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Not much happening on the jeep since I've been busy with school, but I'm getting it prepped for 5 day trip to north Georgia around thanksgiving. Last month my headlights stopped working and my AC wasn't cold anymore. My headlights still worked when I turned on my high beams so I figured out that...

Hows your JCR tire carrier doing? I installed mine and I've noticed that it has some vibrations and rattling. The vibrations normally come when Im cruising at a constant speed and I hit the natural frequency of the bumper. If i accelerate or brake the vibes will go away. If I push down on the...

Salvage yard finds Yesterday I checked the local salvage yard to see if they had any new cherokees for me to raid. I pull up their website and find this: Its a nice clean 2001 cherokee and from the pics it looks like someone invested a fair amount of money on it. It has a winch bumper, at...

Fixed a couple of small things that were bothering me. First is the coolant bottle which was super old and dirty. I can barely see the coolant level and there was probably some dirt or other crap in it. Since a new bottle was only $23, figured I would just replace it. Old vs new: Also...

Not sure what axle the WJ has, but you should look into the ZJ disc brake upgrade. I think you have the Chrysler 8.25, which can fit ZJ disc brake backing plates with only a little dremeling of the center hole. If you search around you'll find lots of write ups and theres even a guy on cherokee...

Jeep won't start Last week I noticed that the key was getting harder to turn when starting the car. Then one day the car just wouldn't start. All the lights would come on, A/C would work, just not cranking. Found out that if the blower fan stays on while the key is in the start position, then...

Ujoints, Hubs, SYE Updates! I've been running a tcase drop for a while now but finally decided to upgrade to an SYE. I ordered a JB conversions SYE, new transmission mount, and Adams driveshaft. Since this is my DD and I don't have really have time at the moment, I opted to have my local jeep...

I've heard that smittybuilt has quality issues so I've avoided buying their products. I ended up buying the JCR cause it had the best look and met all my performance needs. I'm planning on keeping this cherokee forever so I figured it would be ok to spend more for something that I'll be happy with.

Yeah, bumper was not cheap. I waited to buy it in the black friday sale so at least the accessories were included. So far the STTs are great but I haven't driven them real hard yet. I got the E rated ones and they are definitely stiffer than the C rated duratracs I was on before. The duratracs...

This weekend I made some changes to the jeep and installed ironman4x4 shackle relocation brackets and new JCR bumper and tire carrier. I've had the relocation brackets for almost a year but was hesitant to install it because I didn't want to break anything and lose my DD. Before I started the...

Today my plan was to replace the hubs and axle shaft u-joints. Unfortunately, I could not get the axle nut off even with a 4 ft cheater bar. So, pretty much couldn't do any part of that job. Im going to try heating it up with some propane and see if that will loosen it up. Since I had the wheel...

Nice, thats a super clean XJ. I really love the notch fender flares. When I get the money I'll probably go that route, just have a ton of stuff that I need to do first. Did you do the install yourself? I heard that they're kind of a pain to install.

Wouldn't putting a higher amp fuse kind of defeat the purpose of a fuse? From my understanding, you set the fuse based off your wire size so that the fuse will blow instead of melting wires and causing fires. I suppose that if the high loads are only temporary it may still be ok. Right now I...

Alternator upgrade So last week I got the check gauges light and then the check engine light. When I checked the codes, I got P1682 and P1698 for low voltage and No CCD Messages received from PCM. I think that my alternator died which then did something to trigger the P1698. Since I have never...

Yeah, thats the transmission temp gauge.

Thats a good looking XJ! Since I don't smoke, I figured i would get rid of the ash tray and lighter. In their place, i installed a switch panel and USB charging port. The switch panel is designed and 3D printed by me.

Thanks, they're autofab hood pins

They're farmer johnson offroad mounts. I like them cause they keep the bar low, but at the same time the cooling fins on the back of my bar touch the windshield gasket in the center. This ends up collecting leaves and pine needles sometimes.

Starting my build thread for my 1998 XJ sport. Currently I'm located in florida getting a graduate engineering degree. Once I finish, my plan is to travel a bit with my dog before I start looking for work. This jeep is my only vehicle so I'll be using it drive around town, rock crawl, and do...