Louie4's YJ by Louie4

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Probably not until the warranty is up. Otherwise I have to get the dealer to sign off on any upgrades. But one day, yes. The real wheeling rig is my YJ. The JT is my daily so I'm not in a huge hurry to modify.

Got my new historic vehicle tag for the YJ. It's all copper mined from the state of Arizona per state law

10-18-2019

Did some work on the YJ. I think my charcoal canister failed or somehow let the charcoal through the hose that goes to the airbox.

I also mounted my electric motor for the OX locker. Seems kind of wonky with how I have the cable routed but I need slack for droop.

10-19-2019

Shot a pic of the new battery.

11-5-2019

I "think" these longer Bilsteins will work. My up travel from spring plate to bump stop is 3.25" plus 0.5" for the gap. I have ~4" of shock left to compress. I probably should relocate the shock mounts but it's so close.

11-11-2019

I test drove the Jeep around yesterday. Even took my little girl around the block. I out some bearing grease on the shocks to see how much they would compress under normal driving conditions. I still had 2 inches of up travel. But I need to hit a trail to really see. I hope to wire my front locker tonight.

11-21-2019

Wheeling was good. The only problem was indeed the shock bottomed our with heavy compression, the rear needs extended bumps and anti wrap and my ARB line was pinch and came apart.

11-21-2019

12-3-2019

Trail air line fix kit.

12-18-2019

Sure. But putting that into practice for off-road use with a flexible suspension is getting me worried. Below is a picture of my cable coming out of my diff and how I routed it to the electric shifting motor.

1-1-2020

Got the air kit installed on my front OX locker. Really easy actually and way easier to run the line. Once I got it hooked up for testing I used the rear locker wiring to test it. Works great and worth the money IMO.