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Yes. I bought a short bed, standard cab W150. I don't remember the wheelbase, but it was less than 120 inches. That Power Wagon felt big back then, but the Gladiator has about twenty inches, approximately, more wheelbase. But that Power Wagon did have a bit more engine, I got one of the last...

Forty years ago, I was running 31s on my '77 Power Wagon, and felt like they were fairly tall. Now, 33s on my Gladiator look about right to me, but that '77 Power Wagon was really a good bit smaller than a Gladiator. If I tried to do the things that I did with the Power Wagon in the Gladiator...

It does take some practice to be able to "coffee can" an engine (take an engine apart and throw all the fasteners into a coffee can and then be able to reassemble it correctly with fasteners in the correct places, everything in time and so on.) I can do it with all the 3.6s, the non supercharged...

The Charger, Challenger and 300 all used the Classic Pentastar as their six cylinder base engine through the end of all three vehicle lines. There was a dual exhaust version that put out 305hp in a Challenger (or 300hp in a Charger) for a few years, my wife had one in her '15 Charger and it ran...

I didn't pay attention to the amounts compared to the sticker price. My biggest concern was making sure thar the vehicles matched the invoices and that all of the loose shipped items were present. And of course getting back to the dealership with the vehicle undamaged.

For a while, I drove cars for my dealership when we did "dealer trades". It wasn't actually a trade, but each dealership involved sold the involved vehicle to the other dealership. When I took a car to the other dealership, I also took a check to pay for the car I drove back. When I left that...

Maybe one of those old 292 Ford (Y-Block) lifesaver kits. The modern oiling systems, if not perfect, are still light years ahead of any old engine's oiling system. I recall some of the Ford engines that my friends tried to hop up that had drippers in the valve covers to direct oil into the...

Nowadays, just my '22 Gladiator and my wife's '22 Charger. Back in the day I drove this Charger. It is a '72 Charger Rallye with the 440 Magnum with a 4 speed transmission. The Barracuda was a '69 that I got in a trade. It was a fun car, but just had a 318 and automatic.

Truth right here. When chasing wind noise, one of the first steps (after verifying thar there actually is an unusual noise) is to cover the suspect areas with tape, in short sections, and drive it again under the same conditions present when the noise is heard. If the noise is gone, remove a...

No problem, I should have said no one around these parts had ever heard of ADHD. Anyway, the teachers considered the cure to be making it painful to not pay attention. Just didn't work for me, if I was interested I mastered a subject. If I wasn't, no amount of paddling or other punishment...

When I was in school, ADHD hadn't been identified, it was called "just being a boy". The teachers were big fans of the ancient Greek proverb " A boy's ear is on his back, the more it is beaten, the better he hears." Fast forward several decades, and I'm still deaf (without my hearing aids).

Probably the first time anyone has mentioned the timing chains being different. The changes to the phasers and chains result in much less wear (and requires a different set of phaser locks for service). I have been into only two bottom ends on the PUG, it has never had any problems that were...

My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Davis, had a very long sentence, "I will not talk in class when the teacher is talking because it is rude." , that she sentenced the entire class to write 1,000 times. I refused, I was used to being paddled almost daily, and couldn't see any point to writing that...

The original, or Classic Pentastar, started out with 5w30 oil specified, and later was specified to use 5w20. The Pentastar Upgrade came out in the 2016 model year, and has NEVER, EVER had any oil specified except 0w20. Now everyone who confuses these two very different engines, go sit down...

I have done the deep dive on this, but I feel that the conclusions that have reached will violate internet "Holy Writ". I don't work on commission, haven't for years, so I can take the time to study what catches my interest in the shop. I have worked on and disected enough Pentastar Upgrade...

That cam replacement takes me about three hours, but it takes the parts department months to get the parts.

The first generation of 3.6 is the Classic Pentastar, made from modelbyear 2010 until 2023. It had VVT (Variable Valve Timing) but not VVL (Variable Valve Lift). The second generation is the Pentastar Upgrade, or PUG. It has both VVT and VVL, it was introduced in the 2016 model year and is...

If you put "Free Jeep Parts" on your Jeep, someone with criminal tendencies might think you're giving away free Jeep parts, maybe even from your Jeep.

My two cents: if you really want an "extended warranty " the factory one will be the best if you want it repaired in a dealership. At the dealership I work in, we do work with some aftermarket warranty companies, but it is never as smooth a process as the Mopar extended warranty process. A...

I didn't know Jeep Parts was back in the big house.