Recent content by joncan

Well, it looks like I'm in the market for a new engine. When we removed the valve cover it looked like the valve was still in place, but the spring was destroyed. No metal in the oil, so we figured we would replace the spring, rocker, cover and gasket. Good news, right? Well, we then...

Hey, thanks for the replies. 06 Limited with 127k miles. I've worked from home for the last 4 years so it hasn't been driven much. Chatted about all of this with a few people and it looks like this decision depends on a few things you all have touched on. I'm preparing for that dreaded...

On my way home last night and about 2 miles from home out of nowhere I started hearing a crazy rattling coming from under the hood. I immediately pulled into a parking lot where the engine started to sputter out. I opened the hood and to my dismay I can see a valve rocker has been shot through...

You said it was going to be easy, I never imagined it would be that easy! One man, a few sprays of PB breaker, a little background music and 8 hours in the garage. Drives awesome. Looks better. Thanks for all the pointers and posts. I'm happy, tired and greasy. Sent from my Nexus 6P using...

In other words, you can use the old isolators if you want to when setting up the front, or order new ones if you want to replace them with the springs and struts? I ordered new mounts and isolators so I can take everything over to a friends shop and set up the struts before I start working...

See. This is why I ask these questions. I think I have stuff figured out and then someone smarter comes and sets me straight. I was talking to my "junk guy" yesterday and mentioned I might be on the lookout for the 4.10 diffs. Guess I need to stick with the 06-07 stuff and plan on regearing...

Oh yeah, never started there. Just ended up there plenty of times after some broken breaker bars and lots of bloody knuckles. Never on a liberty, though, and I haven't done anything like this in more than a decade. So I might be planning on too much worst case. Sent from my Nexus 6P using...

It's just the 02-04 CRDs, right? Any obsticles in fitting them on an 06? Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Thanks for adding your experience Hoosier! That's helpful. To avoid making this another tire size to lift height discussion, any pointers on stuff I should put on my shopping list? I mean, the jeep's 12 years old so any pointers on "things I wish I would have bought before I started this...

Lol, can I intrepret this to mean "reframe your thinking, young one"? I don't often go off road, but to get a pass to drive out on the beaches out here you need to have a certain size tire for your rim size. I'm pretty sure they require a 245 70 or greater ratio for 17" wheels. That's why i'd...

Yeah I got the 927/948 combo with OME shocks and the N132L for the rear. So that's 2.5". Sorry I didn't specify. As far as how much I want to lift, I really don't know. I'd like enough room for 31" tires without having to pound the pinch weld or cut anything. Sent from my Nexus 6P using...

Thanks Sam! Your jeep looks awesome. Was there noticable rubbing with those tires without pounding the pinch weld?

Hi Everyone, So, I might have jumped the gun before I really understood everything, but when the wife gives you the go ahead when you say "I'm thinking about..." you do it before she can second guess anything. I posted in the intros section to say hi, but this is the section I've been stuck in...

Howdy folks! I've been using this forum and a few others to troubleshoot and fix problems I've had with my 04 (wrecked) and 06 KJ Limited since pretty much 2008. I've never had a problem that I wasn't able find a solution for on here or other forums. Since my buddy got a new truck, we started...