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Our crew will be arriving on Wednesday and riding Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 1988 XJ locked on 33's 1995 YJ locked on 35's We will be running the easy stuff for the most part. We will probably go to the rail shed and bald knob for sure.

Extra meals tickets can be purchased at the event. Just get with Drew in advance.

It looks like that is a Tuesday and Wednesday. I'm not sure of anyone going those days right now but they there is plenty of time to make plans.

I was surprised to see that the Superwinch drum has a hole in it with a set screw that secures the rope to the tube. The Smittybuilt line is made to use a bolt that attaches to the side flange of the drum. The end of the Smittybuilt rope is way too big to feed through the smaller hole.

Best laid plans.............. Got the box out of the Grand that was from a 2001 XJ. Then started checking out the box on the 1988. Hmmmm, it's dry. Where are the puddles of power steering fluid coming from? Looks like the pump is leaking but we did notice a drip coming from the input to the...

I got Mark and myself registered at the last minute last night!

More modern front seatbelts Steering box swap Grease everything Maybe try a new power wire to the TCM if I have time - I can manually shift it again if I have to. I'm not even going to change my oil this year. I did it last year and it was still golden in color.

Coming up soon I will need to replace the steel line on my winch with the new synthetic rope along with the new aluminum hawse fairlead I recent aquired. That should be pretty straightforward. I also need to get the steering box off of the Grand and swap it into the XJ. That box, pump and...

I'll be there.

Whoooohooooo!!!!!!!

I thought that was pretty awesome. I'm not sure about the final numbers yet as that last update was through 3/29. Midwest is always a tough one to beat.

We almost made it.

Renewed!

It looks like I will need a new battery now. I don't drive the XJ very much and like a idiot, I left it connected and it has drawn it down and killed it. I also noticed that I have a new puddle that seems to keep growing under the power steering box. I've got to dig into that and see if it...

I'll have to check this out. Thanks for the link.