Jeep Hickey’s 1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ

[Hickey]

This used to be a boat. Now it will be my daily driver for a while.

1995 Wrangler YJ. 4.0 and 5 speed. 147k miles, with a new motor and new AX15 from Novak in the last few years. 2.5” RE lift springs. Huge boner bar.



First stop on the way home is a given. Need hydration for new Jeep love to flourish.


I quickly removed the tow bar. We have a cool Jeep Dolly for such things.


Next up is this spare tire hanger and yuge hitch.

Yep. Tossed em.


The interior is mint. Straight up 1995. Factory radio. There’s a matching Tuffy box with a newer radio… possibly the first ever with Bluetooth.


Next up is the boner bar. I might not get that removed tonight.




The axles have both been changed out. The front is from an XJ, so high pinion and no vacuum disconnect. The rear axle is a Scout 44 with redrilled axle flanges. Both have lunchbox lockers. The rear locker will be swapped out for spider gears until I can afford a selectable. It’s a bit aggressive for daily driving.

 

[Hickey]

Couldn’t drive it like that, so I lopped it off quick and dirty. I’ll have to clean up the bumper later.

 

[N-Smooth]

Looks dumb. I hate it. YJ’s are for dorks.

 

[Hickey]

Looks dumb. I hate it. YJ’s are for dorks.

Jealous!!

 

[N-Smooth]

Jealous!!

100%
Prickey already knows this but for everyone else: this was my uncle’s Jeep. He’s the one that ruined my life and got me into Jeeping 21 years ago. He has a big YJ that we built back then and he got this little guy like 12-15 years ago I’d guess. It’s a cool little Jeep. Buuuut like I was telling dickey… if I knew he wanted to sell it, it would be in my driveway and my wife would be mad. So this is for the best 🤣

 

[JeeperG]

"it has square headlights, it's not a real jeep"

Can I have your climate control? 😁

 

[mbryson]

"it has square headlights, it's not a real jeep"

Can I have your climate control? 😁

What do you need? The cable panel?

 

[JeeperG]

What do you need? The cable panel?

They have those plastic things that hold the end of the cable on the slider, well they break. I have a second one I can probably make one good one, wonder if someone is printing that part by now? Or is there another way to fix it? Haven't messed with it for awhile.

 

[Tebbsjeep]

Calling dibs when this is for sale.

 

[Hickey]

Calling dibs when this is for sale.

For $10k it’s yours.

 

[mbryson]

They have those plastic things that hold the end of the cable on the slider, well they break. I have a second one I can probably make one good one, wonder if someone is printing that part by now? Or is there another way to fix it? Haven't messed with it for awhile.

I may have a bonus one? I'll keep an eye out for it and let you know

 

[85CUCVKRAWLER]

I liked driving around with a lunchbox in the rear. You would always get a surprise coming through a turn. Kept you on your toes.

 

[kmboren]

I liked driving around with a lunchbox in the rear. You would always get a surprise coming through a turn. Kept you on your toes.

I have a Yukon Grizzly in the rear of my YJ. It's fun on the road but works great on the rocks.

 

[Hickey]

I have a Yukon Grizzly in the rear of my YJ. It's fun on the road but works great on the rocks.

I can deal with it on the road right now, but the snowy/icy roads coming my way don’t sound like a great plan with this locker.

 

[RockChucker]

I can deal with it on the road right now, but the snowy/icy roads coming my way don’t sound like a great plan with this locker.

As long as you’re prepared to spin like a hockey (hickey?) puck…you’ll be fine. Only thing worse in the snow would be a full spool haha

 

[UNSTUCK]

For $10k it’s yours.

I paid $10k for my ‘93 YJ like 22 year ago. Maybe these are collector items now. 🤪

 

[DAA]

I had a Lincoln locker in my Scout. It was kind of amazing how fast the ass end could pass the front end on a slick road.

- DAA

 

[moab_cj5]

My very first experience with a locker was in my 82 CJ5. We installed a lunchbox locker in a long night pulling the diff and replacing the spider gears. It was an eye opening ride home with the popping and jerking around the corners. I learned really fast on snowy roads, in 2WD sideways is very similar wheelbase on a CJ5 as straight. If there was a hint of slick, I had to be in 4WD or there was no hope of keeping that thing going straight down the road.

 

[Tom95YJ]

I'll have to keep an eye on this build, I have a Lunchbox in my D30 and a Grizzly in my 8.8 in my YJ The grizzly is way smoother on road. If I were to start over again I'd probably toss an ARB or Ox up front

 

[Hickey]

I'll have to keep an eye on this build, I have a Lunchbox in my D30 and a Grizzly in my 8.8 in my YJ The grizzly is way smoother on road. If I were to start over again I'd probably toss an ARB or Ox up front

I’ve sourced some spider gears to swap out for the rear lunchbox. If I wasn’t planning to daily this, I’d keep the lunch box.

New ball joints are on order since I’m about to have one fall out. I was surprised at how expensive ball joints are for these axles as compared to JK stuff. I’m going with these:



That’s for all 4.