ReikoX's 1998 Jeep XJ Rebuild

It’s a 91 jeep wrangler

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I missed that both sides were hanging up… most certainly the MC.

7 Jeeps in my driveway these days… 2 non daily drivers.

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It’s a new safety feature put in by sneaky millennials in your area :rofl:

:evergreen_tree:

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Nice amount of jeeps.

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My buddy at work is selling his 93 XJ. I debated it as a first car for the kiddo. 280K miles, rebuilt 40K ago. He’s asking $3500.

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That sounds awesome for a first rig… is that hm they go for?

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Someone offered me 9 k for the 91 yj when it was stock… hard pass. Family is family.

Albuquerque Craigslist has a couple in that price range. The highest I saw was $12K, and not nearly as built as my XJ.

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If I might say, your rig is a beast lol, that jeep it’s pictured with with the 350 too. Those are sick. I mainly built mine for mountain roads. And hunting…

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I’ll be honest, that vehicle is more capable than my driving abilities. Can’t wait to get the roll cage going this summer. :grin:

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Right on man. That’s really cool every thing you’ve done to your jeep. I read the whole thread.

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Found this gem. Had to dry it out,… saved it… this came with the jeep in 1991. Crazy to think it’s a 30 year old owners manual.


Edit under the installed center console was where this was located.
Dropped the tank to get access to some bolts on the bumper, and my fill and vent hose went to shit. Replacing those, rocked a shock when I broke that exhaust mount( bitch piece doesn’t get made anymore, it’s the piece that goes from the bottom of the headers to the box before the muffler. At the beginning of the box it has a lifter bracket on a exhaust bracket and it’s bolted to the exhaust and connected to the skid plate.) Needs to be welded. Will be soon. My shocks are old as hell and are getting replaced by some kyb monomax. They have a nice rebate and my buddy likes em, he installs them all the time at his shop.
Didn’t get to the brakes or MC on the jeep… instead we replaced a window and installed some anti theft barrier in a truck that got broken into.

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A few from our run of the famous, historical Whipsaw Trail. From Coalmont BC, to Tulameen BC. It was a 3 night 4 day trip, needed tools, Jack and winches, was an absolute blast!

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This looks like it was a shit ton of fun!!! :crazy_face:

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Yesterday we replaced the fuel fill and vent hose. Back drums, rotors and pads and front brake lines. We also installed new shocks all around. The MC turned out to be working fine, the passenger side caliper was locking and causing both to sides to heat up. We drove it on the highway and couldn’t get above 55 before we did this work. I’m hoping it fixed the problem. Driving it on the freeway seized up the right side front and killed the pads… also we greased all the zerc fittings and the excess smoked like hell :rofl: ran for my extinguisher. Now to test the brakes out. Hope I fixed it…

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How’d it go?

:evergreen_tree:

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Drives great. Reaches speed. No drag. The suspension is noticeable and nice. Very happy with all we did to it.

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boy I miss my 92 YJ 4.0
Sold it a few years ago to a younger fella in surrey who’s brother ran a small shop. She was black with a hard top that had a large canadian flag on the roof. Hard to miss if you are out wheelin.
I had a 93 Cherokee XJ 4.0 with a pile of work done to it but I wrote it off … and almost me with it… Still have the ol 89 XJ 4.0 and once I’m back up and around I’ll be out wheelin in that.
If any of you Jeepers in BC find yourself in or around 100 mile and need help or just meet up for a toke… drop me a line :wink:

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That’s a ways up BC, but we ARE putting in for a moose draw up that way! We will probably be 4x4ing the Whipsaw Trail again this summer too!!

Xj’s are BEASTS! One if the best 4x4s ever made!

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That is crazy looking. 22 days later. I hate doing this to myself.