I think I broke my front ring gear, but it was fun while it lasted, no pics, it was too wet to pull out the good camera. I'll post some of the carnage when I open it up)
I continue to surprise people with my xj and I love it. At one point we asked a small group consisting of a tj on 35 boggers and a cj8 on 36 tsls both locked, and the cj on 1-ton axles if we could tag along. After giving me a "we really don't want to have to pull your ass up all these trails" look, they said ok. To their amazement I was able to crawl up what they couldn't and they were the ones who ended up having to take the easier lines or get pulled up.
Font gears gave up on an easy obstacle and I was able to make the climb out with 2 wheels pulling, but the people watching got a helluva show.
When ascending the hill with only rear wheels pulling the overheat/"check gauges" tone went off, I believe my quote was "SHUT THE F*&^ UP AND TAKE IT YOU WHINEY BI*&^!!" followed by liberal application of the throttle. :firedevil because I know damn well the engine wasn't 260 degrees.