Recent content by tJKrider

I dig it! Clean and stealthy looking!

Well, I'm sure it's great from a function standpoint but, to answer your explicit question on aesthetics - "not"

Are there any explicit issues - oil leaks with the cooler/gaskets, misfires/codes indicating plugs are bad? Or are they just recommending these things as preventative maintenance?

Yeah that would explain why the sound comes from the front of the engine. I don't know the history of my PCV Valve since I purchased the vehicle used. It's probably the original one if I had to guess.

That was the guy I referenced above! He had the dealer diagnose it and replaced it himself. I reached out to him a little while back to see if it was still ok and he said it was...

Yessir. Belt, Idlers, tensioner assembly were the first things I tried and none of them solved it.

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Crap. I replaced mine as a full assembly as one step in the problem solving process. Belt, then idlers, then tensioner assembly. 🤷🏻

Nice! I'll give that a try. Was your issue happening all the time? Mine only rears it's head after a longer drive and/or elevated ambient temps outside so I assumed it was temperature related. I could still make sense of pulley material transfer as the belt expands a little with...

Nope. It may be for someone, but that someone is not me. 😁

Its a fair point and this really gets at the transmission calibration - shift points vs. throttle input and road speed, lug limit tolerance, etc. I have a SuperDuty with the 10R that is similar - 4.61 1st gear and a 4.30 FDR with factory 35s. It hardly spends any time in 1st gear unless I'm at...

Well stated!

Going to an 8spd will to certain extent. Just look at the gear ratios in the first 5 gears for an apples-apples comparison: Mechanical advantage improvement is as follows: 1st: 131% 2nd: 143% 3rd: 149% 4th: 167% 5th: 155% Average is 149%. An 8spd w/ 3.73 FDR would be roughly comparable to...

This is the root of my dilemma to be brutally honest. By the time I do what I want to my JK I would be better off, financially, waiting for a few years for used JL with the XR package to reduce in price a bit more. There are things I like better with the JK, however. 🤷🏻 We're about ready...

Yeah totally agree. No shade meant towards ATS it definitely looks like a well thought out swap. I always take a "value" approach to my upgrades accounting for my willingness to what I can as a part of the journey. 😉