At what RPM should I be shifting after re-gearing?

[Camdenst]

I feel like anything over 3k is a bit much for your average 25 mph zones. With the 6 speed I’ll cruise around around 2k.

 

[diggerwolf]

I didn't look up the charts, but it appears I'm going about 72 MPH at 3,000 RPM in sixth. Does that sound right?

 

[Zorba]

Like other say, it depends. Sometimes its about 1800, others, its 3500. Panic, its 4500. Generally, noodling around town, its about 2500.

 

[Vinman]

I usually shift 1st - 2nd at 2,650, 2nd - 3rd 2,725, 3rd - 4th 2,653, 4th - 5th, 2,546 and finally into 6th at 2,378 RPM’s

 

[cherrybomb]

Fortunately mine is blocked by the steering wheel so I forget it's even there.

Same, advantage to being tall in a Jeep

 

[cherrybomb]

Shifting is like sex, you do it when it feels right

 

[Claytone]

I didn't look up the charts, but it appears I'm going about 72 MPH at 3,000 RPM in sixth. Does that sound right?

I'm at 2750ish at 70 and 3k at 75. Sounds like your speedometer is close/right on depending on actual tire size. I used the 12 o'clock labs calibrator and got it gnats ass compared to GPS.
33s and 4.56
Works great
I generally upshift 3000-4500 depending on if I need to haul ass or not.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

Shifting is like sex, you do it when it feels right

Should I be asking my jeep for consent to shift, or...?

 

[Artsifrtsi]

Should I be asking my jeep for consent to shift, or...?

You also need to be asking what your Jeep identifies as.. stick or auto...

 

[tnjeeper9]

I've been ignoring that shift arrow since 2004.

My dad drove the TJ once way back and asked me "what's that little house that keeps lighting up?" That thing has never been right and seems even more wrong after the re-gear. I shift when I dang well feel like it's time.

 

[KennethS]

I have a 5 speed, and after I shift into 5th the light comes on.

 

[diggerwolf]

I didn't even know there was a light. Maybe mine's burned out.

 

[machoheadgames]

I didn't even know there was a light. Maybe mine's burned out.

Light was deleted by your year.

 

[Artsifrtsi]

I didn't even know there was a light. Maybe mine's burned out.

No shift light in my '05...

 

[freedom_in_4low]

I'll go ahead and be the third person to say they eliminated the light before 2005. I think it was a 97-02 thing.

 

[L J]

I didn't even know there was a light. Maybe mine's burned out.

All late TJs have the light, even 05-06 and even autos. It is simply disabled in the 05-06 TJs and the automatics. In fact, the FSM points it out and calls it "not applicable".

Here's the 06 FSM:

So the light bulb was installed in the factory, never to be turned on

 

[machoheadgames]

I'll go ahead and be the third person to say they eliminated the light before 2005. I think it was a 97-02 thing.

97-04

 

[Camdenst]

I had heard it was more of an emissions thing.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

I had heard it was more of an emissions thing.

I think it was how the EPA allowed them to publish the mpg ratings they did.

 

[LONGJP2]

At what RPM should I be shifting? I've always shifted by feel but what is the textbook answer?

The engine didn't change; it has the same power band as before.
I would think you should be shifting at the same RPM as before.