Recent content by Cottontail

I'm in!

Member #176 here. Bought a 1996 ZJ in 1999, got a 1985 XJ later that year. Took the '85 to Tellico Fest (which became the Cherokee Crawl). In the 25 years since then, I've owned 14 Jeep. Currently have 3 in the driveway - a '22 WKII, an 06 XK, and an 01 XJ - that I rolled in Harlan in 2018...

Hey y'all...I'm still around and alive. Haven't done much with the XJ in a while. I get it out about once a year. I did pick up Jeep number 14 last August. By far the nicest truck I've ever owned. 2022 Sting Grey Grand Cherokee.

Hey all- I'm still around and kicking. At any given time I've got 4 or 5 Jeeps in the driveway. 4 at the moment: 2001 XJ, 2006 XK, 2006 WK, and a 1996 ZJ. I got the ZJ in 1999 with 45,000 miles on it. Owned it almost 24 years. Unfortunately in February a lady t-boned me so now it's just...

Hey all. Putting the '96 ZJ back on the road and the radio is no good. I am looking for an OEM replacement. The Jeep came originally with just a tape deck, so I'm ok with the tape deck version or the tape/CD version. Anyone have one laying around? I posted on Marketplace that I'm looking...

Are there going to be plans made for the "every 5 year" jaunt to Moab in October of 2023?

I did that years ago on my XJ, using a plexiglass and a piano hinge, with a lock mechanism. I didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would. I ended up replacing it with fixed plexiglass.

Just did a water pump on the 5.7 Hemi. Filled the radiator with coolant, turned on the heat to the lowest setting and fired the truck up. Rather than the coolant getting sucked in to the system, it started overflowing the fill hole. I let it run for about 5 minutes and the temp guage on the...

Nah....got rid of them a while back. Always on the look out though!

Didn't mention - the cables attached to the battery are all new. And it would have taken more time to drive to the store to get a voltage meter than to swap out two batteries 5 feet apart in the garage. Still not sure why the XJ starter will start with one battery and not the other, and the...

Went to start my XJ the other day and it wouldn't start. Not surprising, as I haven't driven in a couple months. Jumped it off and let it run about 30 minutes with a couple runs around the neighborhood. Shut it off and when I went to start it again it wouldn't do anything - like there wasn't...

Land Between the Lakes is about 2 hours northwest of Nashville Woolys is about an hour south of Nashville Adventure Off Road is about 2 hours southeast Windrock is about 3 1/2 hours east Hale Mountain in about 2 hours south on the Alabama border There is a place called Wheelin in the Country...

Got some rides I'm seeing advertised on Facebook if anyone is interested. I'm going to try to make some of them. February 18-20 weekend at Hawks Pride March 17-20 Shamrock Shakedown at Windrock June 16-19 Trail Jam at Loretta Lynn's Ranch July 23 - Summer Run at Windrock August 5-7 Jeep...

There is a guy on YouTube that videos trips to Doug's quite a bit. That's on my list. I guess I am spoiled in Nashville having 4 pull a part yards with 40 miles of the house. Thanks

I'm going to be in Iowa in March, and as is tradition, I always hit a junkyard on my birthday. Are there any pull a part yards near Ames or Des Moines, Altoona, Boone - basically 30-45 minute drive any direction from Ames.