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04/15/26 | 96,910 I ordered a replacement Mopar camshaft on April 10th and it arrived today. I found it at Prestige Chrysler Dodge Jeep Parts (kit 68661147ab ). I also ordered a Baxter oil filter adapter kit from Extreme Terrain. I'm hoping that having oil in the system at every startup will...

2026-03-00 | 96,909 My first worry was the more extreme possibility that the engine was toast, with the valve train gone, etc. Since the valve covers have been weeping oil for quite a while I decided to start by removing them and installing with new gaskets. This would give me a chance to see...

I'm still working through diagnosing it. But we'll see...

2026-02-28 | 96,885 Oil change today with the usual suspects. NAPA oil and filter, 13mm and 15/16" sockets with a 6" extension for the filter. 2026/03/01 In the past week there have been some concerning events. Coming home from the airport last week on the 11th, the check engine light came on...

2025/11/05, 93,080 Rotated the tires one more time. The two that were on the front are spent. Feathered, chipped, low tread, and loud on the road. One of the tires on the truck has a plug in it, one has a repaired valve stem. I've got four new Nitto's in the garage. Those will go on some time...

8/18/25 | 89,920 Oil and filter change and replacing transmission fluid in the pan (~5 qts). SAE 0W-20 synthetic oil from NAPA (5 qt jug), NAPA gold filter 100010, & 6 qts of Valvoline full synthetic Maxlife ATF (note the "ZF Lifeguardfluid" compatibility on the jug). Total cost was $112.00...

3/8/25 | 83,921 Time for another oil change :) (7,969 miles since the last one, this is definitely more than I would prefer). Oil price is $33.28 w/ state tax, filter was $12.65 w/ tax. The old oil filter looks like it was crushed in the housing. Reminder, the drain plug is a 13mm hex...

10/9/24 | 77,935 I installed a trailer brake controller. I got the Mopar ( Part #82215652AD ) controller from Quadratec. Getting the cigarette lighter out of the dash may have been the most challenging part of this swap. The directions with the kit contain no words. Part of the directions...

10/1/24 | 77,401 I fabricated some bumper covers for the front bumper. These cover the back side of the daytime running lights. Lots of snow, ice, slush, mud, and rain get in there when driving. Two of the holes are factory locations. I added two holes towards the inboard edge through the...

9/24/24 | 77, 077 Adjusted the new drag link to straighten the steering wheel a bit. The Apex "crows feet" are tough to fit in the steering links space when the truck is on the ground and all put together.

9/22/24 | 76,960 The new shackle tabs are in. See above for details on where I ordered those from and the prep work. I installed two of the Jowl Shackles. There are new LED lights behind the covers. The factory lights were full of moisture though still working. A fellow off-roader gave me a...

9/21/24 | 76,960 I installed a new Apex 2.5 ton drag link today. I went with the polished aluminum finish only because I didn't realize they sold it in black. The existing pitman arm end came out hard, but I was able to get it with a little persuasion. The new drag link looks good, 41-1/4"...

9/1/24 | 75,500 +/- Four of us took a trip into the North Maine Woods for the day. Among the many sights and roads we encountered a lot of mud. Everything was very wet and some of the roads were slick. At one point we happened upon a guy with a Toyota Tundra who had slid completely off the road...

9/18/24 - 9/19/24 | 76,764 I've been painting new shackle tabs for the front bumper. I ordered these from HK Offroad, It's called JK / JL / JT SHACKLE TAB KIT with the "keeping factory hooks , grilled fog light plates" options selected. The welding wasn't super clean, there was spatter on the...

9/8/24 | 75,952 Transmission fluid change and an oil/ filter change. I removed the fill plug and then drained the transmission oil pan. I got more than a quart just by removing the fill plug. I quickly realized I may have trouble filling it back up if it's full above the hole... (it turns out...

9/7/24 | 75,952 Tire rotation today. Front wheels to back, back wheels to spare, spare wheels to front, opposite the sides they were previously on. Six wheel rotation.

Yeah, I'm at just over 75,000 miles and there's a lot of life left on all the other pads. If this caliper slide pin hadn't frozen I'd still be riding the factory pads. Now I'll be doing rotors, pads, & shoes on both sides plus the caliper bracket and slide pins on the passenger side. If I'm...

08/31/24 | 75,185 The rear brakes have been making a dragging metal-to-metal sound. This is a surprise since I looked at the brake pads in June and estimated another 20-30k miles of life left. What I found when taking the rear passenger side apart is that the lower caliper slide pin was seized...

7/13/24 | 72,824 I brought my wheel with the bent/pinched valve stem to a local tire shop. Tire Warehouse here in central Maine has consistently provided great service. Today they failed to disappoint yet again ;) They swapped the valve stem out, kept my OEM TPMS sensor, and did it quickly...

6/22/24 | 71,191 I heard what I thought was a brake pad wear tab on Saturday last weekend (the 15th). So on Monday I called my local NAPA and ordered pads for the front and rear. I figured with 70,000+ miles on the clock it was probably time to change all of them. The pads arrived the next day...