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If I was doing my own, my shop, free labor I could probably get it done for 2 or 2500. I can't imagine most shops would do it correctly for a lot less than 7500 maybe 10. You could keep a lot of parts if you idled around and didn't use it. If you wanted to wheel it would probably be cheaper...

I put water pumps and wheel bearings in them. The 3.5 v6 usually. But they do go forever. Real pia to change the back 3 plugs. Cowl, wipers, and intake manifold have to come off. Front 3 plugs take 35 seconds each Lol. Water pump is no easy task either. I just wear sunglasses and a hoodie...

Yeah the 5.4 triton was trash after 150k or so. Coked up top end and rattling timing gears, Honda had issues at mileage too. Gm did with their displacement on demand. All blamed on maintenance but really? Hard to say. Ford has several that blow out plugs too. And their IWE were a problem...

Absolutely on the smile factor. That was my point. The jeep does things nothing will.in terms of capability or fun My FJ, Z71 and FX4 are more comparable to my mach one than my Rubicon. And the Rubicon isn't stupid bad on road either unless it's been screwed up with poor fitting tires and lift...

I have 6 tagged vehicles at the moment. A few more I can seasonally tag. My Jeep is my fun vehicle also. In ANY other case id agree with you guys. Cheaper to swap an engine and drive that. I own a shop and swap engines plenty. Assuming you are swapping the same engine back in its very easy...

The really big stuff like tractors isn't terrible . You aren't dumb enough to to it without help. You know it's too much. But the light duty stuff im bad to just do it and then be on a heating pad later. Lol. Not sure if its all from the work though. Weight lifting has wrecked some joints and...

Lol. My bad if I missed one. I usually pop in and state my piece and never show back up unless I'm quoted. And then only if I check my email and get a notification

Fan comes on at 216 or just above when idling. So the temp switch fixed it. It's been fine since. I just assumed that a 195 thermostat would cut in by 210. Most do. All is well for now

Man. Kudos to your buddy. I bought a tire machine and a digital balancer really just because I got tired of people scratching my nice rims and paying 80 bucks to get my snow tires every year and atv tires mounted. Plus covid had hit and the country was shut down so I time to shop. Lol. I got...

I scan for free. I'll even tell them what id do to fix it. But I warn them i charge double if they do work on it and fail and then I have to fix the problem plus deal with their rounded off bolts and all the things they screw up. You would be surprised by the vehicles that come back on a...

No doubt. 100% agree. And if your going to work on your Ram and jeep and challenger then I might have given the same above about jscan. Ford guys use Forscan lol. For instance there are several options you have to pay for on a new f150 that are actually on all truck but disabled. You can use...

I don't know that pride had anything to do with his response. Maybe. But not with mine. I've made many thousands of dollars with my 1 thousand dollar scan tool. It's updated constantly, annoyingly so. If a 2021 or 2022 comes into my shop today I have access to it. Any brand. Even...

Id guess one of the pins in a door plug is bent or corroded or the plug simply isn't in all the way.

It didn't just give up for nostalgia though. About half the time the wheel bearing is getting bad letting the reluctor get too far from the sensor. Another decent percent of the time the u joint causes it on these wranglers (or any other live axle front end) Id fix the problem and then...

I've ran the bfg AT tires but got just as sorry mileage as I did the km2. So I just ran the mt. I change my tires at half tread usually, in mud and snow they start to suck by then. I can usually sell them for half what I paid too. My jeep has 54k miles and is on its 5th set. Just installed the...

id do the above mentioned combustion gas test. Takes 1 minute and 25 bucks. If that fails then you have a head gasket issue. If that passed id do a cylinder leakdown test. Takes a few more minutes and the tool costs 50 or so. If you can change your spark plugs you can do the test Both are...

Idk about the newer ones but on the older 3.8 jk you have to hold the traction control button several seconds to get it fully off. If you just hit it and you get to spinning it will still cut your fuel is just slightly less invasive. VERY invasive in snow. I had it cut on and stop me once up...

Very commonly used phrase with absolutely no context or meaning. Lol. Generally means they work on a good many vehicles but don't have a shop. Sometimes it means they changed a tire one time under a shade tree. So idk

Also no two brands of tires are the same. I install tires in my shop. (Some. Not much. I despise balancing tires.) Ive seen worn out 285/70 setting beside brand new 295/75 and the worn smaller ones were taller. Ive also taken one brand off a vehicle and put another brand on(same size) and...

He/ she also said they were a shade tree mechanic. If anything other than a Mopar comes under the shade of his tree then jscan is useless. But the ones I mentioned can be had for a grand. I had one before I ever built my shop. Jscan is great for someone working on his jeep clearing codes and...