zcoughlin
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- Location
- Ventura County CA
i came home from a great trip to big bear to a giant puddle of coolant under my jeep...... i know what ill be doing next weekend..
Weekend is over...what did you get done?
- Thread starter Mr.Shrek
- Start date
- Location
- Camden, SC
WHere you going to be this weekend? Dave and Lennie will be at URE camping on Friday and I'm making a day trip on Saturday.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
I wish I had enough of a life outside of work to be able to go. Tho, it would suck if I went this weekend and April fell thru the passenger floor board. Can't have that.Blue 97 XJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- charlotte NC/ Boone NC
painted and finely put on 
Cnickgo
Do you need assistance?
- Location
- Monterey, CA
I'm going to be in Boone Saturday, heading back to Cary that afternoon. I could do URE Sunday, but I have a feeling I'm just going to want to have a day at home by that point.
- Location
- Camden, SC
Yea I can see that. I'm just going for the day.
thechief86
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- White House, TN
drove the waggy from nashville, tn to tybee island, ga! she made it there and back with no problem! 
arty:i only got about 7 mpg, though, which came out to about $500 in gas
i had fun, but dealing with the wife once she realized we were getting such crappy mileage was a nightmare!
so now we have about $100 bucks to last us about a week, whih doesn't scare me, but i'm catching all kinds of hell from her about it, because her car gets 40 mpg.
long story short, in the next couple years, my waggy will be getting a cummins 4bt swap, which should get me close to 30 mpg....
arty:i only got about 7 mpg, though, which came out to about $500 in gasi had fun, but dealing with the wife once she realized we were getting such crappy mileage was a nightmare!
so now we have about $100 bucks to last us about a week, whih doesn't scare me, but i'm catching all kinds of hell from her about it, because her car gets 40 mpg.
long story short, in the next couple years, my waggy will be getting a cummins 4bt swap, which should get me close to 30 mpg....
bigalpha
Moderator
- Location
- Tucson, AZ
Why wouldnt you take her car to begin with?
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
I feel your pain, 5mpg diesel adds up fast.drove the waggy from nashville, tn to tybee island, ga! she made it there and back with no problem!
i had fun, but dealing with the wife once she realized we were getting such crappy mileage was a nightmare!
so now we have about $100 bucks to last us about a week, whih doesn't scare me, but i'm catching all kinds of hell from her about it, because her car gets 40 mpg.
long story short, in the next couple years, my waggy will be getting a cummins 4bt swap, which should get me close to 30 mpg....
Speaking of which, apparently I've been driving a 5 cylinder multifuel for a week or so. Discovered Tuesday night that the rhythmic hissing noise I have been hearing was air escaping from cyl #6 via a 2" long chunk of blown out head gasket. No water in the oil, no oil in the coolant, great oil pressure, still does 50mph on the highway, hasn't lost any coolant or any significant amount of oil so I am buying gaskets and hoses and will likely get the head milled, throw a new gasket in, and button it back up.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
After you do all that it should at least do the speed limit! Sweet! lol
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
hahaha, I haven't done the speed limit since just after I bought it.
Read the manuals and the military specs the engine as having a redline of 2600rpm, but only expects the engines to last a couple years. The original engine manufacturer specs it at 2200rpm max constant operation. It runs 2600rpm at 52mph, I usually keep it to 50 or below which is about 2500 max. Once I get 46" tires onto it (that's the plan, not sure if I can afford it, may end up with another set of 42" NDTs) I'll be able to do about 50 at 2300rpm, which will make the engine last way longer.
Seeing as the engine weighs 1800lbs... I want it to last as long as possible. They can usually be picked up for under 800 dollars in good used shape but I have nothing to cherry-pick an engine that large.
Read the manuals and the military specs the engine as having a redline of 2600rpm, but only expects the engines to last a couple years. The original engine manufacturer specs it at 2200rpm max constant operation. It runs 2600rpm at 52mph, I usually keep it to 50 or below which is about 2500 max. Once I get 46" tires onto it (that's the plan, not sure if I can afford it, may end up with another set of 42" NDTs) I'll be able to do about 50 at 2300rpm, which will make the engine last way longer.
Seeing as the engine weighs 1800lbs... I want it to last as long as possible. They can usually be picked up for under 800 dollars in good used shape but I have nothing to cherry-pick an engine that large.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
just scored a set of yukon superjoints complete for 125 bucks 
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
yeah... it's just something that constantly worries me :shiver: I am used to having all the spare parts and tools on hand to fix damn near anything on my rigs, including most of a spare drivetrain, this whole "if it blows up I am paying a hefty towing bill and even then can't get the new parts to it, or into it, because they are too heavy" thing is new to me.We've already been over this...
If I were to play this the way I normally do I would buy a 5 ton wrecker next, but I simply can't afford to have more than one vehicle that large... hell the way things are going I can barely afford this one.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
just scored a set of yukon superjoints complete for 125 bucks
I'll give ya $126 for em.
stumpXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
Not the weekend, but I just got finished building my rear winch bumper.
here is the build thread...
http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1041444
here is the build thread...
http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1041444
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Started chopping the floor out. I managed to cut a good bit of it out. I still have to cut more and clean everything good enough to weld to. I cut a rough outline of the sheet I'll start with.
I still have to drill holes for all the plug welds to the unibody and drill holes for the seat mounting bolts.
No, I was not drunk even tho that cut I made looks like a 2 dimensional rollercoaster.
I still have to drill holes for all the plug welds to the unibody and drill holes for the seat mounting bolts.
No, I was not drunk even tho that cut I made looks like a 2 dimensional rollercoaster.
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