The Koolaid Project

Ah, the fun part of modified vehicles.

I'd have to get my floor fixed up but otherwise she's rolling and ready to go. I have new gear sets but they're way down the list of things to do.

 

Are you going to regear yourself? I haven't attempted that yet. My new axles came with lockers and 4.88's. Mini spool in the rear and lockright in the front.

When I did my floors I didn't know how to weld, so I just used some adhesive and sheet metal screws. I was going to go back, take out the screws, and rivet them in place, but the sheet metal screws worked fine, so I didn't bother.

 

yeah I'm doing the gears myself. I have everything for the gears. Even different housings so as not to make the Jeep undriveable, which was sersious concern at my last house.

I need time and some money for things like ball joints and unit bearings and brakes for the regeared axles. The stuff on the Jeep now isn't worth the hassle of swapping over.

 

are you upgrading axles or what axles do you have and what gears are you going with?

 

I've got 4.56 for a danda 30 front and chry 8.25 in the rear. So stock axles for now. Until I just moved I had no place to leave it torn down long term for an axle swap other than a straight bolt in. I'm debating selling the gear sets I have and getting some bigger axles.

 

Any chance you want a brand new Lockright locker for the 8.25. Still in the box, never installed. I ended up upgrading axles before I got around to installing it.

 

That would help me break it quicker to convince the wife upgraded axles are needed!

 

Alright, this "project" has basically turned into a chat thread with me and iwingameover... hahahahaha

Hey, when are we going wheeling? I am REALLY close to getting my POS ready for inspection. We need to plan a trip to Rausch. If I have a deadline I might actually get the work done quicker.

I want to wrap up the work on my Jeep XJ, so that I can get to work on my bike XJ. The bike bug bit me again and I really want to ride!

 

Well......right on cue.....

Summer hit and the bike bug bit me HARD. Of course, the Jeep isn't done yet, but I'm not letting that keep me from working on the bike this year. The new goal is to have the bike up and running this riding season and then the Jeep done before the end of Winter. That is COMPLETELY doable, but seeing how little progress I've made on everything in the last 3-5 years, I could still drop the ball and end up back on here in a few more years saying the same old shit.

I DID hook up a battery to the bike last week, threw some gas in the auxiliary tank, and the f'er fired right up, but gas poured out of the pod filters. I popped the carbs off to check them out and what did I find when I opened them up??? Yeah..... it wasn't pretty. They were all gummed up again. I am going to need another rebuild kit and I might as well go up a few jet sizes while I'm at it. I was STILL looking for a kit, but I might just buy the jets by themselves instead of continuing to beat my head against the wall looking for a kit.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to work on cleaning them up a little bit tonight.

 

Get er done bud! Best bet to buy jets from XJ4ever. Cheaper that way you don't need the kit.

 

Apparently I already placed an order with Len for some new jets, but I don't ever remember getting them. It was right before I deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan after losing my job back in 10/2010. I really don't want to buy a THIRD set of jets for this thing, but I guess I might have to bite the bullet and shell out another $50 before I can put these back together and get them installed.

 

Youll find them right after you put the new ones in.

 

I think that's Newton's fifth law: "An object that is lost will tend to stay lost until search is abandoned and replacement is ordered."
You can't fight physics.

 

WOW! I didn't realize how long it had been since I've posted in here. The XJ is still sitting. I chopped off the whole ass end of it and ripped out all of the wiring like 2 years ago and haven't touched it since. I've had a lot of stuff going on in life and at work, but hopefully I'll have more garage time here soon. I have to finish up some work on the family's daily drivers, my '99 Durango, and then will probably get the Jeep XJ finished up before moving on to the Yamaha XJ. Just thought I'd post a quick note in here.

 

I am amazed at your dedication. 9 years since the project been started and you still have hopes on finishing it one day.