I know what you mean about the ZJ, Dave. Our '95 Trooper is getting me worried. It's been a good vehicle, and fairly easy to work on, but the prices for some of this stuff will kill you. Not everything is accessable either. I'm dreading the day when I really have to do something to it, 'cause it's gonna hurt. After it's paid off the wife and I are thinking mid '80's Wagoneer with 1 ton running gear, new motor (injected), and a decent tranny. Think about it, you could build a vehicle new for 1/2 the cost of a new one off the lot, it'd be 10 times more reliable, cheaper, and easier to work on. Already been pricing the new motor, looks like it'll be $6K by itself, maybe we'll go diesel..."Powered by Cat" has a nice ring to it.
Another reason this board gets so much traffic is the type of mods we do to our vehicles. I'm running mostly Chevy stuff, I know of a similar Scrambler that's all Ford with a little Toy mixed in. If it were all just jeep stuff it'd be boring. So not only do we have questions about jeeps, but most other brands as well. We also have the $$$ factor, some trying to do things well but with as little money as possible (I'm one), others don't care about expense. We also like to learn. I'd rather screw something up and learn from it than pay someone to do it right and not learn a thing. With this board I can have the best of both worlds. I can scrwew something up, have you guys come down on me for it, ridicule me, discuss it for awhile, mention what I did wrong, what not to do, then tell me how to correct the screwup. See, isn't that a lot more fun than reading through some manual and learning it right the first time?
But seriously, a lot of the mods posted are stuff I NEVER would have thought of. It's brought my jeep to a whole new level of "Hey guys, this is neat, look at this..." Why reinvent the wheel. It's like the BASF commercial, "We don't make the jeep, we make it better".
JEEPN
'81 CJ-8 Scrambled!
GM151/SM465/NP205 twinstick/7" Lift/33" Swampers/REP 8000/RE 9000's/IHC D44's 4.10's Lock'd