The black jeep - 1 ton XJ

[Rockwood]

I was wondering if you gave up because we hadn’t seen anything for a minute

Looks killer. Still don’t know how you get in the fucker

Mostly sober is my guess.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Jeep is finally done-ishwheelin for the first time has been great! Jeep is far more capable than I can drive it. Will take a little to learn it completely but so far everything is working great minus my brand new leaking master cylinder resivour

wheelin with the whole family!

 

[FleshEater]

Jeep is finally done-ishwheelin for the first time has been great! Jeep is far more capable than I can drive it. Will take a little to learn it completely but so far everything is working great minus my brand new leaking master cylinder resivour

wheelin with the whole family!

Is that SMORR?

 

[Mike Honcho]

Yessir! Bring that buggy down when you're done!

 

[Leadfoot21]

Glad to see it together ! Awesome to see you got the whole family out there ! I wanted to come see it put to work been excited to see it since you first posted it . Best of luck this weekend!

 

[Mike Honcho]

Beat on the jeep pretty good the last day of wheeling and nothing broke the rig is super stable and I feel no need to add anti-rock after feeling it out. Coilovers did settle a little and I added about 1/2” preload to both front and rear to get it back to where it was. The ride quality is great although I’m comparing it to my leaf spring MJ which rides like shit. It waa so much fun wheeling with the whole fam in the rig, our 4yo was loving it

I have some more pics and videos I’ll post once we get back to a Wi-Fi signal.

This is the last waterfall on True Grit. It was slick as hell but I made it happen with second gear on the limiter Buddy I was wheelin with is on sticky Mickeys and also had to give it the beans so that made me feel pretty good about my jeep. The Maxis tires are working pretty good so far.

 

[Mike Honcho]

 

[Mike Honcho]

 

[Mike Honcho]

I should have taken more videos and pics! The rig goes pretty good so not much stopping/ BSing or wrenching on rigs like I’m used to

After cleaning I did notice I bent a front lower link so I’m gonna straighten that out. Also the Yukon super joints started squeaking the first day about an hour in. I re-greased them but damn I would have hoped to go a full day of wheeling without having them squeaking like that?

Also going to do a tune up on the 4.0 and a refresh on the cooling system just to keep it reliable as I can. Also my new Dodge MC resi is leaking so I’m going to warranty /swap that out.

 

[KungFooMASTA]

That is awesome! I showed my wife too. We loved wheeling with you and your daughter. I wish we could have made it out this weekend. We will do a big trip again but it might not be in October this year. It could be this summer or more likely next spring.

 

[fl0w3n]

Turned out rad man, glad to see the family enjoying it. I hope to convince mine to join me one day.

What type of grease are you running on the super joints? I have some nitro Excalibur for my next axle build and would like to not regret it after a half day out lol

 

[Mike Honcho]

I bought a 4 tubes of Schaeffer Manufacturing Co 274 per the suggestions on here and will be running this once the oem stuff is gone.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JF2LBQ6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

This is the grease that was in the kit with my joints.

 

[FLUX]

Congratulations dude! Your kids will always remember those trips.

 

[FleshEater]

Your video of spinning tire to get over that obstacle has me second guessing life’s choices considering engine selection…

That Jeep ended up being worth the time, frustration and money.

 

[chaplinfj60]

very cool for sure.
what size is that lower link that bent. i bent my 2inch x .25 wall all the time. first trip out on 2.25 x .375 wall and no more bending....

i too have been eyeballing the Milwaukee pack racks. do they really hold that damn good? look like they do.

thanks

 

[Mike Honcho]

Your video of spinning tire to get over that obstacle has me second guessing life’s choices considering engine selection…

That Jeep ended up being worth the time, frustration and money.

Big turbo

 

[Mike Honcho]

very cool for sure.
what size is that lower link that bent. i bent my 2inch x .25 wall all the time. first trip out on 2.25 x .375 wall and no more bending....

i too have been eyeballing the Milwaukee pack racks. do they really hold that damn good? look like they do.

thanks

I will eventually upgrade to some aluminum lowers.

Packouts work great. Had the cooler packed FULL and the tooling boxes probably have more weight than recommended.

 

[Rockwood]

Big turbo