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Jerry is selling his TJ
My 2004 Rubicon is finally for sale.
I'm now 6 days from turning 79
and my TJ is pissed at me due to lack of offroad use. Once 2 years ago in the deep mud of Alabama and no rock crawling in California in 4 1/2 years. I've reluctantly come to the conclusion it's time to sell it.
Ok sit down, this is a long writeup... there's a lot to read.
2004 Wrangler TJ Rubicon, front and rear Dana 44 axles with 42RLE automatic transmission. Has a Salvage Title from minor front-end area damage before I bought it 18 years ago. unknown minor front-end damage and still never found it. Currie 4” short-arm Johnny Joint suspension. I bought it 18 years ago. Brand-new spare Mopar radiator still boxed up in my attic. Included. Strong cooling system as the factory designed it with a fresh Mopar water up installed maybe 15 years ago. It never runs hot. 5.38 Revolution Gear & Axle R&P gears with Koyo bearings. Strong 4.0 engine, no known issuer or CELs, great 42RLE automatic transmission that runs perfectly after I replaced its Solenoid pack, also installed a Stage 1 Shifter Kit from Transgo. Shifts like a brand-new TJ 42RLE. Differential guards on both Dana 44 axles. No tub rust and there's just small flecks of frame and suspension rust from the occasional with California rocks. Wire brush & Rustoleum satin black paint to fix. No back seat. No check engine lights in the past eight years since the 42RLE transmission needed a new solenoid pack I replaced which cured its CEL. Next older CEL was from a bad pre-catalytic converter in 2017. 3 cats were replaced which fixed the CEL. No CELs since. No Death Wobble. Currie 4” short-arm Johnny Joint suspension. Four 35x12.50R15 Goodyear MT/R tires mounted on Walker Evans forged aluminum bead lock wheels.. Plenty of tread and balanced pretty well, just old. Spare tire is very old, mounted on an American Racing AR13 aluminum wheel. 1" Body lift. 241OR 4:1 transfer case. Currie front & rear adjustable length track bars. Black Magic Brakes with dual-piston calipers, new knuckles, Centric Premium rotors, and Black Magic brake pads. New Spicer ball joints replaced during that brake work. ARP high-strength SS bolt and heavy-duty flag nut for front passenger-side track bar mount. Odyssey ODX-AGM34-78 AGM battery (with side posts) in excellent condition. Has a permanently attached battery tender with its 110v plug available from the front of the TJ. Preemptive ball joint replacement during the installation with Spicer 706944x ball joints. Currie Currectlync Heavy Duty Steering Kit with a heat treated solid 7075 aluminum tie-rod which has a memory to restore itself after a bend. A spare Currie tie-rod is included. Rubicon front & rear air lockers in excellent working and reliable condition. OEM locker compressors moved to inside engine compartment on the driver’s side fender well. Locker electrical switching circuit replaced with simplified more reliable wiring & heavy-duty locker on-off toggle switches with flip-up safety covers mounted low on the dash. 5.38 axle ratio with Revolution Gear & Axle gears. Derale auxiliary transmission cooler, thermostatically controlled electric fan. Transmission ATF temperature gauge mounted at front pf center console. LED front headlights and rear tail lights. Extruded aluminum power steering fluid cooler mounted in front of radiator grill. Warn differential cover guard on front axle. Savvy 1.25” body lift. Rancho RS9000xl adjustable shocks. New Rancho RS5000 steering damper. Currie Antirock front antisway bar. Rear antisway bar has 4” longer links to match 4” suspension height. Savvy 6061 aluminum front bumper with added aluminum corner guards. DirtWorx USA made rear bumper with receiver hitch and drop hitch. Electric trailer brake controller with 5-way trailer electrical connector mounted on rear bumper. Savvy 6061 aluminum gas tank skidplate. Rear LED switchable backup and camp area light. Large lockable rear aluminum storage box full of useful stuff including recovery tools, a few spare replacement parts like a spare Ignition Switch Actuator Pin. 20 lb. C02 tank on aluminum roll cage-mounted holder with C02 hose. 10’ hose for the C02 tank. PRP Daily Driver suspension seats, passenger-side flip & fold. Tuffy full length center console with padded lid and theft resistant lockable storage. Poison Spider aluminum Defender Zero front fenders with custom installed side marker lights. Odyssey ODX-AGM34 78 AGM battery in great condition. Permanently connected to it is a Schumacher battery maintainer with its 110vac cord available in the grill area. Coke-style onto the side of the Jeep. Front turn signals moved to lower front grill with Jeep CJ-like location and JK CJ-like bulb-enclosures. Savvy 6061 aluminum rear tub corner guards. Savvy rocker guards with steel rub rail mounted on aluminum base with interior aluminum rocker reinforcement plate. Savvy aluminum rear tub rub rail. Sierra Tops Sailcloth khaki color soft top and windows, brand-new. Goodyear MT/R Kevlar 35x12.50R15 tires, spare is old and doesn’t match. Walker Evans 5x5.5” 15x8 forged aluminum Walker Evans bead lock wheels. Yaesu FT-2900 VHF/2meter radio with short & tall whip antennas, Uniden PRO-510XL CB radio with Firestick FS-2 2’ antenna. Both radio antennas have been tuned for minimum SWR. Radios mounted on Arizona Rocky Road mount just above mirror. Sony AM/FM/CD radio with IPOD music storage in glove compartment. Warn 9.5xl winch with 120’ 3/8” synthetic rope & remote control. Recovery kit with synthetic 120’ rope, snatch strap, tow strap, soft shackle, & shackles. Safety Seal Tire Plug Kit. Full length flat steel skidplate extends past the engine pan. Savvy Offroad 6061 aluminum gas tank skidplate. Recovery shackle tabs front bumper, rear bumper, and frame-mounted recovery hooks on rear-side frame. Shoulder harnesses with welded steel harness support bar behind seats. Upper rear toll bar reinforcement welded across the top-rear of the factory roll cage. OR-Fab rear spare tire carrier reinforced by hidden brackets supported at the rear rollbar bases, it’ll support any tire that fits on the rear of the TJ. Tom Wood’s front and rear DC driveshafts with Spicer 5-1330x u-joints with Spicer DC centering joints. Rear driveshaft is brand-new. Revolution Gear 4310 30 spline chromoly axle shafts rear. ATF temperature gauge at front of console. Revolution Gear 4340 30 spline chromoly axle shafts front. CTM ($400 each) rebuildable u-joints in the front axle shaft. Warn Big Hub manual hubs on front axle. And worry no more that it's a real Rubicon, I just removed its Rubicon hood stickers the day I brought it home. No offers under $14k, nope none. $15K & up get a personalized free delivery from me within the lower-48.
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My 2004 Rubicon is finally for sale.
I'm now 6 days from turning 79
Ok sit down, this is a long writeup... there's a lot to read.
2004 Wrangler TJ Rubicon, front and rear Dana 44 axles with 42RLE automatic transmission. Has a Salvage Title from minor front-end area damage before I bought it 18 years ago. unknown minor front-end damage and still never found it. Currie 4” short-arm Johnny Joint suspension. I bought it 18 years ago. Brand-new spare Mopar radiator still boxed up in my attic. Included. Strong cooling system as the factory designed it with a fresh Mopar water up installed maybe 15 years ago. It never runs hot. 5.38 Revolution Gear & Axle R&P gears with Koyo bearings. Strong 4.0 engine, no known issuer or CELs, great 42RLE automatic transmission that runs perfectly after I replaced its Solenoid pack, also installed a Stage 1 Shifter Kit from Transgo. Shifts like a brand-new TJ 42RLE. Differential guards on both Dana 44 axles. No tub rust and there's just small flecks of frame and suspension rust from the occasional with California rocks. Wire brush & Rustoleum satin black paint to fix. No back seat. No check engine lights in the past eight years since the 42RLE transmission needed a new solenoid pack I replaced which cured its CEL. Next older CEL was from a bad pre-catalytic converter in 2017. 3 cats were replaced which fixed the CEL. No CELs since. No Death Wobble. Currie 4” short-arm Johnny Joint suspension. Four 35x12.50R15 Goodyear MT/R tires mounted on Walker Evans forged aluminum bead lock wheels.. Plenty of tread and balanced pretty well, just old. Spare tire is very old, mounted on an American Racing AR13 aluminum wheel. 1" Body lift. 241OR 4:1 transfer case. Currie front & rear adjustable length track bars. Black Magic Brakes with dual-piston calipers, new knuckles, Centric Premium rotors, and Black Magic brake pads. New Spicer ball joints replaced during that brake work. ARP high-strength SS bolt and heavy-duty flag nut for front passenger-side track bar mount. Odyssey ODX-AGM34-78 AGM battery (with side posts) in excellent condition. Has a permanently attached battery tender with its 110v plug available from the front of the TJ. Preemptive ball joint replacement during the installation with Spicer 706944x ball joints. Currie Currectlync Heavy Duty Steering Kit with a heat treated solid 7075 aluminum tie-rod which has a memory to restore itself after a bend. A spare Currie tie-rod is included. Rubicon front & rear air lockers in excellent working and reliable condition. OEM locker compressors moved to inside engine compartment on the driver’s side fender well. Locker electrical switching circuit replaced with simplified more reliable wiring & heavy-duty locker on-off toggle switches with flip-up safety covers mounted low on the dash. 5.38 axle ratio with Revolution Gear & Axle gears. Derale auxiliary transmission cooler, thermostatically controlled electric fan. Transmission ATF temperature gauge mounted at front pf center console. LED front headlights and rear tail lights. Extruded aluminum power steering fluid cooler mounted in front of radiator grill. Warn differential cover guard on front axle. Savvy 1.25” body lift. Rancho RS9000xl adjustable shocks. New Rancho RS5000 steering damper. Currie Antirock front antisway bar. Rear antisway bar has 4” longer links to match 4” suspension height. Savvy 6061 aluminum front bumper with added aluminum corner guards. DirtWorx USA made rear bumper with receiver hitch and drop hitch. Electric trailer brake controller with 5-way trailer electrical connector mounted on rear bumper. Savvy 6061 aluminum gas tank skidplate. Rear LED switchable backup and camp area light. Large lockable rear aluminum storage box full of useful stuff including recovery tools, a few spare replacement parts like a spare Ignition Switch Actuator Pin. 20 lb. C02 tank on aluminum roll cage-mounted holder with C02 hose. 10’ hose for the C02 tank. PRP Daily Driver suspension seats, passenger-side flip & fold. Tuffy full length center console with padded lid and theft resistant lockable storage. Poison Spider aluminum Defender Zero front fenders with custom installed side marker lights. Odyssey ODX-AGM34 78 AGM battery in great condition. Permanently connected to it is a Schumacher battery maintainer with its 110vac cord available in the grill area. Coke-style onto the side of the Jeep. Front turn signals moved to lower front grill with Jeep CJ-like location and JK CJ-like bulb-enclosures. Savvy 6061 aluminum rear tub corner guards. Savvy rocker guards with steel rub rail mounted on aluminum base with interior aluminum rocker reinforcement plate. Savvy aluminum rear tub rub rail. Sierra Tops Sailcloth khaki color soft top and windows, brand-new. Goodyear MT/R Kevlar 35x12.50R15 tires, spare is old and doesn’t match. Walker Evans 5x5.5” 15x8 forged aluminum Walker Evans bead lock wheels. Yaesu FT-2900 VHF/2meter radio with short & tall whip antennas, Uniden PRO-510XL CB radio with Firestick FS-2 2’ antenna. Both radio antennas have been tuned for minimum SWR. Radios mounted on Arizona Rocky Road mount just above mirror. Sony AM/FM/CD radio with IPOD music storage in glove compartment. Warn 9.5xl winch with 120’ 3/8” synthetic rope & remote control. Recovery kit with synthetic 120’ rope, snatch strap, tow strap, soft shackle, & shackles. Safety Seal Tire Plug Kit. Full length flat steel skidplate extends past the engine pan. Savvy Offroad 6061 aluminum gas tank skidplate. Recovery shackle tabs front bumper, rear bumper, and frame-mounted recovery hooks on rear-side frame. Shoulder harnesses with welded steel harness support bar behind seats. Upper rear toll bar reinforcement welded across the top-rear of the factory roll cage. OR-Fab rear spare tire carrier reinforced by hidden brackets supported at the rear rollbar bases, it’ll support any tire that fits on the rear of the TJ. Tom Wood’s front and rear DC driveshafts with Spicer 5-1330x u-joints with Spicer DC centering joints. Rear driveshaft is brand-new. Revolution Gear 4310 30 spline chromoly axle shafts rear. ATF temperature gauge at front of console. Revolution Gear 4340 30 spline chromoly axle shafts front. CTM ($400 each) rebuildable u-joints in the front axle shaft. Warn Big Hub manual hubs on front axle. And worry no more that it's a real Rubicon, I just removed its Rubicon hood stickers the day I brought it home. No offers under $14k, nope none. $15K & up get a personalized free delivery from me within the lower-48.
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