Intermechanico
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Good morning, All.
This is my second liberty acquired in the last 8 months or so. The first was a replacement vehicle for the cabin which turned out to be a lot more fun to repair and prepare than expected.
This one is a 2006 Liberty Renegade, 3.7L Automatic with 178k km or 110k miles. It has an OME/Bilstein 2.5” lift with JBA front UCAs. Tires as of yesterday are 235/85r16 10 ply Yokohama Geolandar M/T G003 including the spare.
It is rust free and runs pretty well, I’ve been driving it on and off for a few months now and it’s been completely reliable.
I’ve started with all the built up maintenance and such to get it back to a healthy baseline:
- Engine Radiator (Denso), Water Pump (Dayco), Rad Hoses and 180° thermostat and new housing
- Seafoam engine oil treatment with a Semi-Synthetic 15w40 (Phillips 66 Guardol ECT) diesel oil change interval to get the internals cleaned up
- Transmission service with Mobil ATF+4 and a hard reset to force a recalibration
- Replaced the A/C compressor, accumulator and condensor (Denso) to get the comfort level back to where we’d all like it to be
- Replaced Lower Control Arm to chassis, LCA to strut bushings, Lower ball joints, descale and paint LCAs and steering knuckles black
- Replaced factory driving lights with Earth Tracks euro-beam LED Worklights
Planned and Completed Improvements:
- Replaced factory electric fan with Flex-A-Lite Wave Flex LoBoy 16” 3000 cfm fan, installed into original fan shroud/support (Completed)
- Add transmission and cooling system fan control circuits to bypass and lower the factory fan cut in point (~219°f) to a more reasonable 200°f cut in/185° cut out
- Install 235/85r16 Geolandar M/Ts (Completed)
- Install Spartan locker and ARB Diff cover into/onto rear axle (Today)
- Fabricate tubular adjustable rear axle LCAs and upper wishbone using Barnes4WD Enduro Links and 2”x2”x1/4” wall square steel tubing (Parts due to arrive tomorrow)
- Fabricate steel rock sliders, front and rear bumpers and install Tabor 9K winch (Winch on hand)
- Replace front IFS Differential with Ford 8.8 or similar, undecided. Will drop front subframe an inch or so at this time. I might try to find an early cast iron D30 but they don’t seem very common.
This is my second liberty acquired in the last 8 months or so. The first was a replacement vehicle for the cabin which turned out to be a lot more fun to repair and prepare than expected.
This one is a 2006 Liberty Renegade, 3.7L Automatic with 178k km or 110k miles. It has an OME/Bilstein 2.5” lift with JBA front UCAs. Tires as of yesterday are 235/85r16 10 ply Yokohama Geolandar M/T G003 including the spare.
It is rust free and runs pretty well, I’ve been driving it on and off for a few months now and it’s been completely reliable.
I’ve started with all the built up maintenance and such to get it back to a healthy baseline:
- Engine Radiator (Denso), Water Pump (Dayco), Rad Hoses and 180° thermostat and new housing
- Seafoam engine oil treatment with a Semi-Synthetic 15w40 (Phillips 66 Guardol ECT) diesel oil change interval to get the internals cleaned up
- Transmission service with Mobil ATF+4 and a hard reset to force a recalibration
- Replaced the A/C compressor, accumulator and condensor (Denso) to get the comfort level back to where we’d all like it to be
- Replaced Lower Control Arm to chassis, LCA to strut bushings, Lower ball joints, descale and paint LCAs and steering knuckles black
- Replaced factory driving lights with Earth Tracks euro-beam LED Worklights
Planned and Completed Improvements:
- Replaced factory electric fan with Flex-A-Lite Wave Flex LoBoy 16” 3000 cfm fan, installed into original fan shroud/support (Completed)
- Add transmission and cooling system fan control circuits to bypass and lower the factory fan cut in point (~219°f) to a more reasonable 200°f cut in/185° cut out
- Install 235/85r16 Geolandar M/Ts (Completed)
- Install Spartan locker and ARB Diff cover into/onto rear axle (Today)
- Fabricate tubular adjustable rear axle LCAs and upper wishbone using Barnes4WD Enduro Links and 2”x2”x1/4” wall square steel tubing (Parts due to arrive tomorrow)
- Fabricate steel rock sliders, front and rear bumpers and install Tabor 9K winch (Winch on hand)
- Replace front IFS Differential with Ford 8.8 or similar, undecided. Will drop front subframe an inch or so at this time. I might try to find an early cast iron D30 but they don’t seem very common.
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