a few pics !
 

the day started like this :

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15.../therig013.jpg

Started getting good :

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http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15.../therig023.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15.../therig024.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...mmyrig2022.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...mmyrig2021.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...mmyrig2020.jpg

Then the suck came with full force :

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...mmyrig2019.jpg

nice pics, I'm sure it was still fun to get it out even though ya blew the motor.

Sorry, but I'm not a fan of plastic flares. Those aren't the worst I've seen though.

well ok then !

yes it was great to get back in the woods ! I even got a chance to wheel with my 16 year old. He had a blast and has a bunch of new body damage to show off to his buddies. His little XJ goes like crazy :beers:

How do you like those surpluss Humvee tires?? Did they do OK in the mud and rocks? just curious. Looks like ya'll had fun!

they did suprisingly well , I'm only running two of them with the beadlock ring installed right now and I couldn't remember which two .... so I only went down to about 15 psi. to keep the others on the bead. I couldn't get a good feel for them on some of the big hills due to my front drive shaft wanting to jump out :D but for the price ..... I'll give'm a thumbs up !

I saw that you got Jeremy and Scott out there. nice work.

is that at the trussels in trenton? i used to ride up there alot but stoppped goin. i didnt know what kind of trouble you get in for riding up there and im thinkin youd be the man to ask lol

I once knew of a rig that ran 37" HMMWV tires... I thought they were OK, after I got the Iroks, Brody told me that I would get stuck on wet grass with the HMMWV tires... :o

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ril2304_45.jpg


When my recentered wheels go back together... I'm planning on putting the flanged bolts in there with the heads to the outside... I did manage to snap off a grade 8 bolt down to the nut that was sticking out just like yours... FWIW.

I cannot believe you ride there:eek: :D

Does your son work @ Lee's? I saw that XJ in the parking lot the other day.

:beers:

Winner for oddest post in this thread...

yes he works at Lee's , that is Jon's ( lilbluexj) old rig :D

Trestle ...... where is that at ...... never heard of such a place ...... is it close to Trenton ???? ;)

I was going to do that , I had a bunch of allen head stainless bolts just begging to go in the wheels ..... just didn't have enough on hand.

Truck looks good whether it has a blown motor or not... I like the stance.. What did you end up with for wheelbase?

Any day in the woods/on the trail is a good day...

:beers:

Haven't even stopped long enough to measure it ..... I will get back to you on that !

Here's what it looks like now !

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...kee/therig.jpg

Transplant under way !

motor is out , right before i pulled it I drained the oil and found out the the last time a changed it I must have put 5 quarts of super rare and expensive " Bass Boat Metallic Oil " in it .:eek:

I would say I lost a main bearing or two. Now on to the donor vehicle after work !!!

You should have been able to catch a couple fish with that if you got the metallic flake going on. I am suprised you didn't suck any fish in with that kind of attractant.

That little XJ does a hell of a job for what little it has done to it. There were times it surprised me infact

Previous owner of my truck had bushwacker cutouts on when I bought it. They looked ok, but creaked and cracked. 1st trail I took in Kentucky, I backed up with the wheels cranked and peeled one half off.
Decided to take them off and found terrible rust hiding.

Now every time I see them I have a bad reaction. :evilgrin:

Freak'n up date time ......

Third time out is the charm ! Got the rig in the woods yesterday after :
new motor
new ECM
new trans
new transfer case
new front drive shaft .......

and a really big head ache. I found a few wires that snuck in between the block and bell housing and caused havoc with my ECM. Had the Trans sent out and built with the good stuff.

Rig did great , mad flex, stable and a good ride over the ruff stuff. Played for a few hours and started getting used to it, so I started playing a little bit harder :) . On the way home I blew a steering line due to installer error (me), it rubbed against the steering shaft ..... opps my bad !!!! new one on order ! Only problem is the VSS is not letting the trans shift in 4lo. It shifts fine in 4h and 2h so I'm going to have to work on that.... not that it's a major deal, just switch from 4h to 4lo a little more then normal .

I would like to add ...... driving a couple of miles in a creek bed with no power steering and 37's with 5 psi makes your arms hurt :eek:

you going to make the core ultimate adventure ride next month?

did you get any more pic?

Where are you playing at??

Really thinking about it ! Just don't know about all the highway driving.

No new pics , sorry to busy playing ....... do you really have to ask where we were playing ;)