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New to the site. I previously owned a 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD, which was a pretty cool vehicle... At least to me. Unfortunately, it was not worthy of the Jeep wave, and when I took it to Jeep week in Ocean City Maryland last august, I may as well have been driving a Honda. It was then I decided that the Liberty and I had to part ways. It had a 2" old man emu lift, Ion wheels with over sized tires, all the options Jeep offered and incredible mileage with the diesel... But It just wasn't a JKU. I love my '08 JKU and am glad I made the switch. I also have a 2014 Harley Softail Heritage and can see that this summer will be awesome between the two Icons!
Nah, I love the 6 speed. Never liked automatics. I do miss the 26-28 mpg around town and 32-34 mpg on road trips though! The Liberty had 200K on the clock and still ran like a champ. The tranny was just rebuilt about 15k ago. The night I traded it on on the JKU
Nah, I love the 6 speed. Never liked automatics. I do miss the 26-28 mpg around town and 32-34 mpg on road trips though! The Liberty had 200K on the clock and still ran like a champ. The tranny was just rebuilt about 15k ago. The night I traded it on on the JKU
OK for the 6 speed I recommend you change the oil to Amsoil Manual Synchromesh. (I say it again) my son did his with Amsoil even though the dealer had changed the oil. Nothing wrong except it always made sounds like whirring, bearing type noises with the FCA oil then with Amsoil not a sound and shifted smoother. And the oil is less expensive than Jeep product and one has to wonder if car lots or others put the right oil in because of the price point to buy the correct stuff. You don't want to know the $$ to repair those manuals and try and find a place to do the work.
OK for the 6 speed I recommend you change the oil to Amsoil Manual Synchromesh. (I say it again) my son did his with Amsoil even though the dealer had changed the oil. Nothing wrong except it always made sounds like whirring, bearing type noises with the FCA oil then with Amsoil not a sound and shifted smoother. And the oil is less expensive than Jeep product and one has to wonder if car lots or others put the right oil in because of the price point to buy the correct stuff. You don't want to know the $$ to repair those manuals and try and find a place to do the work.
My fiancee has a 2007 Jku 6 speed. Hers pops out of 1st gear on its own sometimes, and mine just did that for the first time. Is this a common "Jeep thing" and would the Amsoil possibly help reduce or eliminate this ?
Answer: No. Popping out of gear has a few causes.
1. The best to hope for is the worn gear lever pivot in the shifter housing which requires a new mechanism installed on the top of the gearbox. I believe that can be accessed from inside with the console removed.
2. The next thing is worn selector mechanisms and
3. the worst is bearings or worn gears. 2 & 3 require a transmission dismantle to repair. When I had my 6 speed (now the Jeep is Chevy auto) it did the same and I found it to need pushing into gear properly then it would stay put. The guy who bought it replaced the top housing and installed behind a VW TDI in his Jeep with no issues. These NSG370's are not cheap to fix but if you can connect to a manual tranny person then you may be able to take it to them to dismantle and fix for a reasonable price. They need special tools to dismantle and assemble. My best estimate to repair one that has over 100k miles on it is around $1500-2000 which will get you a pretty solid tranny. If you can find them through Mopar Overstocked for a "rebuilt" exchange one you are looking at $3300+ for one.
Just to make you feel better these are about half price than an auto. Good oil at the beginning sure helps a lot though and better longevity.
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