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    2008 3.8 throttle enhancer: which is best?

    Even then it was still grossly undergeared , especially if it had a 42RLE
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    2008 3.8 throttle enhancer: which is best?

    They're all basically garbage and every car I've driven with one installed essentially feels just like stock with a marginally different throttle response curve. Personally, a 1:1 ratio is the most logical for 99.9% of driving and is easy to predict. Unfortunately, in the age of "lazy...
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    2008 JKU "Argenta" Build Thread

    Rome was hot and humid, Florence and Tuscany were also hot, but less humid and it cooled down much faster at night, Venice was perfect, and Milan was a tad warm but comfortable to walk around still. We want to go back, to Rome especially, in the winter to explore the ruins a bit more (we did...
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    2008 JKU "Argenta" Build Thread

    Well the summer has just been flying by!! Some good news is that my daughter's Jeep gas tank issue is all fixed and we haven't smelled any gas fumes or got a CEL in ~3 months! I also used her "Senior Week" trip to Ocean City as an opportunity to drop her Jeep off at the dealership and have the...
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    My seemingly never ending death wobble journey

    Late to the party but I was going to ask if you swapped the gearbox as this is one of those less common, but notorious issues that people don't think of too often but I have seen more times than I'd care to admit (same as the press-in bushings in the top of the front axle).
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    J8 booster talk

    I have a J8 kit in the garage... when I get home, I'll grab the individual part #s for you.
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    Transfer case leak

    The NP241 is a full service grade stronger than the previous Jeep TJ NP231 and is comparable to many full-sized pickup and SUV t-cases from over the years, including many V8-powered rigs (my '93 Ramcharger with 500hp/550tq stroked out small block ran a NP241 without issue, and my old '78...
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    Transfer case leak

    They are - and much quieter compared to old, cast-iron geared cases. That said, when they give up the ghost, they often do so in a spectacular fashion. My JKU has 209,000 miles and when I swap in the Hemi/ZF later this summer, I'm simply going to rebuild it and not worry.
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    Voltage spike when braking

    Did someone install aftermarket LED bulbs? Hard to imagine where you're getting the increased potential/voltage from during a brake event, though it's possible that some of the LEDs are acting as a capacitor of sorts and are back feeding during their voltage decay.
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    Transfer case leak

    Haha, well I'd like to blame the JK, but Jeep started transitioning to ATF+ for t-cases as soon as they got away from gear-driven t-cases. I can't recall the exact model year switch (I think '79... the same year they went to vacuum-disconnects on the D44 front), but I believe it was the...
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    Transfer case leak

    Every Jeep t-case that I can think of since the late 70's has taken ATF+, so "transmission fluid" is also equally considered "t-case fluid" :)
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    1st Wrangler ever!

    Welcome! Historically I've never been a fan of green, but these Jeep greens definitely have won me over...
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    Hello from Casa Grande, Arizona

    What pressure are you running them at? Is your alignment okay? Something seems way off if you're hydroplaning on a relatively innocuous stretch of road at modest speeds. I ran 87 for years without issue on some of the worst (in the rain) M/T tires you can think of. And to be clear, when you're...
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    Hello from Casa Grande, Arizona

    You're likely driving WAY too fast for the road conditions then... I lived in AZ for 16 years but am back in the east now. I drive on wet and snowy roads 1/2 the year and there is no appreciable hydroplaning even with M/T tires at proper speeds.
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    2008 JKU "Argenta" Build Thread

    My daughter's Jeep has been smelling like gas fumes here and there. Some days are better than others - where some days it smells like a spark from across the county will cause a boom, and some days you can't smell anything. I've checked the hoses, including the nefarious roll over vent nipple...