Recent content by Root Moose

In a CJ at ~70 mi/h I'd take 10-12 miles per short gallon as a gift. CJs do not have aerodynamics - they are a blunt object torturing the air at those speeds. Run a tank at 55 mi/h to see what you get. I'd think ~15 mi/h or even better could be possible if your axle ratio is not too low for...

Re: disconnecting the battery. I've never done it in the last 30 years or whatever. Never had an issue. I've also never grounded my self when working on computers in the last 30 years. Recently that worked against me for the first time. Nothing unique or special done, just situational plus that...

Everyone like pictures, no? Horror shows below... Being realistic, this Jeep is too far gone. Shame. Getting front/mid/back cuts and/or making a new frame are interesting ideas. Maybe if I didn't have 2 other XJs and an MJ I'd consider looking further into that. There's only so many...

Awesome work! This is what I like to see. Maybe get a spool of carbon nylon to make it last.

I have a 2 door XJ that I bought a long time ago to be a drivetrain donor for my MJ. This was a long time ago, maybe 12-13 years and well back before XJs were becoming collectible. It's a moderately built Jeep with typical northeast rust. The uniframe at the driver's side foot well is basically...

Have you trolled thingiverse and the other STL file repos yet? Start there. Otherwise this is a perfect project to get your head wrapped around FreeCAD/Blender/Prusa/Fusion/whatever. Given the variability of prints between makes/models and uploaded models you might be better served creating it...

Are the rear springs compressed the same amount side to side? Is the shackle angle the same on both sides? You say the axle is square with the body but is that longitudinally or transversely? Being close the vehicle can make it easy to miss something obvious - step back a few dozen feet and...

FWIW, about 15 years ago I had to switch the case on my front D30 to go to 4.56 gears. I called ARB USA and they were pretty decent about selling me the bits to change it for what I thought was a reasonable price at the time. I forget what it actually cost and that was the "before times" so...

Can you elaborate? What does this do for the Jeep?

I was fairly shocked when I weighed my XJ after building it. This was about 10+ years ago but I remember it being ~4400 lbs. This would be long arms, stiffeners, Arb front bumper w/ winch, steel rear bumpers, sliders, WJ braked Dana 30, FF Scout Dana 44, and weeny 32" tires on steel wheels. IIRC...

Thanks for the pointer. Gives me another option to investigate.

What's the latest guidance on PCM tuning? It looks like HPTuners had a viable product for a while, and then end-of-lifed the MPVI2 dongle for the MPVI3 which has borked the JTEC+ plus support and even today people are bricking their PCMs in spite of supposed support. What other options are...

Hey Gang, Planning to tear into the XJ this weekend. It's been parked for 10 years and I hope to get it back on the road. When the Jeep was parked it had a cooling system issue. It was a long time ago, but from what I recall the Jeep would overheat if it was pushed hard. If you just...

Ha, our posts passed each other at the same time. Thanks for the additional SYE note. I won't do a transfer case drop just on principle. Ha

Sorry, reading comprehension wasn't that great when I posted last. Lots to unpack. Under ~2" of lift stock length arms are fine? The stock arms are such flimsy things maybe I'll upgrade to adjustable in the future but for now they are fine. WJ arms are the same length? Boomerang shackles and...