At Christmas our eldest son bought a set of Nordic Lights for the Jeep. At the time we were still slowly repairing it from the heavy damage I caused wheeling it at Bridgeport OHV park. The we got Covid. After that a snow storm fell upon us in North Texas and locked us in. At...
Jeep Cover Pros and Cons
Car Cover Pros Using a Jeep cover is one of the best things that you can do for your Jeep. It can help prevent sun damage and will keep your Jeep clean for longer periods of time by preventing animal droppings, leaves, grime, whatever it may be, from settling on your car. This will also save you...
Installing a Jeep Tailgate Table
SUPAREE Double-Layer Tailgate Table for Jeep Wangler Feature High quality stainless steel tailgate table for Wrangler JK Made of high quality stainless steel with textured surface, anti-rust and anti-corrosive Design in Foldable, increase the storage space inside the vehicle. Wide application in carrying foods, goods and so on Need simple drilling for installing, professional installation are recommended, drilling position guide...
Jeep Wrangler Clutch Failure
A few weeks back we wanted to take the Mudbug on a back road adventure. I came up with a route to Hico, TX that would take us on unpaved roads. We got up early to prep the Jeep for the adventure. We took the doors off, removed the soft top, and were excited to...
Replacing The Tail Lights On Our Jeep Wrangler
For quite a while we have known about issues with our LED tail lights. People behind us on trails would often let us know one was flickering or only partially lighting up. Margaret saw it the last time we were out when she was filming from behind the Jeep. We've never really liked the tail...
Jeep Wrangler JK- Installing Smittybilt XRC Atlas Rock Sliders
We finally decided to replace the damaged tube rails on the Jeep. The passenger side was dented heavily and was pushing against the pinch joint towards the rear wheel. Another good bump could easily cause body damage. It took quite a bit of time to decide on the new rock sliders. We had chosen a...
Naming A Jeep
So many Jeeper's have a deep pride in their rig. They are quick to point out the little decorative parts they painted to make it theirs. They talk about the tires, lights, bumpers, and all the other bolt on parts they replaced or added. All of the decisions THEY made to customize their Jeep. But...
Replaced The Radiator On Our Jeep
Not a whole lot to write about on this. Our Jeep radiator has been leaking for over a year. Probably since we bought it. I always assumed the radiator fluid that was dripping was coming from the over flow tank. The splashes and drips came from the area of the overflow tank. It is really...
Repairing The Front Axle On Our Jeep
After breaking down the front axle and accessing the damage we settled on the repair decisions. This was the perfect time to perform parts upgrades. When we had the rear axle upgraded by Redemption Offroad and the gear ratio changed, we did not upgrade the front axle. There were money concerns which prevented that upgrade....
The Front Axle On Our Jeep Wrangler
Decisions To Be Made At this point we had to decide what parts we were going to use for repairs. Cost would play heavily into this decision. The stock components had given out which means if we repaired back to stock it would probably happen again. Because of this we decided to perform some upgrades....
Discovering What We Broke On The Jeep
After towing the Jeep home and sleeping on what transpired we had to make some decisions. We knew a lot of parts were broken. We didn't know the extent though. I decided to wait until the following Monday and call Redemtion Offroad for some quotes. They built the rear axle for us so we knew...
We Broke The Jeep
A couple weeks back we took the Jeep to Northwest OHV Off Road Park. After repairing both exhaust manifolds we thought it would be a good time to have some fun. We met up with Waco Wheelers at the park in anticipation of an exciting day. What Happened The entire day was fabulous. We ran...
Jeep Exhaust Manifold Continued
After discovering the broken bolt on the passenger side exhaust manifold I decided to go ahead and make the proper repairs. After removing the passenger side manifold I was greeted by a welcome surprise! The bolt was not broken into the block like the drivers side. There was still some of the bolt sticking out...
Jeep Exhaust Manifold
Since purchasing the Jeep we have had a dreaded heat shield vibration at around 3500 rpm. It's quite annoying and makes you assume something is wrong mechanically. After a trip to Crossbar Ranch in Oklahoma I decided it was time to find the cause. I started with the exhaust header heat shield. That seemed to...
Tires on the Jeep
A completely unplanned for upgrade took place last week. We had to get new tires on the Jeep. What Happened A few weeks back we went to Crossbar Ranch in Oklahoma to run some trails. The Jeep performed well and we didn't see that anything had happened to it. The rear passenger tire has always...
Jeep Wrangler Ball Joint Upgrade
The final upgrade on this last round we did was to install heavier ball joints. When we purchased the Jeep it was still running the stock ball joints. That's not necessarily a bad thing but since someone had put larger tires on and did hardly any mechanical upgrades to handle the extra rotational mass and...
Jeep Wrangler Axle Shaft Upgrade
This weeks topic on our upgrade is axle shafts. This was not a planned upgrade but one we made anyway. What Went Wrong Since purchasing the Jeep we have had a few repairs to make. Those have been outlined in various posts over the last couple of months. One of the repairs I did not...
E-Locker Upgrade
Last post we covered the initial upgrades we decided to make as a result of some of the off roading we have been doing. In this post we will continue with other upgrade decisions we made. Axle Lockers When we went to Barnwell Mountain Recreation Area we tried the jeep on some harder trails than...
Re-Gearing to 4.88 Ratio
Hot Springs ORV Park was a blast. It did however push us to make some more upgrades to the Jeep. Redemption Offroad in North Richland Hills, TX is who did our upgrades. The upgrades were beyond my level of competence and even if I knew how to do the work I don't have the tools...
Hot Springs ORV Park- March 2020
It's spring break time and that meant Margaret was out of school for a week! It also meant we wanted to do something fun! That led us to Hot Springs ORV Park in Arkansas! The last time North Texas Jeep Club went there we were unable to make it. That was disappointing because they ran...