My rigs have given me thousands of trouble free miles on road...nearly everything that's ever gone wrong was on a wheeling trip. Some of that makes sense, like steering and suspension stuff that's clearly more taxed in those conditions, but others seem kinda arbitrary.
Two years ago my left turn/stop light quit working, between going wheeling and coming back. Not the bulb. I fixed it with oversized screws into the tub.
My first regear revealed itself to be poorly done (improper pinion depth according to the guy that redid it) 1 year after install, on a wheeling trip.
This year my LJ seems to have stuck it's thermostat open and fan clutch is always engaged...in Colorado where half the trip was engine braking downhill, all of it was below 65 degrees outside, following perfectly normal operation through an Oklahoma summer that had nearly 30 days in the 100s. Also now intermittently showing fuel empty with a P0463 code when I have half a tank.
Fortunately none of this stuff has ever stranded me or cut a trip short. It's just weird and i end up carrying 50 pounds of tools with me every time to try to be prepared.
Two years ago my left turn/stop light quit working, between going wheeling and coming back. Not the bulb. I fixed it with oversized screws into the tub.
My first regear revealed itself to be poorly done (improper pinion depth according to the guy that redid it) 1 year after install, on a wheeling trip.
This year my LJ seems to have stuck it's thermostat open and fan clutch is always engaged...in Colorado where half the trip was engine braking downhill, all of it was below 65 degrees outside, following perfectly normal operation through an Oklahoma summer that had nearly 30 days in the 100s. Also now intermittently showing fuel empty with a P0463 code when I have half a tank.
Fortunately none of this stuff has ever stranded me or cut a trip short. It's just weird and i end up carrying 50 pounds of tools with me every time to try to be prepared.