99 XJ HD build

[gatchmo5710]

 

[thenag]

I am so jelous of how light that thing

This is the next part and some rear tube fenders. I have a trip to sand hollow this week so it's going to go almost as is now haha.

I am going to be so mad when you weigh that thing, I bet you are at least 1500lbs lighter than my rig.

Are you going to remove the rear windows?

Nathan

 

[Freeman Jeep]

Ya I'm gonna see if I can get those out before my trip. I hope it's lighter, not sure how much lighter since i put the cage in.
Here are a couple poser shots

 

[Freeman Jeep]

Here's one photo of the jeep while in sand hollow. More to come!

 

[Greg]

Looks like it's working well!

 

[Freeman Jeep]

The whole trip was awesome! I've never had a jeep preform the way this one did. Definitely more goodies to come on this rig

 

[Freeman Jeep]

This was the entrance to the fault line trail. We got up the ledge to be greeted by a very steep climb that i was not going to take my wife and 2 year old on so we flipped around and came back.

 

[Freeman Jeep]

these were the steps on the west rim trail. I took the harder line that had the bigger steps. And yes i was wheeling with my uncle and his 16 rubicon

 

[Freeman Jeep]

This was a large ledge by the toll booths. Rubicon couldn't make it so I had to do it haha

 

[Freeman Jeep]

This was the v- notch. First time i went through my drivers side tires slipped and i went through the gate with my arm basically scraping the rocks. The second time i stayed more driver and got cool pictures

 

[Freeman Jeep]

This was just in the playground area. I saw a big wall and wanted to go up it. The jeep hadn't had any problems yet so i had it a go. Still had no problems an got up the wall and the big steps that it had on the top. Over all it was an amazing trip. Sand Hollow is good be a yearly go for me. Definitely going to plan the trip around a weekend where they don't close the main park off.

 

[Freeman Jeep]

Ok so now after the dust has settled and the adrenaline is gone. My next move on my jeep is hydro assist...and I am a little lost on it. Any one do this on theirs that has pictures or a good write up?

 

[gatchmo5710]

Looks good!! Wish I could have joined you. That steep crawl to enter the fault line has got my wife yelling at me too.

Btw pirate4x4 has a some great writes for hydro assist. Also look into the Durango steering box swap if your into something alittle more mellow.

 

[Asbjorn]

Ok so now after the dust has settled and the adrenaline is gone. My next move on my jeep is hydro assist...and I am a little lost on it. Any one do this on theirs that has pictures or a good write up?

I don't have any pictures or a write-up, but when I did mine I believe I followed a write-up on NAXJA or Pirate. I used parts from Surplus Center and drilled/tapped my steering box and was totally happy with it. I also ran an underdrive pulley from PSC and plumbed in a cooler.

 

[Freeman Jeep]

Gatchmo5710
Ok thank you! I keep forgetting about pirate 4x4. They do have some good pictures and write ups. The crawl out of fault line will be done the next time i go down.
Jpmoab
Where did you find a cooler? And what does an under drive pulley do?

 

[Asbjorn]

Jpmoab
Where did you find a cooler? And what does an under drive pulley do?

I used the stock trans cooler that was in my XJ for my steering cooler after upgrading to a larger trans cooler.

The smaller PSC pulley spins faster which helped the pump move more fluid at lower RPMs.

 

[thenag]

Looks good!! Wish I could have joined you. That steep crawl to enter the fault line has got my wife yelling at me too.

Btw pirate4x4 has a some great writes for hydro assist. Also look into the Durango steering box swap if your into something alittle more mellow.

If you have hydro assist you won't need the Durango box.

I have some pictures somewhere in my build thread.

It is one of those things that seems pretty daunting but when you go to do it is pretty straightforward.

I have wj (zj?) HD pump (the one with the hydro fan) , drilled pump fitting, generic cooler, xj box, surplus center ram.

Good time to go over knuckle tie rod if you haven't already.

Nathan

 

[thenag]

If you have hydro assist you won't need the Durango box.

I have some pictures somewhere in my build thread.

It is one of those things that seems pretty daunting but when you go to do it is pretty straightforward.

I have wj (zj?) HD pump (the one with the hydro fan) , drilled pump fitting, generic cooler, xj box, surplus center ram.

Good time to go over knuckle tie rod if you haven't already.

Nathan

Now that I am at a computer, my hydro assist ramblings start at post # 140 on my build thread, there a few more posts after that.

https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/nathan-and-tanjas-99-xj-build-up.83436/page-7

Power Steering pump is is 2001 Grand Cherokee with hydrolic fan 4.7L "Overland Edition", you will need to swap a fitting from the XJ pump to the WJ pump and the reservoir is different, if you can run the WJ res do it, I jambed my xj res onto the wj pump it doesn't leak much... My OEM pump died when I setup my hydro assist so I had to buy a new pump. Run what you have until it gives you issues.

Nathan

 

[Freeman Jeep]

I know it's been awhile since I posted on here I recently got a new job as the Orem High welding teacher, so I've been a little busy. I just recently picked up a kingpin 60 driver drop. So that will be thrown in the jeep when I source all the parts I need. It is pretty much just the housing and axle shafts, but it is going to be a lot of fun building it the way I want.

 

[Greg]

I know it's been awhile since I posted on here I recently got a new job as the Orem High welding teacher, so I've been a little busy. I just recently picked up a kingpin 60 driver drop. So that will be thrown in the jeep when I source all the parts I need. It is pretty much just the housing and axle shafts, but it is going to be a lot of fun building it the way I want.

Awesome, Congratulations! I went to Orem high... class of '94.