| Author | Message | ||
     Etennuly |
  See my post above! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I did... that's why I posted the post above your last post post.. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Well.... I ordered a bumper from 4WD on DEC.5Th The manufacture of said bumper shipped one for a YJ instead of a TJ. I returned it after a couple of hours of attempting to make it work. Now I'm going to have to wait a couple more weeks for it to be picked up and trucked from 4WD store to 4WD store until it make it to the store in Ohio. Then they will UPS it to me. I asked for them to have it drop shipped direct to my house but I was told the manufacture wouldn't. If I fixed my mistakes like this for my customers.... I'd have none | ||
| Etennuly |
  Had my son at the helm of the USS CJ7 today as I sloughed through the mud for some pictures before the ice melts away. It pushed a wave about 6" high under the ice that made it pop apart twenty feet ahead of the Jeep. Note the little "pancake for the bunny head" on the center of the front axle. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
4WD just sent me a email to submit a review for the front bumper I ordered on Dec.5Th and still haven't received.... I will hold my tongue... Back to the Build, Break, Fix and Repeat of Jeep'n I went wheeling with 31 other rigs last weekend. Kind of slow but it was fun. Saw a guy rip the front axle shaft out of the drivers side of his Jeep. Then a dude with a new wide body style Jeep (JK) bounced off a tree and put a real nice crease down the drivers side door. (His wife was happy) Then my CB Radio said "Hey Mark, your passenger side wheel isn't spinning" AKA... your limited slip diff is toast WOOT!! mo $$ mo $$ I've got my eye on a Eaton Truetrac limited slip. No clutches, all gears. | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
We had a group here for snow wheelin Saturday night, great to watch Sean (Hammeroid) slide around on his new Chinese 33's. Guess Chinese rubber isn't as grippy as the American stuff haha! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I have a set of Firestone Destination Mud Terrains and they are not worth 2 cents in the snow. I was heading up a slight incline and I was sliding all over the place. The Aussie locker up front doesn't help but I expected them to handle a lot better than the do. | ||
| Fast1075 |
If you are still running a D-35, the tru-trac is a waste of money. I broke one with a 4 banger and automatic. I'll bet if you look around carefully, do some shopping, you can do a 8.8 with a lunchbox locker for the same money as buying the eaton and paying to have it set up and hope whoever sets it up gets the gear pattern right so it don't howl. | ||
| Glitch |
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4298150357.h tml | ||
| Etennuly |
Mark mud tires and snow tires are totally different animals. I would have thought my farm tractor tires and later set of industrial farm tractor tread would work in snow. No good at all, my 4x4 tractor has done a slow long uncontrolled slide over 100 feet down my driveway on an inch of wet snow. On the other hand they really go in mud. Heck, my wife passed me going up the driveway in her rear wheel drive Mustang with summer radials while I was unable to make it in 4x4 and slid off the drive. My Jeep is worthless on snow covered grass. "Swampers" are not "Snowers"!  It is kind of hard on the trails, the vehicle, and everything else, but if you want real traction put on a set of loose floppy tractor tire chains. That is how my buddies and I got around on trails in NW Pa when I was a kid. | ||
| Thumper74 |
My Mud Terrains were useless in the snow too. With those tires and my Detroit locker, snow was fun. | ||
| Etennuly |
An interesting challenge is coming up for Jeeps and 4x4 trucks this summer. The local county fair is going to have a few different 4x4 events. A rock pile competition, some sort of tire/dirt pile climb, a weight sled pull, and a back to back pull off. It all pays well enough to risk a few parts and sounds like fun. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
She is starting to come together!  | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
Doing a clutch in my buds TJ today, why oh why did some Chrysler engineer decide to use etorx bolts on the very top of the bell housing. Sometimes it seems they purposely think up ways to make stuff harder to work on! | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
Wolf, several of the guys in our group have their cage set up just like that. From experience I can say it works very well when needed. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
The ETorx are fun for sure! I bought a 2' extension rod for my ratchet and still had to add a 12" to it. I've had my tranny out 3 times. It sucked a little less each time.... but it still sucked. GOOD LUCK! | ||
| Etennuly |
Lemme tell you a little secret for Jeep owners of your type. You can find where the bellhousing bolts are in the floor/firewall by back tracing with a punch. Drill a 1 1/2" hole in the floor/firewall that lines up with each of the four upper bolts. Get four plastic 1 1/2" hole plugs and walla! you have an easy way to zip those little bastards in and out for much easier clutch removal and such.  ..... That cost you twelve bucks! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| Damnut |
Hello boys! I see the fun is still happening. I remember when Mark first got that Jeep. We said he was screwed and look at him now. Ready for that V8 yet Mark? lol Vern, Got that check, thanks but I owe you a bunch of beers or maybe some homemade wine. I don't remember what they cost to ship but I know it wasn't that much. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
4 banger turbo diesel maybe or a propane conversion  | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| Etennuly |
Nice cage Mark!  Jim, you are welcome and I will hold you to a beer or two one fine day! Propane conversions are good, it rates at about 100+ octane or so. Mileage will drop some, but it will run upside down.....at least 'till the oil runs out! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| Ratbuell |
Wow, nice work Mark. And here I was all proud that I had the XJ out today. 236k miles on the 4.0/auto, 2" budget lift (front spacers, rear helpers), 30" Kelly Safari TSR tires, and 18" of fresh powder.  2wd most of the day - boy it's fun to squirrel around in! Blazed through some virgin snow and a couple plow-banks...didn't even need low range. Damn thing never ceases to impress me - not bad for a $400 beater. I love my new Grand Cherokee, but it kinda takes all the fun out of being a squirrel. No sliding, no drama, just...driving (shrug). | ||
| Etennuly |
Took my CJ out on the back forty yesterday through 6" of fresh heavy wet snow. The kind that packs right to ice as you step on it. I have half bald 16.5" wide Super Swampers on it with no locker in the rear(yet). It would not even move down hill with one tire drive. Locked it in four wheel and it only spun out at the top of a few of my obstacles around the property. The snow cleans the tires better than any other method of cleaning mud from them that I have ever seen. Beats the pressure washer also. It left dirty tire tracks for about a half mile in the deep(for Tenn) snow. The tires are so clean I'm going to go ahead and clean up the rest of it so that I can get some neglected/postponed work done on it. The massive amounts of mud stuck to it everywhere has kept it out of the shop for months. Gotta fix the things that only can be heard driving it in the quietness of snow.....squeek-chirp-chirp-squeek-chirp-chirp. Huh?  never makes those noises with 110W red clay mud lube! Hey Joe.....looks like that last 19" snow blast gave you a fair reason to lock 'em in in spots.....eh! This last snow here got real greasy on the roadways. I had to lock in my Tacoma a few times the other night to get around on the main roads, even with posi rear and good 17" tires it would not move on some slight up hills. Aaahhhhh.....I hate cold winters, but I love driving in snow! | ||
| Etennuly |
Hey Mark! Get some real roll bar padding for around your head and the passenger head area. I went on an adventure trip shortly after getting my Jeep rolling years ago and as I was moving about in the seat the front tire dropped off from a rock making me slam my head into one of the bars. Man are they hard. It will leave you with a goose egg and a headache for sure.  I couldn't get the race stuff back then for a temporary shortage, so I doubled up on pipe insulation. Having been knocked out cold in my race car, wearing a good helmet with proper bar padding, I cannot imagine being in an accident on the trails, or especially on the highway, with bare roll bars and no helmet.   | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
POOL NOODLES!! Use pool noodles to cover your cage.... and they come in fun colors  | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
some pool noodles come with hot chicks....  | ||
| Etennuly |
Sweet!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Snowdrifts...  |
