I’ve done two 392 HEMI swaps. One a Dakota Customs kit into a 2013 JK and the latest an AMW4X4 kit into a Gladiator Mojave. You can’t go wrong with AMW’s customer service. They stand behind their product and their work. The Mojave axles are pretty stout to begin with so if you are just...
This only happens in 4-low when I try to switch to manual and hold the jeep in 1st gear. Goes into limp mode which requires me to shut off the jeep and restart it to get it back into park. When it happens the SERV 4WD and Transmission fault lights will come on and stay on.
Once I stop and...
Ending the year on a "high note"
Typically we head for warmer weather during the holiday season and typically if we are in Arizona in December, thats what we get. Just not this year. The upside was a great opportunity to drive BB in the snow and mud and get to see some amazing views without...
I did not, but thanks for pointing them out to me. A year ago it was pretty hard to find anyone with both the talent and the time to do the swap. Things seem to be a bit better now, but if I were to do it again I’d focus on a shop that specializes in doing them…in Texas prob Exodus in New...
Chasing Gremlins
Maybe this should just be a PSA post. Lesson learned upfront. Always check your tazer settings after your jeep has been in the shop. There's always a chance someone accident changed a setting. Three different shops had their hands on BB over six months so I have no idea...
A 2-fer
Finally with an evening free I managed to get back to BB. Two things to get done, one purely for convenience and the other an absolute necessity.
First the necessity
1. If you suffer leg pain while driving long distances do yourself a favor and jack up the front of your seat about...
Thanks. It took me 10 years to get my last jeep right (and I still have it). I figured I'd accelerate this one a bit, but I suspect you'll still see it on the roads 10 years from now. Look fwd to see more Mojave's down the road at Marble Falls
No more blinding the spotter
On a recent trip we were close the the end of a trail and it was close to getting dark when we found the trail was blocked. Had to turn around and run the trail (a double black) backwards to get out. Needless to say we were out there well after dark with a group...
I managed an entire afternoon in the garage this weekend, so several small projects got done. 1st on my list was running power to the top of the dash for the multiple devices that live up there. Typically wiring is not my favorite thing to do, but I really hate having cables hanging down the...
The aftermath....
I finally had a chance to crawl under BB and see where she took most of the rocks from our trip to Merus. We wheeled pretty hard on a few double black diamond trails so I was expecting some pretty good scuff marks underneath.
The pics don't tell the whole story but on the...