About 5 years ago my wife bought me a jeep wrangler. It was previously owned by my friend for several years but he needed a truck for work. It was well taken care of and not run in the mud hardly at all.
This is not my first offroad vehicle. I started with an 83 gmc 4x4. It quickly grew from a stock truck to having 36" swampers, lockers, and a 300hp small block. I completely trashed it along with 2 more trucks, a 76 and an 82. The 76 was the largest with 39" boggers and a 400hp engine. These trucks were a lot of fun but they all had the same flaws: too large for the trail, carbs, and weak axles. I secretly plotted to buy a jeep. Finally after asking for a few years Brad sold me his YJ.
The jeep was virtually stock when I recieved it. It was the rio grande edition with the 2.5L and manual trans. It ran rough but just needed some vacuum hoses and a tune-up. I used it as a commuter for a year, doing about 80 miles a day on it with school and work. I installed a posi-lok kit, some 33 Tsl's, a winch, a small lift, and some other minor details. Later i replaced the rear 35 with the ford 8.8 axle, changed the gears to 4.88, and added a lockright to the front. The ford rear had a trac-lok that I repacked. At one point it had 35 tires but it has 33's on it again.
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