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We hit the next random stupid failure in the KJ yesterday. We were driving up Corona Pass which is basically a 2wd with ground clearance kind of road. It is pretty rocky in places, so there's a lot of bumping and bouncing going on. About halfway up I hear the dreaded Ding and notice that...

Or a wife that knows how to pack light. We went to spend a couple of days at the cabin. Two people, two dogs, two inflatable kayaks, bedding, airbed, synthesizers, multi-track recorders, fishing gear, life jackets, food, clothes, rain gear, etc. It's kind of amazing what creative packing...

I'm looking deeper into Nancy's radiator fan problems. She's an '04 3.7L with only the electric fan. I see that there are two relays. One for high speed, the other for low. The problem is that coolant temp starts to rise when AC is on and speed is low. Idling in the barn with AC on, the fan...

I just love it when Betsy pays attention and learns things. She has started using Nancy ( '04 KJ ) as her daily driver. Today it was 104 degrees F. She was driving in town with the AC on full. She actually noticed that the temp gauge was reading about 3/4 scale and stopped the car in the...

My wife mentioned that she is wanting to start using Nancy as her everyday car. This was actually the second time she brought that up. She usually gets her way with that sort of thing. I guess that means I need to re-think my plans for upgrades and mods. Why would I need the off-road...

Just below the speedo in Nancy ( '04 Renegade KJ ), there is a small label that says 'TYPE 35' in orange letters. When the sun hits this part of the dash, it lights up causing me to think it's an idiot light of some kind. Gets me every time. And There are two gas stations in town where I live...

I've been reading and poking around but I'm left with a couple of questions. There are many differing opinions on this forum. 1 - does JBA = JeepinByAl (.com)? 2 - I'm looking at OME springs OME927 front and OME948 rear for our '04 KJ and Bilstein shocks to go with them. I see ...D916... for...

Last week it was a wildflower/picture taking trip for Betsy. Tomorrow, it's off to The 2011 Super77th Combat Foamy Fun Fly! This is not a real technical road, but there should be a few opportunities to scrape off some of the extra plastic. I decided that Nancy will be the car of choice to...

Betsy ( SWMBO ) and I took the KJ into town tonight for another great cheeseburger at the local fine dining establishment. Betsy was driving. There are a couple of ways to get back home. One involves about 2 miles of soft dirt/sand road and the other is about 4 miles of the same, with 1 mile of...

We took Nancy, the new-to us '04 Liberty Renegade, out for her first tests at climbing hills and maneuvering through ruts and rocks. She did much better than some of the other vehicles we saw on the nastiest parts of the hill climb which required lots of suspension flex and a fair amount of...

I'm still undecided about this on the new-to-me '04 KJ. It seems that 1st gear is just a bit too low for normal on-the-road starts, and 2nd may be just a bit too high. In my '77 CJ ( 258 w/ 4speed T10 and 410s ), 1st is almost never used on the road. Same goes for my '88 F250 7.3 Diesel...

Is there a trick to getting this right? I bought an '04 KJ 3.7L a few days ago knowing that there was a leak at the oil pan drain plug. First day, I stopped by the dealer and purchased a new plug because I noticed that the rubber gasket on the old one was all kinds of tweaked in an odd shape...

Greetings from Platteville, Colorado I just registered to this forum and wanted to take a moment to say hello. Yesterday I purchased an '04 Liberty Renegade which is sitting pretty much stock with the addition of a cheap brush guard and some KC Hi-Lighters. Now I get to start planning the...