Big_Mark

umm where is the members map?

WHY DON"T THE CHECK EVERY DAY?? Haw haw haw.. I'll check the Map thanks Boss

Well seems I'm alone up here in the North! I found some potential roads right out my back door, I'll let ya'll know what I discover! All those dashed lines are "Jeep" trails. the mountain is covered in them. I suspect some of these roads (if not all) are going to be overgrown or behind gates. The discover is the adventure!

I just moved to Everson WA and am looking for some information on how to get to the mountain tops around here. I think there are a lot of private forests but there has to be some public access close by as well ? Lemme know if you know, ya know?

That looks great!

I suggest some coil overs in the front, those shackles spell danger !!!

Way to represent WA State Minche!

The local auto glass place here in Snohomish quoted me $300 to replace mine, including gasket. Maybe they have a time machine for parts delivery or something...

I bought a closed system replacement radiator from RockAuto.com it's working great. The only "thing" I ran into was the auxiliary fan switch sending unit thread did not match the treads in the new radiator, so I relocated the switch.

Sorry this is happening to you! Losing a job, unexpectedly (and in general) is not fun. I'm sure you'll find something else, and hopefully better. Endings are also beginnings, hopefully these words are helpful! P.S. as others have said, you have nothing to apologize for here, ya done good man!

Thanks for the link! Now I know where my money is going.... lol

I sent my steering box off to https://www.westtexasoffroad.com/ they did a great job and I had them port my box for a hydraulic assist, in case I need/want to go there. My box was in really bad shape before I sent it down and now it works great! I think there are a number of places that can rebuild these things, you just need to decide which one fits the bill for you.. BTW what is "the cure" steering?

Don't forget to add the Dana 60's to handle that power! Welcome to the next level, installing a V8 is the level where you find out about the next levels you didn't know you needed until you have a V8. Enjoy the ride brother!

Last album from this great Seattle supergroup. Good to the last drop The lead singer died in 2019, Shawn Smith, he was a great guy, I met him a few times over the years, I even traded some of his music back to him. When he died it was a shock cause we're the same age-ish. When he passed I knew I had passed some kind of lifetime watermark I didn't know existed. Enjoy the grunge, maybe you'll discover a new gem today!

tail lights, bed etc.at any rate no need to prove it I believe ya!

Wish I was your neighbor, there's lots of "good" left on that MJ!

On June 21st I went to Liberty, WA ORV park for a weekend of wheeling and standing around the “fire” telling lies with my friends of over 35 years. It was a great time. The trails at Liberty are mostly made up of old mining roads built around the late 1800s, they wind around the draws and over the ridge lines of the mountains, this is where you get the views and where you get a feeling for how high and steep the mountains are. In the winter the red and grey clay dust turns to thick, poopy mud requiring vehicles with horsepower, tire speed, proper mud tires and a working winch to make it up the trails. In the Summertime the roads are mostly bone dry, with great traction so for my rig this was the right time to go. I was able to make it around fine in low range 1st and 2nd gear running around 500-800 rpms, lugging over rocks to keep the bouncing down and the traction on the ground. This tripped my friends out since my last wheeler and driving style was described above in the “winter requirements” section for Liberty, the funny thing is I never made it to Liberty with the CJ8 so it was all new to me! These roads are steep, with no turn arounds, once you are in it you gotta get it to get though! Here's my effort to provide a reference photo of the steepness of these roads. My buddies TJ on the mild side of the road Both my buddies lined up to go up the steep side (spoiler, they made it lol) On The first day we went up to the Crystal Mountain Lookout to see where Tom and Nick drove off the cliff. Because of that event, there is a sign stating, “CLIFF AHEAD DANGER” and logs have been placed across the road near the ridge of the cliff as well as this sign to hopefully keep it from happening again. Here’s where the fellers drove off the cliff. This is where we initially parked at the lookout, I think it's a good reference photo of how steep it is out there. Naturally we had to get a line up photo, hers the MJ forward pic. Here’s the sunset. We drove down in the dark, I ended up going down something this rig would not be able to go up, thank god for 6” lifts and gravity, lol (no pics we were moving) The next day we went to the West side of HWY 97 to try out the trails over there. This path takes you through the old town of Liberty, which is basically a one block living museum, we passed through and didn’t stop. The town would be fun for a family but we were just a bunch of hillbillies trying to get to the trail so we kept on. Once past the town we drove through a herd of sheep, I guess they are free range sheep or something, the herders didn’t seem concerned when we drove (slowly) through, and a couple of well timed, short “Beep-Beeps” got them to move out of the way. After that we went up forest service road 324, came down FS326 324 was really steep with 2-3 extra steep spots with either/and horizontal root undercut on one side or another of the "road", rocks with "CJ spinout" spaced holes that took some finagling to get past. The worst part for me was having to back off 2 of these spots, the start in 1st or 2nd on grade covered in clay powder. Somehow, I managed to get moving with my worn out BGF AT/KO tires (era 2005), the lugging worked well here once I was able to bump the front over the obstacle. In the rain without a winch, and or lockers and or mud tires forget it. Again, no pics I was moving, and this was not a place or time for photos. At the top of this trail my buddy got some go pro video of all of us but I’m not holding my breath to see them. If he gets them off the go pro and onto a PC I’ll share them here. I’m told my front end behaves like it has a soft locker or something. I know it doesn’t I think it’s just my mad wheeling skills lol. Here are some shots from the top of 324 Here's a shot where you can see my gauges. This is on the way back down (up, in this photo) 326. 326 is mostly doable with open diffs, no lockers or winch, even in the winter. There is just one mudhole thing where speed, assistance or any and all of the listed items would make it easier when wet/full I took this just after the mudhole, that was mostly dry. It shows the mudline where my headlight dipped into the water hole. Aside from that 326 is mostly just fun, not fraught. Even when it’s dry it’s possible to get stuck. Here’s my buddy Rob stuck on his t-case cause he didn’t have enough “go” in his “MO-mentum” ha ha look at the TJ stuck on dry dirt! Finally, back at camp there is a note to all the campers and meth heads too! If you want to check for yourself, you just have to unlock the door. We were lucky this weekend, weather was great (high 70s low 80s, sunny) we pretty much had the whole park to ourselves, nobody came through the campground to see if the spot was open, the trails were dry, we didn’t run into anyone on the trails, all and all it was a great time! Check it out if you've never been, if your rig is mild go in the Summer, bring a friend (or 3) if your rig is "extreme" go whenever you'll find a challenge.

roger roger!

Correction... We are going to LIBERTY not Elbe, hence the hill climb descriptions. I only went to Elbe once and I totally walked through Busy Wild in my Scrambler with 33" BFG All Terrains....25 years ago LOL Pretty sure time and travel have not been kind to that route. I have never been to Liberty so I look forward to seeing if it lives up to the hype

Yeah I'll take it there, Elbe is one of the places I respect the most (along with Pucker ridge) in WA, with the super steep/long hill climbs you have to be mindful of your rigs capabilities. It's dry right now so traction should be good. BD isn't a big concern, my MJ came pre-damaged However my front end still has a "noise" coming out of the front in 4wd only so it's entirely possible that I just ride along with my friends and give bad advice (I still have dana 60 eyes when looking at lines) that they usually ignore. Regarding the cam lobes, no, I am not going to go that far into the engine without pulling it. Pulling a cam in the horizontal orientation and expecting to get it out and in without damaging the bearings is asking for trouble. If the new rockers don't fix the ticks then I'll be pulling the whole block for a proper rebuild after the Summer is over Anyways I'll post up some pics after the weekend!

I'm trying to meet up with my wheeling buddies at Elbe next weekend. If my new rockers/pushrods fix the 4.0 valvetrain noises, I should be g2g!

Isn't that what the Nachese is for?

The rod length maters

Glad you got it sorted! NEVER LET THE COMPUTER WIN!!! Here’s a decent article describing how to change the desktop environment I only use the shell to configure Linux systems, usually some kind of service with a web interface, so I don’t use any desktop environment. For a daily driver I find linux frustrating so I stick with “the devil I know “…Windows. glad we were able to get you back up and running! Happy tinkering!

After pulling the valve cover, I’ve determined by observing the valve position and stroke based on the position of the distributor all is correct. if anything is 180 off, its the cam pin/sprocket . To rotate that would require switching the set pin to the other hole. That sounds like a recipe for disaster so I’m just going to run it as is. Afterall it works fine. Maybe it was margarita Monday when my engine was assembled? I definitely overthought this whole process