Wiiiiildman, please explain the use of the air ride system on your setup. I've not encountered this in builds. I like to learn new things!!

Good progress. Snap the whip on PSC!!

 

Here is a video of a Jeep with the AirRock system on it. This is the same kit on my Jeep. He shows how it moves up and down so watch it.




There are a lot of reasons I got the AirRock kit for my Jeep. Before I went to Iraq this product had come out 1 or 2 years before and even before I went I wanted to install it on my Jeep. But of course I couldn't afford it. Well combat pay saves the day..............................................


The ride is amazing to say the least, it does ride like a Caddy it really does. Off-Road it is great because you can lean on side hills so they don't seem so steep.


Look at this video of my Jeep going up this hill and look at the body not move.




Now watch this Jeep come up the hill. Look at the body move compared to mine. Also we could not convince him to air his tires down which is why he had such a hard time getting traction.




Go to www.offroadonly.com and they explain the system as they are the designers.

 

Thanks for that!

What was his issue with airing down? He needed the challenge?

 

Well because some people just won't believe that you can air down to 10 or 8psi and keep your tire on the rim. Heck when on snow runs I've been down to 5 and lower without beadlocks before.
That video was back when I had 35" tires. Did I answer all your questions? I have the swayloc dual rate swaybar on my Jeep too. It is like a Currie but had an inner and outer bar.
Let me know if I can explain anymore for you. If it is something specific just ask.

 

Well I got some more work done on my Jeep this weekend. Not as much as I had wanted to get done but I made progress. I just plugged away at all the little stuff that has to be done to pull the engine, tranny & transfer case.

So one of the little things I did was I took the old license plate bracket off. The stock one is made of plastic and was pretty torn up from rubbin on rocks and trees. So Warrior Products has come out with this curved metal holder that also has a LED light for the plate. Of course I forgot to take any BEFORE pictures so here are the AFTER pictures.





Now here is the engine stripped a little more. Pulled the plug wires, distributor cap and rotor, got all the wiring loose from the engine and pulled up against the firewall/hood.



I also removed the engine/transmission skid plate. It is a fun one to pull because of 2 of the bolts I have to get at. Then I started working on the main skid plate. There are 10 bolts I have to remove that hold it onto the frame & long arm brackets. Then on top of that there are 4 smaller bolts that hold the transmission bracket onto the skid plate. Well I got all the frame bolts out but will need to use more anti-seize when I reinstall the bolts. So I get all the bolts loose except for ONE bolt. One of the bolts that holds the tranny bracket on the allen hole is stripped out. So I ended up having to drill out the bolt to get the skid plate off.





I've got to finish uploading pictures and then I will finish my post. So stop back by sometime in the next day and I should have more pictures up.

 

Well here I am back with more pictures.
Some of you might remember me giving a fellow forum member grief for not cleaning the mud off his truck before trying to replace the transmission. Well after working on my Jeep for the past few days I guess I need to eat crow because I have no room to talk.



I thought I had got most of the mud off my rig but I am finding out that I was totally wrong. I've been trying to dodge mud falling in my face and hair.
Now just to explain a little bit on how all that mud got on my Jeep in the first place.
Now remember I have 38" tall tires plus a 6"+ lift on the Jeep.



Well it was deeper than I first thought. And then it turned out to be a lot thicker too.







Towards the end everyone was worried that I was going to flop the Jeep on it's side the way the mud was making my Jeep lean. And it had gotten so thick at this point I had to double the line on my winch!!



Now looking at this might help explain all the mud on my Jeep that I didn't get off.



This was the last trip with my Jeep when I decided it was time to swap the engine out for something else and what started this engine build.
Here is my right front wheel that broke on me just as I was getting to the bottom of a hill.



And just for some eye candy til my next post with more pictures.................

 

That's purty!

 

Dang that engine!!!

 

dat engine doe