Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
#42
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
i was 60 miles from my house and lost my clutch in my 89 yj. made it
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
#43
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
i was 60 miles from my house and lost my clutch in my 89 yj. made it
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
#44
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
i was 60 miles from my house and lost my clutch in my 89 yj. made it
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
#45
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
i was 60 miles from my house and lost my clutch in my 89 yj. made it
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
home with no clutch and was able to drive it for a week till the garage
could get time to fix it... just need to know how to force it in some
times... kind of a waste of money tho cuz i did clutch work then just
did a engine and tranny swap and Soa..
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
You can also use an old trucker trick. It works well in traffic too. When
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
#47
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
You can also use an old trucker trick. It works well in traffic too. When
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
#48
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
You can also use an old trucker trick. It works well in traffic too. When
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
#49
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
You can also use an old trucker trick. It works well in traffic too. When
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
I'm driving the clutch big rig and I'm stuck in traffic, I'll slam it into
granny lo and just let it idle, keeping a large distance with the cars in
front of me. I'll roll for miles and miles while others are stopping and
going.
Do the same at stoplights.
Carl
"Ice" <joseph@vndinc.com> wrote in message
news:1141503546.068062.135840@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com...
> Back in the old days.. I had an ancient CJ. I was climbing a hill I
> shouldn't have been and came down on a stump that sent an arrow of wood
> perfectly up the emgine compartment slicing my clutch linkage. So
> there I was... Semi high centered at a 30 degree angle with no clutch.
> I took it out of gear and we shook it down. Had a bitch of a time
> turning it around without any power assist. Started coasting down,
> ground it into 2nd close to the bottom and limped it towards home. It
> was about 15 miles from the freeway on logging roads, so 2nd wasn't
> gonna cut it. I got it wound up pretty good and was able to get it into
> 3rd. Started going up a hill and it started bogging... Oh ----! Was
> able to time a downshift w/o a clutch :)
>
> By the time I got to the highway I was getting pretty good at it. Then
> came the nightmare. I had to stop on flat ground. Now what to do? It
> took awhile to figure out the timing, but I was able to pop it and give
> the gas pedal a tap at the right time to get it going.
>
> I was young and dumb, and assumed it was something major wrong with the
> transmission, so I drove it like that for months. I got so good people
> riding with me didn't even know I didn't have a clutch. When I
> eventually toasted the throwout bearing and pressure plate, the shop I
> took it into replaced the $20 cable with the new clutch.
>
#50
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Re: Warning!! Dangerous design flaw in the 2006 Jeep Wranglers!!
My condolences to you Tim. I know the frustration of purchasing a
brand new DC vehicle and then having a major issue and DC customer
service offering no assistance whatsoever. My 98 TJ has been
trouble-free since mile one, but both DC minivans I have purchased new
have had a major issue at less than 1000 miles and DC customer service
basically told me to pound sand. [My '96 GC broke a camshaft at 995
miles necessitating a new engine - but the dealer gave me a new vehicle
instead. My '05 GC came from the factory with faulty software in the
body control electronics module that DC engineering had to re-write.]
Fortunately both issues were eventually resolved by the respective
dealers and I haven't had a single issue with either vehicle since.
The greatest frustration is the feeling of having paid DC $25K for the
priviledge of going through so much hassle. It just sours the new car
ownership experience beyond belief. And then the Big Three wonder why
people are willing to pay full retail price for a Toyota or Honda.
Having formerly lived in Chandler and done thousands of miles of
off-road Jeeping in Arizona, I would likewise be leery of another
failure in the future. But with the advice offered here and normal
safe off-road practices (never go alone) you've got thousands of miles
of Jeep adventures ahead of you. One trip down Crown King road to
Phoenix and you'll have forgotten about missing the gun show.
mc
brand new DC vehicle and then having a major issue and DC customer
service offering no assistance whatsoever. My 98 TJ has been
trouble-free since mile one, but both DC minivans I have purchased new
have had a major issue at less than 1000 miles and DC customer service
basically told me to pound sand. [My '96 GC broke a camshaft at 995
miles necessitating a new engine - but the dealer gave me a new vehicle
instead. My '05 GC came from the factory with faulty software in the
body control electronics module that DC engineering had to re-write.]
Fortunately both issues were eventually resolved by the respective
dealers and I haven't had a single issue with either vehicle since.
The greatest frustration is the feeling of having paid DC $25K for the
priviledge of going through so much hassle. It just sours the new car
ownership experience beyond belief. And then the Big Three wonder why
people are willing to pay full retail price for a Toyota or Honda.
Having formerly lived in Chandler and done thousands of miles of
off-road Jeeping in Arizona, I would likewise be leery of another
failure in the future. But with the advice offered here and normal
safe off-road practices (never go alone) you've got thousands of miles
of Jeep adventures ahead of you. One trip down Crown King road to
Phoenix and you'll have forgotten about missing the gun show.
mc