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So I've been running the numbers and I feel like I am probably stuck with my Gladiator for another 8 years or so. But I do a ton of miles every year, so I'm planning to maintain it religiously and get 250 - 300k miles out of it. I've already done the cam swap on this motor and at the...

OK follow up question. On my old G-Wagen I welded in some steel loops to the floor near the back seat to act as tie down points. This worked great and was super robust. Any thoughts on what approach I should take to tie down the back seat cargo on the JT? I probably won't weld this time, but I...

Ooh that's cool. I like that tactical bag.

I am preparing to head on my next big trip in a few weeks and one of the improvements I want to make is to prevent the back seat area from becoming a disorganized disaster again. Being a bit OCD I get stressed out when there's stuff lying about and as any of you who have done long roadtrips...

Good news that you are OK. Hitting a moose is a good way to get killed. We've seen two threads of pretty major accidents recently. This one and the stolen rollover jeep. In both cases the structure was more or less maintained. Makes me feel like my general suspicion this was a pretty safe...

I figured out a symptom of a dying battery that may help others. These trucks of course have a "smart" alternator. Mine was generally sitting at 14.1-14.4 volts all the time. Not very smart, but at least it was charging. I only saw it drop down significanly during a very long road trip...

So hard to tell from an audio recording..... but my wager is on it being normal injector noise. They are a bit ticky in general on this motor. You can use a mechanics stethoscope ($5?) or a long screwdriver pressed to the valve covers to see if it comes from one side or another. If it's...

I am wondering if anybody has done any sort of underbody storage for the Gladiator? My thought is, it would be nice to carry recovery straps, soft shackles, winch extensions and so on all the time, but it takes up precious cargo space. I was thinking if there was some sneaky place to store...

Not really helping here but that antenna seems a little off. Like the bottom 3 feet are probably not actually antenna, just feedline. Because it’s for 460mhz the wavelength is around 1.5 feet and a half wave dipole would be 9 inches or something. Translation: the active part of the antenna...

Haha this makes me laugh in a sad way. The service manager at the Jeep dealer I went to told me "he'd never heard of this problem" when I had them diagnose last year (and refused warranty). I knew he was lying to my face. I ended up ordering the parts and doing the work myself. If I cared...

Kinda a cool idea. I was actually thinking of posting a thread asking what people did to reduce dust. Just finished an 80 mile overland drive on a dirt road here and the dust is driving me nuts.

My jeep came with the factory chrome running boards. Super functional, but I'm not big on the chrome. I've since replaced them with some sliders. I know I can answer this myself by posting them to marketplace or whatever and seeing what I get but I don't want to deal with the hassle, so...

Yep that should be correct. The center conductor is attached internally to a coil of wire and that wire terminates to "free space" aka nothing. That coil of wire is the antenna radiator itself. In this antenna design (as I understand it, without actually having one in hand), there needs to...

I'm not an expert on the ghost antenna but I am a Ham so I can provide a general answer that might help. If it allows the center conductor on the bottom of the antenna to connect to the metal of the vehicle in any way (e.g. via the mounting bracket) that would be bad. If it is touching the...

Yes, all sort of modern devices have the potential to receive interference from a CB. A CB at 4 watts output is actually a pretty strong radio transmitter- when compared to modern devices such as a cellphone which are around .2 to .4 watts. As well the frequencies used by a CB are very low...

I was just on a really long road trip, and about 1500 miles from home, the 2H light started to flicker. Then the "Service Transmission" message came on. It didn't make too much sense that my 6spd would give a service transmission message. I pulled over, looked underneath for anything bad...

Hi, I recently replaced the passenger side intake cam on my truck. Maybe a week earlier I had the clutch recall done, replacing the clutch. All was well, but pretty soon I noticed the dreaded 3000-3500 RPM rattle again. Most noticeable in 3rd, going uphill under load. I was fearing it...

I actually like the auto start feature. I think on the 6 speed, its not annoying at all other than changing my driving habit from sitting at a light in 1st with the clutch in vs. in neutral. By the time I put it in gear, the engine is running and everything works great. And being a cheap...

Cam supply has been a problem for a long time (2 years?). It makes me wonder. Is the problem just that Chrysler's most popular motor has a flaw and they are going through them like crazy, or is Stellantis slow to pay suppliers? Not many things keep me up at night, but the idea of being...

NAVYSAR04 I'm not an expert, but I have done a cam replacement for the dreaded 3.6 VVL tick. It's usually the passenger side (right side) intake that goes. Always hard to tell from a video, but that sounds like normal injectors to me.