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When I bought my 2006 TJ last year, I didn't realize that it was missing two of the three catalytic converters. I'm pretty sure it's the two pre-cats that are missing. I'm running 31x10.5/15s with a 4.0l engine coupled to an automatic transmission. My fuel consumption is decent. I don't...

I recently posted a gripe about modern vehicles and it just blew up. Clearly we are all frustrated with the path that the modern auto industry has taken. There are theories as to why they have gone in this direction. Some attribute it to incompetence, stupidity, or greed. My theory is that it is...

I am still shopping for a second earlier model Jeep vehicle. Due to financial constrains, I may not make the purchase until after the first of the year (unless something really good comes up). I just ran across a '99 model Comanche. (Photo below.) 4.0l engine, manual transmission (rare around...

I tell ya, I'm gonna buy me a mule. Can we get a mule forum here?

I know that I'm probably kind of beating a dead horse here, but I am a bit desperate, so y'all put up with a brotha who is on the edge of desperate. I recently posted photos of a Gobi Stealth type cargo rack that was made by someone in the region. I have not been able to find anybody able to...

A fellow named Brent Stanton posted this to a FB TJ group that I frequent. It struck me as a bit of poetry in a forum that is usually about nuts, bolts and grease. I figured some of us could relate. I know I did...

I’ll be posting some questions over the next few days about how to best use my transmission and transfer case on the roads I run. I’m really trying to do right by La Negrita, so if folks will bear with me, I’d like to drop a few questions about best practices for the 42RLE in my road conditions...

This video just came up in my feed. Late model Wranglers are populating used car lots here. Nobody wants to keep them. Several mechanics have told me that they are garbage. Sad thing...

I just did another long slog up the big mountain and have a few questions about best practices with this transmission (42RLE paired with a 4.0l 6cyl on a 2005 X model). But I'll save those for another thread. Like my analogy of changing from horses to mules, I'm still learning how to best use...

I was in my 2005 TJ Sport doing some stuff and the car was off - no key in the ignition. I accidentally hit the window button on the center dashboard and the window went down. This surprised me as I have never owned a vehicle in which the electric windows would function if the key was not at...

I was in town this morning and saw a Wrangler TJ sitting in front of an auto detailer. It had a fine cargo rack on it. I stopped to ask about it. The owner was not there, so I Ieft a note asking where he had it made with my contact information. No answer yet, but I took some photos and am...

My little TJ just can't hack some of my trips when I need to carry extra gear. I am considering grabbing a Cherokee XJ and am looking at possibilities. They abound here for sale, but my experience so far (I was originally looking for an XJ but gave up) is that most of them on the market here...

The driver's side bolt on the transmission skidplate crossmember is lose. It's strange, because it is hanging there and spinning lose like it has a nut on the inside of the chassis member, but there is no way to get to it. To be clear, the bolt is not missing, just just hanging there and...

I'm still ruminating on a cargo solution. Checking again on Amazon, I came across a rack that I had not seen before in my searches. I'm wondering if anyone has used it or one of a similar configuration on a TJ roof, or has any knowledge of it. It attaches to the rain gutters over the front...

This is really just an academic or rhetorical question, but I'm curious as to what the general consensus would be. Now, I'm asking in my context, but the idea applies universally. I drove up to a friend's ranch today, the same route that I posted photos from a while back. It's a rough road, all...

I recently posted about a cargo rack and the idea of a trailer was floated. I found a fabricator here in Mexico that makes custom trailers. They can make me one like this pictured below, but they would put a different axle on it so that it would fit larger tires, about the size of what I have on...

(2005 X model, 6cyl, Stock 4-speed automatic transmission (overdrive), all stock except for 3" lift and 31" tires.) I’ve written elsewhere about the trip I took this week. I started out at about 500 feet above sea level, got over 5,500 by the time I got to where I was going. This was in less...

I just made a trip into the mountains that generated some questions that I'll post later. It was less than 50 miles one way and took over four hours. On the first 1/4 of the trip I was able to make about 30mph, so that'll give you an idea of road conditions on the last 3/4. Some places were just...

I was just caught in a heavy downpour in town. I felt a drop on my knee and then saw that there was water dripping down where the windshield frame meets the roof. I was in a parking lot, so was not going fast, but may have been facing into the wind. I went into the grocery store and when I came...

Man, I wish I had simple hand-crank windows on this thing! There is a fustercluck of wiring going to my doors. A previous owner installed a remote entry system and whoever did it was pretty much working with scrap speaker wire, electrical tape and Elmer's glue. :mad: The strap that holds the...