my boy mike taking woops and jumps and 60+ mph and wondering why his motor mounts wont last lol

The straight six really is a diy friendly design!

love the 90s dixie cup paint job lol. that suspension is really well dialed too. cool project

love your videos! I learned stick on an xj when I was 13 and have owned 2. now ive got a 75 square body chevy. rock on keep it up! 🤘

Another great Vlog like always 🤘🏼

Awesome video, as usual. Keep it up!

Beers were cracked! Hell yeah brother keep up the good work! I’m on my way to the steel store to buy some HREW to fab up the rear bumper. Gotta stay busy and we’ll hydrated. Happy 4th!

Love the xj, not the worst headgasket job... lots of memories doing mine... twice... gotta love the ole box trick

Love the vids and editing !!

Great edit! thanks for sharing!

Love the vids keep up the great work!!

Careful man one thing you can never fully repair is a messed up back 😮

Excellent Jeep

Love those 4.0's greatest engine ever made

love the edited in clips, lol. You sure beat the hell out of that old thing, lol

sick vid and the consent beer uploads 😄

That head gasket job has sold me on getting an XJ. I just pulled my engine on my Forester to do heads and thought that was normal 😅

Man awesome video. Just went thru a lot of similar stuff on my xj. Finally almost have it finished and ready to wheel again!

Love the videos!

I love your channel man, it’s actually inspired my girlfriend to start looking for an XJ! Cheers from Colorado, keep up the good work!!

I ate a number of radiators with that fan clutch. Even with Brown Dog solid mounts (that make the whole Jeep rattle). It's a uni-Jeep, it'll twist. :) Eventually swapped in a Taurus fan, which keeps it ice cold on the trail, but less cold wooding it on mountain climbs. XJ life...

Thanks mike for the cool video

Great video! That was fun to watch

I love the dixie cup paint job! Also, are you running your stock Dana 30s on 35s? Or is that a different front axle? I would love to run 35s on my XJ but I'm afraid that the Dana 30 will not be happy with it.

Hey man great video! I also really like your content. Where did you take the head to get checked/resurfaced? I am about to replace the head gasket on my 1999 TJ and freeze plugs while im in there but I also want to take it in to get checked for some additional piece of mind.

Happy 4th my boy mike nice to see another video!!🇺🇸💥🙏🏽

That pitman arem repair, jeff legend.

15:25 AWESOME shot!

Damn that off roading looks so fun.

Ive had those large clutches wipe out radiators before. Sometimes they are just too close to the radiator i think when they spool up or lock up they move forward slightly also if theres body flex etc.. last one i saw wipe out a radiator had brown dog motor mounts on it so it wasnt a mount issue. If i were to install one id find a way to shave stuff down a little to gain more room like shave the mount flange down a little and maybe bits off the front etc.. i run electric fans on our cherokees or the stock clutch on stock setups but that big clutch does do more im just real careful about it i havent installed one for a while since seeing failures on a rig i had then a few others. You can also get rid of the clutch and mount the fan solid with a spacer/adapter but i prefer the clutch for a few reasons. Many years ago i put a big clutch on my cherokee then my wifes and it wiped out her radiator and not mine and there was the smallest amount of space difference hers was only just slightly closer maybe an 1/8th inch and i believe at the time i found the clutch moves forward as it locks up. So just be careful, it also depends on radiator thickness. Your mounts definitely didn't help but im not sure that was the problem i would keep an eye on it or take a little time to create some extra space.

I like that Honda workbench you got 😂

...those xj's do really well 😮😮

Nice, still surprised you're much over 210 at highway speeds, sometimes those bigger clutches demand more than they give. Might be worth slapping in a cheapie trans mount too if it's moving that much generally it's both. When I had a tcase drop kit in back when i was rednecking my xj the fan used to clip the ac lines lol

yeah that might have to do a head gasket some time soon cause in my lj i notice alot of air bubbles and it kinda smells.....like combustion not full on like you ti where i was getting smoke,but yeah ill need to see since it could just be the radiator flush stuff im using along with air bubbles in the coolant system but we'll see,either way i wouldn't be too mad at her she has 213k miles and i beat on and bang limiter.....not good for the motor but very good for the soul 😆😆' ALSO what wheels are you running, are they the level 8 bully pro's ?

Impressive car...

Fucking awesome my guy. Well done.

Mike. What do you do for work? Are these all weekend projects?

The beer crack and count is hilarious and imo necessary. Important info.

Edlebrock cylinder head cmon let’s go!!!!

Greetings from Northern utah. What head gasket did you use?

mike was never the same after that head BOINK 14:02

The exhaust header melts the rubber. Weld up a heat shield or wrap the header

What axles, gears are you running ? Lockers ? Chromoly shafts ?

Im glad you still have a good attitude. PS - I'll never count your beers. You deserve at least all of them. ;)

I'm always amazed how people just pull apart an engine to repair it. I would be worried about putting it back together properly. Lol

I think if you have poly motor mounts it would stop the motor from shifting and spearing your radiator.

I miss my jeep, can't wait to get another one to go wheeling. I just hated the JK because of the shitty 3.6 I had in it. It had to go.

Hi Mike! What new radiator did you get?

love the vids dude! what gears are you running?

I’m not a fan of the ZJ fan clutch. It’s crazy loud and it actually killed my gas mileage and seat of my pants horsepower. It would barely touch the radiator with the iron man poly mounts. I ended up putting a brand new XJ clutch in and it did great for cooling.

Where is this looks fun you ever get out to pa let me know

12,000 miles in the hottest engine compartment ever. its no wonder XJs basically eat motor mounts.

i saw the suspension upgrade vid but what rear leafs are you running that suspenion seems to work great

What brand is that rear tire carrier

Hey Mike how does that jeep ride on the highway with those big tires on? Can you keep up with traffic on highways with some incline?

Build a full size truck pls

that goop is likely bronse grease, stuff that prevents rusting

That rear driver side head bolt was a pita for me. The pinch weld/seam was in the way. Nothing a bmfh couldn’t fix but it was annoying.

12:03 LMAO

I did the same job on my 95 Cherokee but it had a 2.5 4 cylinder and the head was warped only cost 250$ to fix all of it

The goop is crusty ass coolant that settles in the bottom of the head's coolant passages.

My friends and I have had 6 xjs combined and they all chew up a head gasket at around 180-200k

230 is pushing it imo i have seen some get 215 but not above unless there is some kind of problem

poor honda got demoted to workbench. sick video

The local part store guys are probably so confused😂

I highly doubt the engine will do it again.. Time and time again the i6 on those older Cherokees just love to kick ass lol

What happened to the black tacoma?

Forgot sealant on the first bolt

You still have the OG Yota?

what brand your front bumper?

Do you still have the XJ?

When are the 37s coming!?

If I wasn't breaking my jeep I would ask myself why do I have a jeep! My mechanic told me he loves my jeep because the jeep remodel his kitchen.

Every time you break it is just more content for us! 😂

What rear bumper is that

1st video i dont see u drinking corona

post some mustang vids now man!

PLUGGED RAD STOP LEAK. CRACKED HEAD BETWEEN #3 & #4

Diesel swap maybe😊😊😊?

First🎉

Just. Empty. Every. Pocket.

As a former xj owner I would of upgraded that radiator to the csf 3 core and replace the cap with an oem mopar cap. Actually the more oem cooling parts you replace on that thing, the better. The oem lower radiator hose has a spring, others don’t. Oem thermostat has a bleeder hole, others don’t. You will notice a big difference.

It's not a jeep if it's not broke

I still think the eggs would’ve worked, then you would get to smell omelet all the way home.

Beat the yota

99th like, let’s go

It's not steel, it's cast iron.

Jesus christ😂

Ls swap time

25th comment baby

thats an american flag... sir those are illegal in parts of california

I like you’re videos,but come on show some respect for the environment..you’re just dousing the road with coolant,filling up coolant bottles in a lake,we all know that had residual coolant in it..There is other people and generations that want to enjoy the earth..

Instant 👍

Dude, are you locked up? Make content