February 2003, Sequoia N.F., CA

2009 Rockin’ XJ Jamboree

November 10th, 2009

November is here so that means it’s time to head to Johnson Valley again for the Rockin’ XJ Jamboree!

Julio on the Rocks

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More AW4 Madness, Valve Body

October 24th, 2009

Time to try and fix the my AW4.

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New Section – Maps & Trails!

October 22nd, 2009

I’ve added a new section to the site, Maps & Trails, I’ll be slowly filling this section with maps of my favorite trails around the country plus other accurate maps that I’ve collected along the way.  Right now I’ve stocked it with my USFS region 5 (California) maps to get it started.

SNF

Enjoy

AW4 Madness!

October 18th, 2009

Today I tore into the transmission to try to find the cause of my lack of power in reverse.  Automatic transmissions sure are complicated and messy!

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New Article: AW4 NSS Rebuild

October 18th, 2009

Here is a tech article about rebuilding the AW4 neutral start switch.

NSS Rebuild - 08
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Starting it Up

October 17th, 2009

I finally got the ‘96 started today!

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Installing the Engine

October 11th, 2009

This weekend’s task was installing the engine.  Here is the progress:


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Buttoning up the engine

October 9th, 2009

The main bearing cap bolts finally came in at the dealership so I was finally able to get this old 4.0 back together.  Here you see the nice new bolts on the #6 main bearing cap.


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More Interior Work

September 27th, 2009

I got the rust holes patched up in the ‘96, as usual here is the progress.

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Rust Sucks!

September 20th, 2009

Found some rust…

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