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...