer case from the...