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My wife and I took a nice trip to Europe last spring, something she had saved for and dreamed of doing for a long time. While there, i took note of the many Mopars on the streets of Europe. In London for instance, we walked past a Chrysler 300CRD parked on the curb near a restaurant. Right...

My `05 CRD did something like that very early on, maybe 5K miles on the odometer at most. I was driving on the interstate and had to switch lanes, even into the mediun rapidly to my left, and it began to skip and shudder, seemed running on maybe 2 cylinders, definitely missing and cutting out...

My understanding is that to check the fluid on later model Mopars, you put the vehicle on a lift, sitting level to be certain it is an accurate check. Then remove a rubber plug in the side of the transmission case, the fluid should be at the base of that plug, just as with a manual...

I have the 2005 Liberty factory service manual, and also own a 2.8L CRD. I could send you the info related to replacing the timing belt if you like. Of course the 2.5 could be different. I recall reading it a while back, there is a fixture to lock the camshaft sprockets in place whilst you...

I actually drive my KJ on the beach here in Florida quite often, and have never had any sort of traction problem at the beach. I drive most often on soft loose sand and avoid the hard wet sand so that i don't get the salt water on the body. When i do have to drive on the wet hard sand the...

I have one of those Mopar roof basket carriers. They come packaged with bolts to fit either the Renegade or the Sport/Limited roof rails. It is also available to mount on the Jeep Mopar cross bars, but that one mounts higher and drags more air. It is a nice heavy built all metal rack and...

I would look real close at my battery. When the battery gets old and the volts fall off after sitting for a week or so, the BCM will do all sorts of crazy things. Charge the battery up good and it straightens up for a while, until it sits long enough of the battery finally goes bad for good...

WalMart sells Mopar brand ATF+4 in the local stores here. Genuine Mopar transmission fluid, the good stuff. I was sure surprised to find it there too. I think the price was about the same as the Valvoline ATF+4 that i have been getting from Advance Auto Parts. Silver Streak `05 CRD Sport

I have a real nice Jeep (Mopar) roof rack that is made from steel tubing. It holds my spare tire while i am towing my travel trailer, for obvious reason. It kills your mileage, even with the trailer disconnected the mileage drops a few MPG with just the rack up there. Anything you put on the...

Thirty seconds disconnected from the battery ought to be enough time for the computer to loose it's memory. Secondly, you can verify what you figure to be the problem, by simply setting the odomoter to show the "Trip" mode; then simply turn the key switch to on then off then on then off then on...

There is a much easier way to do it. Attach the draw bar, with ball of course, onto the trailer tounge before you put the draw bar into the receiver. Then simply line it up level on a piece of lumber and back into it. With my utility trailer i can pull the trailer into the receiver withlittle...

I drive my CRD on the beach here in Florida, fairly often. Sand is all you have on the beach, some of it is soft, but a good bit of it can be packed well too. The soft sand is usually worst at the entry/exit ramps to the beach, where you first drive down onto the beach from the roads. I have...

Jeep says change it at 12.5K miles. It is in your owners manual, as well as the service manual, both of them say change the drive axle oil at 12.5K miles. If you tow a trailer they say you absolutely must use the synthetic gear oil. If you replace it with synthetic I figure you could...

The limited slip additive is available at most any good parts store. I think i paid about $5 for a toothpaste type tube of it a year or so back. And you might want to consider using instead, the Synthetic gear oil offered by Valvoline and others as well. It comes with the additive already...

Diesel with low sulphur is considered more enviromentally friendly. It used to be the all diesel and gasoline as well were low sulphur, back before the `73 OPEC oil embargo. Back then crude oil that contained any appreciable amount of sulphur was only used for Bunker C fuel oil. Bunker C was...

Yeah the Rambler six is a good engine, certainly reliable. I don't think it comes close to the 3.7L myself for a lot of reasons. First off i should say i have never seen or heard of a 3.7L having loose valve seats; however it is clearly the most likely culprit for the one described here. I...

The 3.7L has aluminum heads, and therefore must have hardened steel valve seats pressed into the head. Unfortunately these sometimes come out. My guess is the engine was severely overheated perhaps? I am guessing here, I really don't know what causes it. If the head gasket were leaking there...

I changed mine at 12.5K as per Jeep's recommendations. I used Valvoline Synthetic 75W-140 in both axles, and it is expensive. I paid $71 for 4 quarts with a small tube of silicone gasket maker for the rear axle. I removed the rear cover so to be certain I got all the metal from the axle breaking...

If you get a Mopar cruise control kit, the servo with the cable attached will come with it, along with the switches needed for inside the vehicle, and various other pieces. I have not installed one in a Liberty, but have in a few other late model Mopars, the kits are great. They even come...

Jeep says you have to use a copper core NGK plug in the 3.7L. The FSM even goes as far as to name the part number for you. The reason they explain in the FSM is the copper core, any other core material will break down eventually, and could cause detonation to occur. NGK makes better plugs than...