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ORT -Belated NYD run at Washita 1-2-10
My usual group of wheeling buddies makes does an annual trip down to Washita on New Years Day. But in 2010 we wound up doing it a day later due to scheduling conflicts. This was also one of the few trips that my friends bronco made the trip down to the park. Slideshow of all the photos: (Click Me) Random photos from the day:
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Leaf Mounts
Now that I’ve got this fancy used axle and used springs, I need to mount them to the truck. For the front-rear leaf mounts (mounts close to the firewall) I came up with a boxed in leaf mount. This mount will be somewhat outboard of the frame in this area. The mounts were made out of scrap ¼” material that I scrounged from the work dumpster. Parts: Pre weld: Welded (its been a little while since I’ve played welder, be…
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ORT – Washita Mx 3-14-09
Another look back on a trip to my favorite park in the Old ’87 XJ. So many XJ’s floating around with the usual Cherokee Group, with a smattering of short wheel base folks as well. I had a photographer riding along for this trip, so a decent amount of photos were taken. But sadly, they were all pretty small, so you might have to squint a bit to see everything. Enjoy! Link to all the photos can be found here…
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ORT – Jeep Jam 2015 at Flat Nasty Off Road 5-2-15
The 10th annual SIJA Jeep Jam was held at Flat Nasty Off Road this year. We really couldn’t have asked for better weather, and as always, it was an awesome day in the woods! This was the boy’s first trip down to Flat Nasty and really his first experience with playing on the rocks. Thankfully, he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit! Since the whole family was going, I had set the Cookie Cutter TJ up so that it…
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Garage Tips – Fuel Injector Cleaning at home
The Cookie Cutter TJ got a ‘new’ set of injectors thrown at it. I ditched the stock 53030778 Chrysler injectors for the Bosch 0208155703’s. I came across a little tip on cleaning out used injectors that worked pretty slick. You take a 5ml syringe, pull the plunger out, and stick a red stray in the other end. That straw will attach to you can of carb cleaner. Nab an injector harness from the junk yard and rig up a momentary…