other jeep owners here?

[Talon2.5]

i bought a black cherokee 4X4 (first pic)

and i just got wendy the liberty 4X4 (second pic)

[Trikki1010]

SKIP !!!!

Seems like your adjusting to Tenn right nicely.....

In order to be a complete redneck, your gonna need a "varmit gun", a Quad and a tractor :eek: :D :D

[Talon2.5]

well i gots me 2 fo-wheel drives, a harley, a new pair of rocky work boots, a mossberg 12 guage

the harley dont quite fit the "fourwheeler" part of it but thats just gonna have ta do :D

oh and i gots me a new job at an aluminum door manufacturer ta stay indoors outa tha snow :p hehehe

took wendy inta da mountains in her new jeep ta git her familiar wit da area whichin shes in now :D

gots ta hit da outhouse and git ready fer work now :rolleyes:

[blazer200]

I just sold a 95 cherokee and bought a 84 cj7 w/5 inch lift & 33x12.50 and only 68k original miles.

[Steven]

we've had 2, my brother had 1, and they were all good. too bad they dont make that style anymore. very few problems with any of them. :)

[Binger]

Im on my secound, first was a 1978 J-10 wish i still had that one, and now im driving 2000 TJ. Had som problems at first with the TJ thanks to chryslers quality, but sicne i got the bugs out and out some mods on it it runs great.

[rock]

I have had Jeeps for the last 15 years. Have had a couple CJ5, several CJ7, and currently have an all fibreglass CJ7 with V8 and a 1979 J20 project that is barely half done and maybe gonna be for sale. Love em. Hard to kill. Good friend just bought a new one and another friend is almost done building one.
Rock

[captcarb]

Skip,


I have 3 Jeeps:

1947 CJ3a
1957 CJ5 (short wheelbase)
1994 Wrangler

Jim

[MacGyverJB]

I drive a 2003 Wrangler TJ, and my brother and I are building up this CJ7, as shown in the picture with a V8 350 Chevy, and 3" lift kit... Now were just looking for a body for it!

[OrangeCrush]

I bought a 1989 cherokee ltd 7 years ago excellent driving car go thru anything never let me down got bored with having same car so long gave it to my nephew he using daily. cant keep from looking at jeeps may get another when i get tired of my van

[Trikki1010]

Damn Skip

Youz bin tawkin ta t-Rex 2 much.

Done fergit the paper wen yaz go to da skivey when itz cold

Did way ya won stik to da seat :eek: :D :D

Nice on the job though, beats freezin' ur bells off outside ;)

[Talon2.5]

i guess there is other jeep owners here :D

that frame with the V-8 looks like it will be sweet!!

hey trikki, yep werkin in da shop iz lotz better dan bein in da rain gittin shocked on da log saw :eek: :D

been dare 3 dayz an dey tellz me i'm a doin great :D an dat if'n i gotz any bike parts ta powder coat i kin do it thare, i thought dat was right nice of 'em!!

[Fish]

He skip, nice rides! Did you get rid of the magnum? The jeeps definitely should getter dun up in tha mountains.

I have a grand wagoneer that I have been slowly putting back together over the last few years as funds permit. I had one about 10 years ago and kicked myself for ever selling it. FInally got another one, but right now everytime I add tranny fluid, it bleeds all over the floor DOH! I thik this is a problem LOL

good to hear from ya, and glad you got a new job out of the snow. tell Wendy I said Hey,

see ya,

fish

[WharfRat]

:confused: what happened to the Magnum ????

[Talon2.5]

i sent the magnum down the road

if ya look at the attached pic......check out the headlight design, the turn signal is above the lowbeam headlight and they have a chrome bar seperating the 2 and the top of the lowbeam headlamp is cut off from being a full circle well....

when you head into the hills at night (which is all the time around here) that chrome bar actually cuts off any light emitting upwards as you go down a hill, so as you go down you cannot see where your heading up

it actually cut a perfect dark line accross the top of any light coming out of the head light at night, and you never notice it does that on flat land, strange but true!!

i took my brother in law out in it one night and we headed back to his place and he saw what i was talking about, he was amazed how it cut that perfect "dark above the bar" line

it sat to low for the terrain around here

it scraped bottom coming out of the new driveway

just wasnt suited for backroad use (to much traffic around here on the main roads) hard to explain the mountain roads, like going to my sisters place here, the montains and/or hills come right up to the road one foot from the pavement and in that one foot space theres some areas that are a foot and a half drop you cant see due to the grass being high and it's for water run off, well the roads are narrow and the car was wide and if i went off the road i was screwed

so all in all it was time for a more suitable vehicle for wendy to be out in, now she feels more comfortable and can zip around town confident she can get around without a problem

the commercial for 12 2X4's a ladder a surfboard an amp and guitar....... must have been disney photography magic in miniature, cause 3 suitcases filled that beotch ;) i think i actually have more room in the back of the liberty hehehehe

i did keep my van, it's parked in the back of the garage, gonna use it to go camping with, they have some awesome camping places here with the river going right through, i do however have to look into the rear axle sometime, i had the lube changed in florida at kissimmee's hometown 4X4 shop and now it hums around 45 MPH, i noticed it driving up here right after they changed the lube, could simply be the lube isnt heavy enough, dunno

hey fish, ya got a pic of the wagoneer???

[Fish]

hey skip, I don't have any pics of the wagoneer, butr I will take one next time I am at the warehouse. It looks just like most of them you see on the road, but instead of being on the road, it is usually on the side of the road, fluids pouring out, and me kicking the crap out of it LOL :D

[vwfreak]

Here's a pic of my old Cherokee, next to my '91 project Blazer.
It had 5" of lift, and a set of 33's. The Blazer turned more heads, but sucks in comparason to the Jeep for offroading!
My first Jeep was a 1978 Cherokee Full time 4WD with a 360 V8. (Chugga lug, chugga lug. Loved to eat gas!) The 33's on it didn't help either I'm sure! :D
I see a Rubicon in my future. This way I don't have to start adding parts as soon as I get one. Out of the box these are offroad ready pretty much. :D
The anual Jeep Jamboree is held in Bobcaygeon, Ontario. (about 15 mins from my cottage) Two days of organized offroading. Pretty fun!
All levels of trails. Everything from "I don't really want to get my Jeep dirty", to "you WILL experience body damage on this trail".
Google Jeep Jamboree if anyone's intersted in attending this year.
*I belive it is in June*
Just
Empty
Every
Pocket :rolleyes:

vwfreak

[Talon2.5]

thats a good lookin bunch of 4 wheel drives in that pic :D

i found a jeep site that has alot of info in it....

www.jeepforum.com

[MirageSmackII]

But no pics on the computer. I have a 1988 Grand Wagoneer. The kid calls her "Woody". Nice black paint with full length Wilderness rack, excellent interior, new motor and trans (3 yrs), 4" lift with 31" tires. Currently I'm putting on a new water pump and electric fan.

These things are head turners. Either you love them or hate'em, there's no in between! Smack

[Fish]

skip,
finally got down to get a pic of the jeep. I love it, but needs some work to get it on the road again. Hopefully after taxes are all done, I can get her back on the road.

[picklefork_cowboy]

Jeep owner here. 77cj5 383 strocker(512 hp rear wheels), sm465 4speed ,was one ton running gear now going 2.5 ton,38.5 boggers.

[PARKER RABE]

i just bought a new grand cherokee , love it , my second one !

[Sutphen115]

I have a jeep. 96 grand cherokee with 192,000 miles on it, original motor+trans. Had a cherokee before that. I love jeeps

[Talon2.5]

wow we do have some jeep owners here, and from the looks and sounds of it....some bad azz stuff!! cool!!

fish it looks great :D

parker, i remember your jeep, it was green wasnt it? i think i pulled your trailer out with it in eustis (sp>?)

[PARKER RABE]

yep i had a 96 , grand cherokee limited , i just bought an 2002 same coler , same everything ! love it ! 4.0 liters are the ****... strait 6 , there bullet proof ....v8 suck , they smoke at 100.000

[eautosales]

sitting behind my shop for the last five years i have a unique jeep i believe its a 70 but id have ta dig the title out its a 70 jeep comando thats kinda a half breed it has what appears to be a cj7 nose in place of the ugly oe nose & a cj7 back end spliced on. its stock top was cut down to a cab only top with a rollbar outside behind the cab & from a distance it looks like a cj8 (scrambler) it has a 304 that appeared to be rebuilt when i bought it with an edelbrock intake & double pumper holley it rides on 33 s with white wagon wheels hopefully it will be the next tow pig its driveable & looks decent but it needs freshening
i have a long history with jeeps i had a yellow cj7 in high school with a small block checy & 35 s my first jeep was a cj5 ive had 8 cj7 s & 1 scrambler by the age of 22 right now plow truck is a 3/4 ton j2000 with a 360 its ugly has a rack body & a western plow ive got several cherokees for parts & a cj7 for parts with a quadra trac & a cj5 for parts to much junk :D

[Monkstr6]

I own what started life as a 66 Jeep CJ5 with a 225 v6 (buick motors that came stock from 66-71) mated to a 3 speed and a dana 18. Stripped it to the frame, tore all running gear off, put in dana 44's front and rear, Boxed and painted the frame, Dropped a buick 350 in mated to an SM465 and a Dana 300 T-case. Sits on 35X14.5X15 Boggers. Totally custom made my own body out of steel, full roll cage with 5 point harnesses. Bottom of the body sits at 3 feet off the ground. Just waiting on a few final things to get tied up and it is done. It would have been done now but I was to impatient to play and ran it around the shop before I had a radiator for it and cracked a water jacket in the 350 that I spent 3 months building. Yes, enough to make any grown man cry. 700 bucks later I am back on the trail to being done. Zach

[Talon2.5]

hey, auto sales and monk.....pics? :D

[eautosales]

ill get pics im gonna star the resto in a few weeks ill take some shots before i strip it :)

[Jason Huber]

I've had 2 & now have a Grand LTD. Loved em' all - 2 of the three made-it easily passed the 200k mile-mark without a whimper. The 4.0 is like a Slant Six - BULLETPROOF!! Lend themselves nicely to simple mods like fresh-air kits, big exhaust, TBI-spacer... The 5.2 in my Grand worked-well with the same, but MPG really suffers when your foot is heavy... IMHO- the GRAIL is the 98' 5.9 Limited! :cool: Now, at 7, there out there affodably. My next one!... ;)

[Monkstr6]

Give me about 2 weeks and I will set up a webshots page with pics of all my stuff. Very busy lately. Maybe if I did not have ALL this stuff I would not be so busy. Zach

[Talon2.5]

cool, like to see it

[chicken duster]

I have a 1986 cj7 with a 5.0 HO fuel injected ford, NP 435 4 speed, narrowed dana 60 rear with arb air locker, dana 44 front with air locker ,4 wheel disc brakes, springover, winch, airconditioning 4.1 gears in transfer case ,mild flame paint job, beautiful jeep, would like to trade for fast outboard tunnel .asking 12,000 for jeep, comes with very nice diamond plate car trailer

[JustMercMe]

But some of the guys around here get together and ride quite a bit on the weekends. Also got a shop here in town that has some pretty trick stuff for jeeps. Think they are filming a build of a Jeep for Discovery too. Should be cool. http://www.bluetorchfab.com/

Heres a pick of one of the guys rides we ride around with....engine is a 360

[pyro]

I'm looking for a Jeep Cherokee in my area. Please e-mail me if you know of any that might interest me. Here's what I want:
Jeep Cherokee Sport, Classic or Limited 6cyl 4 door 4X4, '97 thru '01. 40K-80K preferably.
No re-worked wrecks. I would like to find a garaged, well-maintained stock Cherokee with well-kept original paint. I like to take care of my stuff.

Color doesn't matter, but silver would be nice, to match the boat.

I will have a nice '95 Lebaron GTC 3.0 V6 convertible available for sale once I find a good Cherokee. I have owned two of these, they are excellent, reliable cars.

-Chad
(click my user name to send me e-mail)

[Talon2.5]

damn chicken duster you wanna sell that? i'd be hanging on to that!!

just merc me, thats a sweet looking jeep, ive been lurking around in the jeep forums but doesnt look like anyone is close to me to hook up with for a weekend ride yet, but i'm looking!! heard of a place called windrock and a place called tellico but both seem an hour or more away, if i do find somewhere to get 'er dirty i'll get pics :D cool site link!!

pyro, keep an eye in the local car trader and classifieds, i'm sure you will come accross something good!!

[JustMercMe]

Theres a group here that goes up that way every year for a 4 wheeler/Jeep ride.....I hear its a Blast everytime they go. Been trying to find an old CJ to fix up and get into the Jeep stuff.

[Talon2.5]

sounds like i gotta take a weekend and head out to find tellico :D

[Dd24skater]

Anyone ever use an old CJ to move their bigger boat around very short distances, say less than a mile?

I have a 79 cj with a 304 and a 24 skater, I just wondered if it would do it?

[Monkstr6]

If your CJ has a 304 I have no idea why it would not be able to haul it. All older jeeps are geared and built to be work horses. If it is not all jacked way up and built for 4 wheelin then I would not hesitate to take it for a longer trip with a boat. Does your boat have electric brakes? You may wanna have a brake controller just becouse a Jeep weights less than most ford rangers. Take a pic of the boat hooked to the Jeep. I just finished painting mine about the same color of my Tunnel Hull boat. Good luck. Zach

[triple dude]

back in the early 80's I worked with a guy that had been a VP for American Motors, who owned jeep at the time. He had the big Wagoneer with all options. It was quite the vehicle and actually rode like a car unlike the old short wheelbase Blazers and Bronco's. I think they have like a cult following now--wood sides and all. I occasionally see 'em in Hemmings and they bring some big bucks. I also worked with a guy who was hooked on International Harvesters Scout. The rust bucket supreme but they ran forever.

[Monkstr6]

Ok, here I finally finished getting a couple of pics up of my jeep on a webshots page. Check um out and tell me what you think. http://community.webshots.com/user/monkstr6100

[rock]

But they tow small ones well.
Rock

[AMOR]

98 Tj,4 L, Straight 6, Close To 140k....lots Of Fun But Certainly Not A Long Haul Vehicle. Great For Towing Small Boats.

[CheckMerc]

I have a black 99' Cherokee Classic 4x4, 4.0 h.o with 1" 62mm TB spacer, bored 62mm TB, home made cold air kit with k&n and heat shield. It pulls my black and pink 21 foot 91' checmate around like its not even there. Great vehicles.

[Talon2.5]

damn, them are some nice jeeps!!

monkstr6, that bad boy is nice!!

checkmerc, i like my 98 cherokee also, sometimes wish they came in a soft top though

[Monkstr6]

I posted some wheelin pictures now too. As well as some pics of my tunnel hull on my page. Tell me what you think. http://community.webshots.com/user/monkstr6100 Zach

[Talon2.5]

damn son, going for some seriuos mud there huh

boat looks like it's a blast to!! :cool:

[Monkstr6]

Yep, the more mud the better. I hope that that tunnel is going to be fun. I bought it and then found out the ignition amplifier was shot. The parts are in the mail. The guy I bought it from actually covered the cost of the parts too. Thanks for all the compliments on my toys everyone.

[Talon2.5]

started doing a 2 inch lift to the old cherokee, waiting on a catalogue to get front suspension parts

gonna head to telleco one of these weekends and hit the trails :D

[Jason Huber]

My 97 Grand Cher Rolled 215k last weekend on a 950mi trip. 19.5mpg @75-80mph. no prob's, no oil consumption, and best-of-all - no tickets! :D

[nutzyfzr600]

94 jeep cherokee 4.0 6 inch black diamond suspension lift with 33/12.50/15 kumho venture tires my jeep kicks ass it will go anywhere

[Talon2.5]

jason, i wonder how many more miles ya can get outa that motor? sounds like a few more good miles in it :cool:

nutzy, that cherokee looks like flat out fun :cool:

a guy i work with (t-bone) took me and another guy (aaron from work) up to the old mountain logging trails last friday evening and up to an old camp they had, was a cool evening ride, my black cherokee did great (for being basically stock) came back a bit muddy and a few leaves stuck in various places :D

gotta remember to take the camera one of these trips ;)

[Fish]

skip, finally got a pic of the GW. Still not running, but at least got it outside for a change. Needs a tranny tho so 0 mph is about the top speed right now. :) it is a project

[nutzyfzr600]

this jeep will last till the wheels fall off. motor runs great. ive had it everywhere. i mean everywhere.

[Talon2.5]

fish, that GW looks clean man!! nice condition!! that thing would be great on some of the boat ramps ive been to :cool:

nutzy, i bet it has been everywhere and did great getting through it all :cool:

ive got mine in the garage now to take apart the front end to put my spacers in, driving the old van to work while i have the cherokee apart, didnt get any before pics of the rear lift, only have the one at the beginning of this thread, will try to remember to get some before and after of the front

only a 2 inch lift but it made quite a difference in the rear so we will see how the front works out

[nutzyfzr600]

yea i only ever got stuck once and that was in about 5 foot of mud no joke it was a dried up pond. i had water coming in the tops of my windows that sucked but i crawled most of the way through it but i couldnt get out

[Talon2.5]

have ya ever taken it to the jeep trails in tellico?

[Talon2.5]

just finished my 2 inch lift

front: poly spring spacers from rocky road outfitters 42 bucks plus shipping

rear: rugged trail 2 inch spring spacer blocks 45 bucks

maybe someday i'll go a bit higher ;)

[Fish]

nice, and i bet it comes in handy with that steep driveway ya got too. :)

[Hack02]

I've been through Tellico, on Trail 1, that goes from Tellico to Murphy NC. Pretty rugged country up there. They have a big 4x4 get together every year that the magazines cover, seen it on TV once. I used to know a guy that went. He had a bad jeep and would try all the trails. It was a YJ that was locked up on both ends with Boggers. I've got a 77 CJ5 with 36's with a 9 thousand pound Warn on the front. I got my lift by welding new spring perches on top of the axles.

[Talon2.5]

nice, and i bet it comes in handy with that steep driveway ya got too. :)

man i tell ya it sits higher than it looks in the pic, it comes in handy on some trails the guy from work takes me on in the mountain he lives at, or at least he calls them trails, all i saw was deep ruts and woods, small rock creek beds, mud holes and tight turns through trees that really had no signs of a trail but he knows his way around :D and he was impressed with the ole cherokee for following him so well, we had to stop alot due to the carb on his dodge power wagon couldnt handle the inclines and flooded out and caused a bunch of waiting periods, but thats when we had a beer and a cigar ;) :cool:

hack02,

i fully plan on hitting tellico sometime soon and have been keeping tabs on trail rides in 4X4 forums i may be able to hook up with, i saw a show this past sunday....extreme 4X4...that had 2 jeeps they took to tellico, i assume it was tellico TN, they did the rock crawl deal, man i know mine is only gonna do the easy stuff hehehehe ;) :D

[fastboat]

How in the hell is a little short guy, like me, supposed to get up in that thing the next time we come for a visit? Get youself in the wood shop and build me a little stool! I think I may need it. Or maybe I could just buy another jar of those pickled eggs, and rocket propel myself up there :eek: .

[Monkstr6]

Talon, If you ever go any higher please do your well being a favor and remove those lift blocks and spacers. Yes they are cheap and easy to install but I would never go high with any type of spacers. Springs for the rear are cheap and you can for sure find a used 4" coil lift at a swap or on ebay. Don't get me wrong, it does look cool like that and it should be just fine with the spacers at that small of a lift, but don't keep them in there if you go for a 4 or 6 inch lift. It is cool to see that this many people are into both of these hobbies. Happy wheelin guys!

[Talon2.5]

oh if i ever go higher i'll do the complete 6 inch kit with coils and arms with the rear leaf packs and shackles

i'll save the 2 inch kit to give someone thats looking for a start, i kept the factory U-bolts for future changes

fastboat, found a 2 inch kit for the wifes liberty, maybe i'll leave that one alone so you can get up into it? ;) :D

[Dd24skater]

Well the CJ-7 got the Skater out of the ramp without tearing the back of the jeep off! I used the low range and didn't even have to touch the gas pedal
nice!

[vwfreak]

I stumbled onto this crazy TJ the other day.
Viper motor. Very nice! :cool:
No shortage of torque now. (or gas receipts in the glove box) :rolleyes:
Pretty damn cool!

vwfreak,

[ragtopvet]

Friend of mine at work just bought a 05 cheorkee laredo,v6,its sweet, but what it replaced was unbelievable,jeep cheorkee straight 6, auto that has 347,000 miles with no major work done!original motor trans.and air still works.:)

[Talon2.5]

24skater,

looks good towing that baby!!

vwfreak,

that is an awesome motor swap!! holy sheot :eek:

ragtop,

i can only hope i get that kind of mileage outa my jeep


i worked on it today getting it ready for a trip to the jellico sand caves for some wheelin next weekend, maybe i'll take the digital for some pics?

later
skip

[Scream And Fly]

My brother has a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I drive it around when I'm in NY - awesome truck. Drives nice and smooth...

[vwfreak]

This is my dad's cottage jeep.
My older brother & I built it for him a few years ago, when I first got got bitten by the Jeep bug.
I pretty much just use it for launching the Mirage. It never sees snow either, so it should be a good candidate for a small block swap in a few years. :cool:

vwfreak,

J ust
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[Talon2.5]

greg,

i bet that grand cherokee is a sweet ride!!

VwFreak,

thats a nice wrangler, what size lift ya got on that cherokee? definately got some meats on there :cool:

[Talon2.5]

well i went, and all i can say is holy ****!! man i was trail riding and rock crawling, deep mud holes with water over my grill and it never stalled or got stuck

i do need more lift though, some of the rock that we climbed dented my rocker panels and tweaked the front bumper, knocked off my wheel balance weights and took a chunk out of the passenger side rear tire sidewall

when i met up with the folks they didnt think it would make it on the trails, within a few hours i had them all smiling and cheering every time i crawled a rock formation, all i heard all day was... man can ya believe that cherokee, it's doing awesome, i wouldnt have believed it if i hadnt seen it....they took a ton of pics of us doing the trail and said they would send them to me

we were gone from 7 AM and got home at 10:30 PM, what a day!! i still cant believe what we accomplished with that cherokee!!! never got stuck or winched

wendy was a trail trooper!!! we both have sore necks today as well as the rest of our bodies but man what an experience

the pics are....

1- the jeeps just outside the caves

2- the entrance walking into the caves (then the battery died on the camera i was pissed only got three pics of the caves)


skip

[Fish]

cool. before too long, wendy is gonna need a ladder to climb into the jeep ;) :D

[Talon2.5]

i was just over at Rusty's offroad jeep parts pricing a 5 inch full suspension lift ;) :D

we had a bunch of toyota's with us, check these lifts out!! the orange one had taken 1st place in a mud bog contest the night before, pics are a bit blurry cause i jumped out in front to get a pic and ran back before i got run over, they were coming fast, my little cherokee had already gone through this and i got out for pics....

[Talon2.5]

i was the last one to go up this rock deal

you can see my black tire marks trying to get up over the foot and a half tall rock face at the base of the "rock stairs" we went up, then we stopped and had lunch and to the left of this pic just beyond the trees was an 8th mile high drop off straight down, was pretty cool standing on the ledge

[Talon2.5]

link to the days photo album till the camera battery died

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/Jellico%20Wheelin/?action=view&current=MVC-012S.jpg

[Talon2.5]

did English mountain yesterday.....

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/English%20Mtn%20Wheelin/

[Hack02]

A winch would be a good addition. One of the best investments you can make. You can pull yourself out of just about any situation or pull yourself over something almost impossible to make and save your drivetrain. Cool pics. Kinda gives me the fever again.

[Talon2.5]

i spent some time on it today cleaning it up from the 2 weekends of wheelin

Cleaned up ( http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/Jeep%20Pics/?action=view&current=MVC-024S.jpg)

bought a Mig welder to start making rock sliders and a bumper setup for the front and rear

i took my nieghbor with me yesterday to the mountain and at one point when we were stopped for a beer we talked about incorporating a winch into the bumper design i have in my head

then we took these of the engine and had lunch, they are 2 ribeye steaks marinated and cooked on the motor :D

Steaks ( http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/English%20Mtn%20Wheelin/?action=view&current=CookinSteaks.jpg)

sure have found out the 2 inch lift isnt enough :D :eek: i'm hoping to get pics from both trips the guy's took of me going over stuff and will add them to the online album, maybe one or 2 of the pics will show me where the rocker dents came from? :rolleyes:

did 6 hours of wheelin on a 1/4 tank of gas and that included the ride to the place... and the trail... and back, not to bad

later
skip

[montiboats24]

im looking at a 92 cherakee with 184k freeway miles for a first car(im only 15) anything that comonly goes out on these? expecially with this many miles? i can get it for 1800 is this a good deal?

[Talon2.5]

go to the XJ-cherokee section at jeepforum.com and read up on them, there are some things that go on them but mine hasnt even hic-uped so i'm not able to say what the normal "gremlins" are of them, ive heard if it has the 4.0 six cylinder and has been taken proper care of it should last almost 300 though on miles

skip

[Hack02]

4-wheeling is fairly inexpensive to do once you have your rig like you want it. Even if you start breaking stuff your usually not talking thousands of dollars. I've found the quickest way to break something is to get one wheel off the ground spinning wildly and let it come back down and grab. Crunch. Spider gears are the easiest to break, or the wimpy two piece hubs on a CJ (go to one piece and no problem). Lockers somewhat solve the spider gear syndrome.
About winch mounting; I saw a clean one once. The guy had a big reciever on the front and back and the winch mounted on a plate that could be plugged into either end. He had a bad 4 bye; old Blazer with 454 and 1 ton axles locked up at each end with 44's.

[Talon2.5]

hack02

ya say the pics give ya the fever again....what did ya used to run?

yep on the reciever winch deal, we were at work talking about one of those yesterday, damn good idea!! :cool:

ive had my wheels in the air spinning and when that happens to me i hit the brakes and get everything "settled down" before i make my next move, slow and accurate as possible over dem rocks :D

[Hack02]

I had a CJ7 years ago with 38's, now I have an old CJ5 with 36's, Warn 9000 on front, one piece axles. I've got a tow bar on the front. Maybe I'll drag it up there and ride some weekend.

[Talon2.5]

heck yea come on up some time i'll keep ya posted if we have a run this fall, i hear windrock is not to harsh on the equipment, there was a group going this weekend but i stayed home to work on my shop area to get it ready for some welding/fabrication in the near future

first 2 things...

"front swaybar diconnects" or may just make 'em 2 inches longer, and move the brakeline mount lower

"rear shackles lengthened" an inch to go with the 2 inch blocks, need to get an add a leaf also, already made another brake line mount

then....

3 inch front springs, lower arms, trackbar relocation bracket

then....

try it on the trails again, if i have the height i need then i'll look into some new wheels and tires

[vwfreak]

These are definitely the way to go, for your YJ,TJ,XJ, or Toyota 4 Runner.
Get a set of these, and a set of quick-disconect sway bars.
Once you have these go out again with you buddies and their "stock rigs".
You'll be amazed at the difference these will make for you. :cool:

vwfreak,

[Talon2.5]

ive been eyeballin those baby's in the magazine :D ;)

[Talon2.5]

i left the jeep parked this weekend and jumped on the harley and took a ride to north carolina through "The Dragon" it's 318 curves in 11 miles, sadly there is someone hurt or killed every weekend, sure enough we came accross an accident, all looked alive though thank god

then we went through north carolina to the cherokee reservation and accross the smokies back into tennessee

aaaahhhh what a ride :D

later
skip

[vwfreak]

My buddies make the trip down there at least 3 times each year.
They're the crotch rocket guys that try to make the run as fast as possible, without having to add parts to the "Tree of Shame". (of course!)

A good friend even looked into purchasing the place that they always stay at, a few years ago, because he loved it sooooo much down there.
Sadly his father passed away as he was working out the deal, and he had to back out in order to take care of his mom.

Any Harley parts on that tree??? ;)

vwfreak,

[Hack02]

Talon, did you go across the Cherohalia (spelling) Skyway out of Tellico. Thats a pretty good ride. Goes up to between 5 and 6 thousand feet. 129 is a great road for motorcycles. Its work just going from one end of the Dragon to the other.

[pyro]

1998 Jeep Cherokee LIMITED. Gray leather interior with fake burlwood dash accents. This is my tow pig, I have owned it for about 3 months. We towed the Vegas XT up to Hardy Dam and back, 380 miles round trip, averaging 15 miles per gallon.

[Talon2.5]

VWfreak

i saw that tree, spent a few minutes having a cigar walking around it reading the things written on the parts, some were rest in peace with dates, some were stuff like....came to kick the dragons a$$ but now i'm leaving with broken wrists, all kids of little sayings on the parts

didnt see any harley parts that i remember, mostly sportbike stuff

hack02

no we ran a bunch of backroads to the chillhowie lake and went in from there, hope to get a pic of my bike running through from killboy.com after they sift through the pics and post them for that date 9/17

Pyro

nice ride man!! gotta get her off road sometime and see how she does :cool:

[Talon2.5]

the NAXJA fall flog was this past weekend on a tennessee trail, these boys were serious!!

i missed it due to a planned camping trip

check out the pics from the link below...

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68971

later
skip

[P man]

Next summer I think im going to buy my 1st vehicle. Id like to get an older 4,0l 4dr cherokee but want to make it a 'bit' more capible. My plan as of now is to pick up a 91-93 cherokee, raise it up 3 inches and throw on some 31's

1) What 4x4 systems were offered... Command-Trac 4wd?
2) whats good about this system
3) Ive heard that they were offered with limited slip diffs in the back but that the clutches wore out FAST!! is this true and what other diffs were offered
4) Any of u guys run lockers?

The cherokee definatly has the ability to look great with little work.
Any help is great!

[Talon2.5]

pman, theres a cherokee forum at www.jeepforum.com and there is days of reading in there on the different systems that came in them and what kits to lift them with

1) yes i think it is command trac

2) ya dont have to lock in hubs, just shift on the fly when going to 4 high and some like mine have a "4 part time" for wet or icey roads that only kicks in when the wheels break loose and of course it has 4 lo

3) the dana 44 rear end isnt as tough as the chrysler 8.25 rear end that came in some of the cherokees, the 44 has less splines on the axles, when looking for a cherokee try to find one that had a factory towing package, some guys swap 'em out with the ford explorer 8.8 rears

4) lockers are basically a must when doing serious offroading

skip

[pyro]

"Select-Trac" is the one with both full-time and part0time.

The full time mode places a differential gearset between front and rear wheels, allowing each to turn at a different speed while making tight turns on dry pavement.

The part-time mode posi-locks the front end to the rear end, so that no matter what, this provides excellent snow traction, but you can damage the drivetrain by driving on dry pavement and making turns in part-time.

I've noticed that the lever doesn't seem to mechanically shift the gearing, but rather is an "actuator" of sorts, that tells the transfer case to shift. Mine doesn't actually shift in or out of 4WD unless the vehicle is free rolling. In other words, driving down the road, if I shoft from 2WD to 4WD full-time, it doesn't shift at that moment. If I let off the gas and coast for a secons, the 4X4 wil engage. You can hear a louder "roaring" when it's engaged. Once again, when I shift back to 2WD, it doesn't disengage 4WD until the vehicle has a moment to coast with no load.

Three of the tranfre case lever positions are in this order: 2WD, 4 part-time, 4 full-time. On at least one occasion, it has accidentally locked into part-time because I didn't yank the lever up to full-time quick enough. If you linger at the part-time click for a second while trying to shift to full-time, it engages part-time, and then you encounter the wheel binding problem when turning. I have had to put it into reverse, roll backward, then put it back in D and roll forward before it would go into normal full-time and allow me to turn.

Does this sound normal?

[vwfreak]

[QUOTE=P man]Next summer I think im going to buy my 1st vehicle. Id like to get an older 4,0l 4dr cherokee but want to make it a 'bit' more capible. My plan as of now is to pick up a 91-93 cherokee, raise it up 3 inches and throw on some 31's QUOTE]

P-Man,

If you look at the earlier posts on this thread, you can see some pics of my old XJ Cherokee. ('88 with 33's) ;) I LOVED THAT JEEP!

When the time comes to buy a lift kit, give Howard Monteith at "Jeep Thrills" a call. His shop's about a 20 min. drive from your place (Keele & Hwy#7), but worth the trip. He's helped me a lot with my projects over the years.

Another site worth looking at is www.roughcountry.com
I've seen their ads in Jeep Magazine. I don't know anyone who's tried their stuff yet, but the pricing definitely got my attention.

1984-02 XJ
3" complete system $499 USD
4.5" complete system $645 USD
6.5" complete system $995 USD *will fit 35's :cool:*

Good luck with your build up.

vwfreak,

[Talon2.5]

then you encounter the wheel binding problem when turning. I have had to put it into reverse, roll backward, then put it back in D and roll forward before it would go into normal full-time and allow me to turn.


yep that sounds like what i do to come out of 4 wheel mode to 2 wheel... but i havent come into that yet going into normal full time 4... i'm sure i will encounter that just as you have sometime

but i have had some trouble getting into the various modes out in the woods, seems a bit "finiky" at times

[pyro]

Some of you guys like to lift your Jeeps. I lowered mine. Here's the Jeep, and the "lowering kit." :D

The back seat is collapsed, and the entire cargo area is filled. I've made quite a few trips with loads of wood for winter heating. The wood was free, can't argue with that!

[Talon2.5]

damn thats a load of wood ya got there!!

a guy at work told me i can get some free wood at his uncles place, not seasoned yet but thats ok it will be by next year gotta love the "free" part!!

yep ive had mine "lowered" a few times with trips to lowes and hauling some rock :D

[OrangeCrush]

My cherokee got broken in last night. went to watch our high school football team play at Southern ct st down in New Haven CT playoffs for state champs. parked on the street walked about a1/4 mile to the stadium, got up inthe bleachers when they announce cars on the streets will be tag& towed.i walk back get there before i get ticketed move the car to the parking lot. i see the shuttle bus ask if he has room for one more, he says no. i now walk 3/4 of a mile score 6-6. we loose 21-19. my wife and i take the shuttle back to the car i go to put my key in the door when i notice it is not stright up and down. i said M......fers broke in .sure than sht open the door they ripped out my cd player stole all my cd's a broken mag lite that i would have used to bust there f..kin heads, and then use to violate there mother, and father if they knew where he be at. the thing that pisses me off is the damage to the dash and the inconfinanceto me. now i got to use my time to fix my car because some punk is to lazy to get a job. just venting Paul

[P man]

Thanks for the help guys

Ive been reading around and I think I will go with 3-3.5 inches as apposed to the 4.5 ONLY cause the Slip Yoke Eliminator thing scares me:S

Any of you guys use transfer case drop systems?

[Talon2.5]

ive done a 2 inch budget lift but plan on 3.5 to 4.5 but havent decided yet what kit to use

the 2 inch helps in clearance but the rocker dents i have now prove it wasnt enough, this rock left it's mark in my rocker panel (click on pic link) the terrain never looks as rough as it really was in pics i came out with multiple small dents and scrapes and a bent front bumper but it was a blast...

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/Jellico%20Wheelin/?action=view&current=jellico2.jpg

when we met up with these guys for the day the older guy in the pic on the left took pics of my jeep first thing in the morning when we met up.....i asked...are those "before pics?".....he said yep, you mind getting dents and sctratches?.....i said no that wont bother me....he said "good 'cause your gonna get 'em today!!"

they didnt think i would make it through the trails with only a 2 inch lift, they all had 4/6/plus lifts

i made it through 99 percent of it but did get damage that would not have happened if it was a 4 inch lift

the slip yoke eliminator is a bit of a setback to go high but i think if i 4 wheel more often and go 4+ on lift it will have to be put on my lift plans

if i go 3.5 i will do a 1 inch transfer case drop to help with the driveshaft issues, i think it will be a must with the 3+ lift and it's inexpensive to do :cool:

ya never know what you will come up against on a trail, this pic shows what we called the rock stairs, to even start up it you had to go straight up a 2 foot face of rock, in the pic you can see where i left a black mark with the front tire trying to get up it and more clearance would have helped especially concearning the front bumper....

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/Jellico%20Wheelin/?action=view&current=rockstairs1.jpg

skip

[tigweld]

this is mine:D

[tigweld]

a few more

[tigweld]

all hand built

[Rickracer]

Thanks for the help guys

Ive been reading around and I think I will go with 3-3.5 inches as apposed to the 4.5 ONLY cause the Slip Yoke Eliminator thing scares me:S

Any of you guys use transfer case drop systems?

Don't let the SYE kit intimidate you, if you're serious about 4 wheelin with Jeeps, the SYE will help a great deal with driveline issues. I did a 350/700R4 swap into a 2000 Wrangler, along with a 4" lift (and 2" transfer case drop), and it still really needs an SYE kit. Unfortunately, the super short (9" shorter) kit isn't available for the 231C (GM) transfer case, but the 6" shorter kit that is available will go a long ways towards eliminating the driveline issues that occur when you lift such a short wheelbase vehicle. If you're using a Jeep transfer case, go for the super shorty, and you may not need to drop the transfer (better ground clearance). :cool:

[Talon2.5]

Finished my 4.5 inch lift today

been a long week of nights doing the fabrication over and above the kit i got but well worth the effort :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/XJ%20Lift/?action=view&current=MVC-044S.jpg

now for new tires and wheel and hit the mountain trails :cool:

later
skip

[vwfreak]

Definitely looking meaner now!:cool: What kit did you end up going with?

Needs a set of big a$$ Super Swampers on there (33 x 12.50's), and a rack of lights. The wider tires depending on your rim's particular offset will take away a lot of the top heavy feeling that it must have right now. Then you need wider flares, and so the madness begins.... Just Empty Every Pocket
Don't forget to pick up a pair of those flex shackles too. (they're worth every penny)
Thumbs up!

vwfreak,

[Talon2.5]

thanks man!!

yep a slight snowball effect has begun hahahaha, it all happened when i was out wheeling a few weeks ago and i crushed the driver side rocker panel, that was it!! time to lift 'er up!!

it was a black diamond 3 inch kit with add a leaf

the add a leaf that came with it i left out (still new in box) i took off the 2 inch blocks in the rear and did the S-10 leaf pack deal....

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50083


front i used the BD coils and lca's and took out the stock isolators and left in the 2 inch poly spacers

did these for the swaybar links, still have to make them quick disconnect...

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoSwaybarlinks.htm

when i do the quick disconnect, i saw where someone used a wingnut up top and some other ideas, i like the way they did the lower mount here...

http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...bar_Discos.htm

transfer case drop....

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoTCdrop.htm

made my own version of these to extend the rear shocks....

http://www.detoursusa.com/xjstm.php

gonna do this for the rear brakeline, went to the part store and they didnt have a wrangler rear line in stock so i made an extension bracket for now...

http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical...eHosesOnXJ.htm

moved front brakelines as it said here....

http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...udget_Lift.htm

pretty much anything is here thanks to balloo93!!!!.....

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89273

as far as vibes go, may have a slight vibe around 65-70 MPH and the obvious next step in the lift is the SYE and woods shaft, gotta save up some more $$ for that and tires

skip

[P man]

LOOKS GREAT!!!

Cant wait to see some dirty pix lol

[Talon2.5]

got tires yesterday :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/XJ%20Lift/?action=view&current=MVC-045S.jpg

[P man]

31x10.5???

The BFG A/T's are great tires! you couldnt blow one if u tried lol


Keep me updated on the SYE situation. Ive heard of many 4.5 lifts that got by without one but it sometimes takes alot of trial and error with shimming:S

[Talon2.5]

yep 31 10.50's

so far it drives fine, no shims and the 1 inch transfer drop has the shaft ligned up nice

the only reason i'm looking into the SYE later is the yoke pulled out of the tranny a little and i dont want it to drop when i flex it on the trails

i'll let ya know though!!

[Scream And Fly]

Looks nice Skip. :)

[Talon2.5]

thanks greg!!

my godson also moved up here a year ago with his dad and he just bought his first vehicle, a 96 full size bronco, so we are planning some camping and trail rides

first day he had it he brought it straight to my garage and i showed him how to change the oil and we did a CD player and 4 speakers and welded the muffler clamp then took it out to play with the 4 wheel drive

then....i was able to start my project hehehehe

[tigweld]

Sounds like a good start;) . Where do you trail ride?

[Talon2.5]

tigweld that rig of yours is killer!!

looking around east tennessee for parks and stuff for this summer to trail ride and camp on, had to get ready first, now it's time to start looking for the best places

finally completed some more things on my ride, black diamond plate rocker pannel covers and 100 watt lights up top...

[hosejockey4506]

this is my littel jeep i have

http://www.misfitoffroad.com/e/2006-03-05_mounds/DSC_0145.JPG

[Talon2.5]

hosejockey, thats a killer "little" ride :D

heres a couple trails i took the cherokee on before the lift...

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/Jellico%20Wheelin/

http://photobucket.com/albums/a116/SkipsPics/English%20Mtn%20Wheelin/

[mobiletech1985]

l love jeeps l had 1992 4.0l take a look:)

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