spring wrenching

[BlacXJeep]

Black Betty has still not fully recovered from her brush with death at Mohawk last year. I plan to get her fully wheelable and back to her old self for some spring wheelin' before I deploy to Afghanistan in July.

Some of you may remember these heartwrenching moments









The list:

-New 4.5'' full leaf packs rear -Done
-Gas Tank skid - On my back seat
-Remove TC drop
-Hack n tap and xj front cv shaft, or 231 swap with true SYE kit? - IRO 27 spline fixed yoke with xj CV front shaft waiting to install
-Billstein 5100 shocks?
-frame side LCA brackets need to be plated and re-drilled (wallowed out)
-LCA axle end needs cam bolts-waiting to be installed
- New Hood, and doors with rolly up winders (found a donor, 94 XJ flavor green, currently sitting in Mikes front yard) installed, waiting for paint
- Hood release assembly- waiting to be installed
- Re-mount transfer case skid
- Metal Tail light housings?
- Gut headliner, find solution
to be continued...

Some pics of the new leafs installed. actually looks like a lifted jeep now!





The SY is horrible and spitting TC fluid all over


Shocks have taken a beating


you can see were the LCA is sliding around in the hole

[RnnngTrails]

For the headliner, there is a bone yard out here with like 3 or 4 pre 97 XJ's. Would you like me to take a look and see if i cant find one for cheap? I'll bring it home with me in May.

[calvynandhobbs]

Andy,
I've got an XJ front CV shaft at the house if you haven't sourced one yet. You can have it for $20 if you're interested.

[BlacXJeep]

Andy,
I've got an XJ front CV shaft at the house if you haven't sourced one yet. You can have it for $20 if you're interested.

Done deal sir! Im off tuesday, you gonna be around? I'll drop by since your only 5 minutes away.

[BlacXJeep]

For the headliner, there is a bone yard out here with like 3 or 4 pre 97 XJ's. Would you like me to take a look and see if i cant find one for cheap? I'll bring it home with me in May.

that sounds really great man, problem is my xj has a sunroof somehow, and the headliner is really weird. If you can find on intact out of a pre 97, and slide it out in one piece, i would be happy to pay you for it, and see if i can make it work. I don't use the sun roof so I'd just make it fit over it i guess. In fact a 97+ may even work and maybe be even better.

[calvynandhobbs]

Andy,
I've got an XJ front CV shaft at the house if you haven't sourced one yet. You can have it for $20 if you're interested.

Done deal sir! Im off tuesday, you gonna be around? I'll drop by since your only 5 minutes away.

Yep, I'll be around after work. I should be home by 5:00 or so that evening. Don't have any plans to leave the house after that. I honestly forgot I had it until I was cleaning out the barn and trying to organize things yesterday.

[BlacXJeep]

sounds good, ill give you a ring after 5:30

[skibum]

For the headliner, there is a bone yard out here with like 3 or 4 pre 97 XJ's. Would you like me to take a look and see if i cant find one for cheap? I'll bring it home with me in May.

that sounds really great man, problem is my xj has a sunroof somehow, and the headliner is really weird. If you can find on intact out of a pre 97, and slide it out in one piece, i would be happy to pay you for it, and see if i can make it work. I don't use the sun roof so I'd just make it fit over it i guess. In fact a 97+ may even work and maybe be even better.

Not shure what year you XJ is but XJ's stopped offering sun roof options around 1988. Not shure on the exact year but positive on anything after 1990. After that there all aftermarket.  If the roof ribs run into the sunroof seal then it"s aftermarket.

[BlacXJeep]

For the headliner, there is a bone yard out here with like 3 or 4 pre 97 XJ's. Would you like me to take a look and see if i cant find one for cheap? I'll bring it home with me in May.

that sounds really great man, problem is my xj has a sunroof somehow, and the headliner is really weird. If you can find on intact out of a pre 97, and slide it out in one piece, i would be happy to pay you for it, and see if i can make it work. I don't use the sun roof so I'd just make it fit over it i guess. In fact a 97+ may even work and maybe be even better.

Not shure what year you XJ is but XJ's stopped offering sun roof options around 1988. Not shure on the exact year but positive on anything after 1990. After that there all aftermarket.  If the roof ribs run into the sunroof seal then it"s aftermarket.

Its a 93 so yeah i think its aftermarket

[BlacXJeep]

anyone have an np231 sitting around? Looking to find one for around $100

[Flex]

if you can find one with a sye u could say ur self some money.

[BlacXJeep]

if you can find one with a sye u could say ur self some money.

nope im leaning toward doing this, in conjunction with Rogers front driveshaft

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=911260

http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoSYEconversion.htm

Calling overland drive shaft today to see if they carry the yoke. It won't be a slip yoke eliminator, per say, but it will eliminate the yoke from slipping . I think it will be just as good, if not stronger than a flange if i can manage to get it right. Also, with any luck I will be able to use the same shaft front and rear and only need to carry 1 spare.

[zjchef25]

so the first pic you have up is gonna be trimmed and is gonna be a good pic for some new web stuff

[BlacXJeep]

so the first pic you have up is gonna be trimmed and is gonna be a good pic for some new web stuff

do it

[gearhead1985B]

anyone have an np231 sitting around? Looking to find one for around $100

i just sent one tho the scrap yard damn the bad luck