Adam's 98 5-speed Build

[5-Speed XJ]

Cool build.

Have you had a chance to drive it with the new poly mounts? Thoughts?

vibs on take off thats it love them

 

[Mach2nh]

Drive line angles or bad joint.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

Got my in cab winch control panel mounted just waiting for a nice free day to wire it up.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

Drive line angles or bad joint.

idk haven't really been worried about it but going to look into the joints I have new spicers to go in for next season.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

out with the hellas in with daylight

 

[REVROK]

Outstanding and very clean build. How did you handle the 8.8 rotors with the 6 lug? Did you weld and re-drill or does someone have blanks?

 

[Mach2nh]

Rear shafts are Moser custom made moly units. And you just use the D44 front rotor as a template to drill the stock 8.8 rotor.

 

[REVROK]

Just left the 5 lug holes then?

 

[Mach2nh]

On the rotor? ya wont hurt anything. Did the same thing on the YJ and its had the same rotors for 13yrs now.

 

[REVROK]

Thanks for the quick answers... Again, great build... Very similar approach to my 91 in a lot of ways!

 

[5-Speed XJ]

In cab 12voltguy's winch control panel very easy install with their plug and play wiring harness. Also found a replacement controller plug and rubber cover on amazon.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

Things to do before rocktoberfest

Cage- tubing should be here tomorrow
Re gear The 8.8- need gears, master install, diff cover may or may not need a new carrier if so I think an e locker would be my choice.
rear shocks- mounted through the floor probably just some new white bodies until I can afford some Fox 2.0's.
Install my 99 intake and banks header
oil change and rear main seal
fix my winch or buy a new one - the LP8500 superwinches are looking good

 

[5-Speed XJ]

new to me tires

 

[clean4drxj]

nice.. where did you find those.. one of those fb forums?

 

[5-Speed XJ]

friend was downsizing to 33 10.5 km2's

 

[5-Speed XJ]

pulled the jeep in the garage today

got some fancy parts cut out

and bought some steel

to make my rear crossmember belly pan traction bar mount

2 piece interlocking pieces is the plan

Cut out some filler pieces made out of the leftover 2x3 I don't know if i like them or not yet. Could be used for more mounting points


To make clearance for the traction bar I had to remove and re plumb my evap lines and tank vent to the engine bay where I bolted in a older style evap canister.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

Drilled a bunch of holes and they all hit the crossmembers

Ten bolt holes total my small benchtop drill press made short work of it.

rear crossmember

front drivers side

front passenger side
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[5-Speed XJ]

getting caught up on maintenance
99 intake swap and banks header install

one of the 7 cracks on the stock header

new vs old

new intake vs old

done

 

[5-Speed XJ]

rebuilt the 8.8 and moved the rear end back an inch and put some new leafs in sits way better now

 

[5-Speed XJ]

started bending my cage