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Man, am I ever Torqued......!
captkirk3@dslextreme.com
Member Posts: 3,804
My Stupid 93 Model Jeep Wrangler has cost Me a 'BUNCH' the past few months..! New Engine, New Brakes, New Clutch, Pressure Plate and Throwout Bearing, Windshield was replaced....Put on a Hardtop and Alarm system and now the dang thing is making a strange sound in the Front some place...Not Loud....just a new Sound to My Ear...Got 4 new Tires on last month...Think I'm gonna trade it off for a Pickup....Grrrrr............
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The 2006 Rubicon is bullet proof just like the old
School jeeps. Mine is going to run Moab Utah soon.
Captin. Trade it in on a new Rubicon< I have been a Jeep CJ owner for years and refused to buy a wrangler until they built one like the original CJ now is the time. This is the last year for Dana 44's air lockers etc.
The 2006 Rubicon is bullet proof just like the old
School jeeps. Mine is going to run Moab Utah soon.
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Can we use it for target practice? We could do a raffel and the winner sets up the range time and place. What do you think? [8D]
I've got the range...You guys can name the time[;)][:)]
I have bought several vehicles over the years where folks have rebuilt bunches of stuff on the rig...then got disgusted and quit..thereby allowing me to spend another couple hundred and driving it for 3-4 years trouble-free....[:D]
"Strange sound up front" MIGHT be a wheel bearing...or the brake pad wear signal. 50 bucks.....
Most experts agree that a new vehicle is the best cure. [:D]
Bottom line, sounds to me like you are into this rig for some cash[?] so the best advice I have, is to keep it and make it pay itself off.[8] My hunting rig has payed itself over multiple times, and I love it just for that reason.[8D]
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Thanks !!!
d.a.stearns
Gunsmith / LEO
Niota , Tn
New Clutch w/ throughout bearing....$150.<91/92 & 93 has a One of a kind Hydraulic resavoir and Throwout Bearing..all made into One..Just that piece or Modern engineering cost over a $100.00...and then the whole Transmission and Transfer Case has to come out to replace it...> Pressure plate hardly ever goes bad...why was it replaced?< Cheaper to replace then to reface..Hydraulic Fluid saturated everything from the Flywheel back...and felt better knowing that the problem was fixed>
Windshield....$125.<Plus a New Gasket...About a I and a 1/2 C-Note>
New Engine? What engine does it have? <Belchfire 4...or known as the 2.5....Fuel Injected...Had a Cracked Ring in Number 3...Cost Me $1500.00 to rebuild> The 4.0 is BULLET PROOF.
My wife drove her Jeep until the engine seized. You see women can't see those dash warning lights and she ran it out of coolant after an old hose broke....< No Lights...Got Guages...>
After it cooled down it started and she drove it home 5+ miles without coolant.
I tore off the head and there was a deep gouge in one of the cylinder walls. I honed the cylinders, replaced the headgasket/water pump/hoses/ radiator and put Slick 50 in it.
It ran better than before and would rip loose 33" Mickey Thompsons. We sold it because I thought it would die soon for $7,000.
It is still running.
Look for a different mechanic to work on your jeep.<I've had several differant Mechanic's work on it...so its not a case of supporting a local Wrench Turner>
I just about have Myself convinced to start looking for a 3/4 Ton Pickup or a One Ton Flat Bed....