10-31-05
Happy Halloween
I bought my self a new mountain bike a few days ago. Between the Jeep the Bike and my feet I don’t think there is much I can’t explore. Here she is…..

10-26-05
With the transfer case fixed I figured it high time to test it out. This past Monday my buddy Jerry and I went to Red Rock Canyon where we came upon a road sign that said “road not maintained travel at own risk” sounds about right! A few hours of hiking, Wheelin, and jumping over bushes makes a guy feel damn good.

Say no to Mutants
10-08-05
I have always thought of a Jeep as the ultimate utility vehicle. They get you to work. They can take you to places most people only see in pictures. You can load them up with surfboards, fishing poles, deer rifles, or anything else and they will get you to where you can use them. Fly down the freeway at 80 miles per hour and then fit into the smallest of parallel parking spots. Creep along a narrow forested trail and camp on top of a mountain. Getting to my point, it’s horrible seeing these vehicles morphed into single purpose mutants, towed in on flat beds. Sure to each his own and sure the owners of these vehicles have they’re reasons but I think it is just stupid. By the way real Jeeps have leaf springs.

10-07-05
Tomorrow I have to fix this

Yeah that’s transfer case fluid, and I hope to shout it isn’t cracked.

10-4-05
Forrest service road 577 on Mt. Charleston was tackled yesterday. Sweet damn was it fun. Poor jeep suffered an injury to the transfer case though. She sprung a leak right around the drain plug? Looks like I have a job ahead of me for Friday. I also couldn’t prove any of the rumors of the infamous revolver shackles.

That's with no track bars or sway bars attached and they aren't opening during this rather steep uphill climb. Go figure.

I finally changed the front brake rotors and pads on the old jeep this past Monday. I also changed the front differential oil to the synthetic stuff. All that is left to do is change the transmission and transfer case oil to synthetic. I also plan to get this dual battery project started.

Well last Monday I flipped my front shocks due to the fact that the body of the shock was getting smashed when the front tires were stuffed in the wheel wells. It seems to absorb the bumps a little better now I think? I have seen people run their shocks in this fashion but I am not really sure if this is bad on the shocks or not. Trial and error I guess. Tomorrow I plan to remove the rear track bar that has stripped out its driver side mount. Some say go ahead and take it off you won’t know its gone, while other say it is dangerous without it, once again a little more trial and error. I also bought some Redline synthetic gear oil for the front and rear differentials. I did the rear differential a few weeks ago and I am just now getting to the front. On Monday I noticed that my rear shocks are shot. My plan is to order a rear shock mounting bar that’s made by Teraflex. It gives you the option of mounting shocks of three different lengths. That’s it.

New Mean Green starter
2-18-05
Well my starter went to crap a few days ago so I ordered a Mean Green to replace it. It has a very different sound than the OEM starter. Sounds much stronger and it fires the engine right up with no effort it seems. It claims something like 35,000 starts and is supposed to be impervious to heat and water. While it comes with a price tag of $299.99 I doubt I will ever have to buy another starter or have to worry about it failing. You have to love a good American made product.