Dirteatr717 Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Saw the pics on IG already but it does look awesome :thumbsup:
JT31 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Posted October 30, 2013 Lookin real good! :thumbsup: thank you sir! :cheers: Saw the pics on IG already but it does look awesome :thumbsup: haha thanks nick! Dang you snagged that light bar c'mon man. yeah haha i emailed him as soon as i saw him and picked it up the next day, very cool guy and had a very well built 99 xj, quite impressive actually, he had cameras under his rig to see what his axles were doing while he was wheeling.
JT31 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 havnt made much progress lately, only thing iv really done was sound deaden the tunnel in the cab. just working on putting the interior back together and finishing painting it, then I'm going to get some new tread for this winter and then early next spring ill be moving back to the east coast. Denver CO. to Boston MA. 2000 miles and 30 hrs in my mj loaded down with my tools, clothes street bike and dog.
dscowell Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 If your heading out to Boston we got to go wheeling once so I can see it in person.
JT31 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Posted November 19, 2013 If your heading out to Boston we got to go wheeling once so I can see it in person. Yeah, we"ll go wheelin, probably in the spring though, idk how many trails are still open and I'm kinda of limited on trails because of my tires, id be useless in the snow
JT31 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 Heading to MA in three weeks, just doing a lot of maintance on her right now, getting her ready for the trip. lots of pictures after the trip is over!
Dirteatr717 Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 I'm going to Rausch march 15th! If your trip is around then let's meetup!
JT31 Posted February 12, 2014 Author Posted February 12, 2014 I'm going to Rausch march 15th! If your trip is around then let's meetup! damn it!!! I'm rolling into Massachusetts march 1st and I won't be able to go down to Rausch that soon, I have to find a job and get another apartment. kinda have to get back on my feet before i start taking trips again hahaha i have family in new york though! next time i go see my grandfather we'll meet up
87Warrior Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 If your route takes you through Junction City, KS along I70, let me know. Be glad to buy you a meal, since anybody who drives a lifted Jeep 2000 miles cross country is all right in my book.
Dirteatr717 Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 Damn! Let me know when youre in Ny, I'm always down for roadtrips! I'm hoping to make it up into Mass and NH for some spring/summer wheeling so ill keep yah posted :thumbsup:
JT31 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Posted February 15, 2014 small update: I had a 4' by 4' peice of 1/4" sheet metal and some 1"x1" square pipe and my spare tire mount sitting next to my shed and it was all stolen. I'm extremly upset, the sheet metal was for a full belly skid and i had the pipe kicking around incase i needed it for something, and i have to build a new tire mount now. very upsetting, I'm assuming that it was a scrapper driving around looking for metal and just so happen to take my stuff.
Spectormj Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 that blows delays like that are a pain hope your build doest slow too much because of the lost matteral
JT31 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Posted February 21, 2014 well the truck is sitting on 245/75/16 tires, it looks so small but anyway, I'm still trying to get my rear brakes to work, for some reason i can't get fluid to the rear, i might just put a whole new line in. Ill be doing an oil change and a good inspection of everything before i make my way to the east coast. my brother flys into denver thursday the 27th and we leave the night of the 28th and will hopefully be in Mass on monday. many more updates to come it looks like a multi colored sh*t box but it will be all one color eventually
autoboy454 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 You could always primer the whole thing... Look familiar? Can't wait to see this MJ in person and hopefully out on the trail. Safe travels!
JT31 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Posted February 27, 2014 You could always primer the whole thing... Look familiar? Can't wait to see this MJ in person and hopefully out on the trail. Safe travels! hahaha talk to frank about the primer! yes looks very familar haha ill be on the trail this summer, can't wait to see what youve done with that old beast!
autoboy454 Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Lots... have almost everything for 4wd, swapped in buckets, loooooots of rust repair.
Dirteatr717 Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 Hope your trip is going well man! Let me know if you need anything going through NY :wavey:
JT31 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Posted March 18, 2014 well i made it to the east coast, iv been getting settled in here and trying to unpack. it was a crazy trip, made it all the way to Toledo, Ohio and then BOOM started to here loud noises and back firing, so we go a hotel room and slept it off, we had been at it for over 24 hrs at that point. woke up the next morning and busted out the cat. we thought it might have been clogged from the truck running for 24 hrs straight, so we busted it out in the parking lot of walmart and it still ran funky. so i ended up leaving the trailer at a U-haul place and finished the trip. I got home slept for 6 hrs and hopped in my buddys 97 1ton cummins and we hit the road back to Ohio to pick up my trailer. We drove straight there and back, no stops 23hrs later and another 1400 miles under my belt i was home with all my stuff. I got a good nights sleep and woke up the next morning to see what was going on with the truck. we bent a pushrod, valve and snapped the bolt holding the rocker. we drove on 5 cylinders for over 700 miles. luckily i had pulled the motor out of my 98 zj from high school before we scrapped the rest, so we swapped in the 98 HO motor and after a few minor speed bumps, bruised knuckles and one too many 30 packs we had succecfully swapped the motor and had the thing going down the road again. when i set up my computer ill be sure to upload the pictures.
Dirteatr717 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 Kick a55 story haha glad the truck made it home in one piece!
NorthWoods Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 So this is the truck I ended up with a couple owners later and $1400. Not a bad start.
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