Just finished cleaning up the garage and pulled my 2000 XJ into there for the time being. Not sure when I will get started working on it, or how long it will take me……but it’a going to be in the garage for a while so I can fix a number of issues with it. Maybe even upgrade a few parts at the same time 
Hopefully I can get it out of the garage and back on the trails sometime this year….but we’ll see….
Back in the fall, I ended up replacing two of the tires on my Jeep because they were in bad shape. I never did get around to replacing the other two, but the time has finally come. I just received my two new Maxxis Bighorns and will hopefully get them installed next week after my Kokopelli trip.
As you can see, it is time!
If you remember, a few weeks ago I broke a leaf spring in Moab on the White Rim Trail and had to replace it with a new one. With the new spring and the old saggy spring my Jeep has been a little crooked. I finally got sick of it and ended up ordering another new spring from Jason at JeepinOutfitters.
The leaf spring showed up today at my office. After a dentists appointment after work, I managed to get the new spring installed in about an hour. Now my Jeep is pretty much level again 
New and old spring
Almost in
My new leaf spring did show up today…
..and I got it installed after work. Now that side of the Jeep sits a little higher than the other. We’ll see if I can break the new spring in this weekend in Moab I may have to buy another new spring to even things out in the next few weeks, but I guess I’ll see what happens…
According to UPS, my new leaf spring is supposed to be here tomorrow. So to prepare, I went ahead and pulled out the old one after work today…
Finally! New head gasket, oil pan, rear main seal, oil filter o-rings, front wheel bearing, driver’s seat, windshield and a fresh coat of paint on the front bumper……my Jeep is ready to hit the trails again. Time to get out and do a lot of exploring to make up for the last month!
Stay tuned for lots of photos
Yesterday Amanda and I headed over the mountains to Denver to pick up a few parts for my Jeep. I got a good deal on them, so even though it costs me $60 in diesel, they were still worth the trip. We also got to eat at Friday’s while we were there
I picked up a new driver’s seat, oil pan, motor mounts and bumpstops.
Here’s a little something for both my Jeep and my bike! I have been planning on getting a rack for my bike that will work with the spare tire carrier on my Jeep (so I can go exploring on my Jeep and bike in the same trip). I know my friend Alex in Albuquerque had some pictures of his Jeep with a similar setup, so I asked him about it. He told me that it was just collecting dust in his garage since he moved his spare tire inside the Jeep, so he offered it to me at a good price. I took him up on the offer, and it showed up yesterday. Looks like it will work great for me.
The rack is very easy to quickly install and take off, and keeps my bike high up off the ground, so I shouldn’t have any issues with it back there while I am exploring up to moderate trails.
Having neglected my Jeep for the past year because of a lack of a garage, it is time for me to get started fixing a few things before my exploring season really starts to pick up. I washed my Jeep today and pulled it into the new garage…where it will probably be for a couple of weeks…
I’ll be updating my progress as I go…
I spent less than two hours this morning replacing the front coil springs on my Jeep that Rubicon Express sent me. My Jeep is now level again
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