BK (Baby Krawler) - 88 XJ

[SPOA87YJ]

Cool glad to see this coming along.

 

[Barnes 4wd]

The XJ is coming right along. I wish you would have had this when we were at Harlan last Oct. getting drowned.

 

[spraypaintman]

Looks good John! When did you get a building??!!

 

[J.C.]

I wish you would have had this when we were at Harlan last Oct. getting drowned.

That was one of the reasons behind the decision to get it

 

[J.C.]

Looks good John! When did you get a building??!!

Been about a year I guess. Sure has been nice

 

[J.C.]

Finished installing the rocker guards today and fabbed up some extra support for the rear tcase.

 

[quickracer]

looking good John.nice rig you playing around with.

 

[J.C.]

BK Is Ready To Test!

Today I finished up the intitial BK build and it's ready for a test run. I finished up the krawl box shifter and the rocker guards. Since I had taken BK out to URE in December without any mods and had damaged the rocker panels on Kodak, I went ahead and cut them out and mounted the guards in place of the damaged panels. I also cut an extra 1.5" off the front fenders and installed door moulding around the edges for looks and protection, FWIW, one large roll of door moulding from Advance Auto is enough to do both front sides!

 

[SPOA87YJ]

Right on John! Where ya headed with it?

 

[Spence]

mt. city next weekend to test??
john?

austin?

im itching to get out and wheel

 

[J.C.]

I've got a job next weekend Going to the beach the next weekend Probably take it to the SFWDA 1st Quarter Ride & Meeting March 12th in Sparta, TN.

 

[McCracken]

John, I just briefly went through this. Have you beefed up the unibody any?

 

[J.C.]

No beef. This is a MILD wheeler. It's built for trail riding and watching others do the really hard stuff. However, it is built to go, with the krawl box and lockers. After some "testing" I MAY do a few other mods such as the transmission 1/2 switch, steering box brace but if I want to really wheel I'll take The Krawler, not the Baby Krawler

 

[99ncxj]

your baby krawler has more sweet mods than my only crawler...I want to do the crawl box sooooo bad on mine.

 

[stevehayden]

transmission 1/2 switch

John
Great looking build. Can't wait to see it in person. What is a transmission 1/2 switch? What are the benifits?

 

[RenegadeT]

John
Great looking build. Can't wait to see it in person. What is a transmission 1/2 switch? What are the benifits?

I'm thinking this is probably the tranny 1-2 switch.
Awesome build, all of us with stock XJs are watching

 

[Cherokeekid88]

I'm thinking this is probably the tranny 1-2 switch.
Awesome build, all of us with stock XJs are watching

I think he told me it was to keep the tranny in 1st.....

 

[J.C.]

I think he told me it was to keep the tranny in 1st.....

Correct. The switch keeps the tranny from shifting to 2nd gear when you hit a certain RPM. Check out the link RenegadeT posted, one of many good write ups on the web.

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

wish I knew about that mod a few years back... 1st-2nd upshift while descending a steep icy slope can get hairy quick ...

 

[cbjeeper]

Where did you find the crawl box and whats the cost?

 

[orange150]

this build is currently under new management.

 

[J.C.]

That's funny Yeah, the Baby Krawler has a new Daddy!

 

[broncomania]

i like it.

 

[Cherokeekid88]

So, what are your plans gonna be for it?

 

[orange150]

keep it running/wheeling until the CJ-5 is done, so a few good years. Might throw a tad more lift and some larger axles under it, but that would only be if I needed to.

But my plans change day to day, it's staying as is until after race day at least.