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I'm asking because I drive a '98 Wrangler with the 4.0L engine and a 5 speed manual transmission which now has 118,000 miles on it (bought it 2 years ago with 77,000 miles) plus it's lifted on 33" tires. While I have had no trouble with the engine at all as expected with the legendary 4.0L, I...

I love putting more lights on my Jeep! I am a big fan of Delta lights and before too long my TJ is going to end up looking like this http://deltatechindustries.com/lights_jeep.html Is there any shame in adding an absurd number of lights far beyond the point of being beneficial? They are just so...

I've got a '98 TJ with a 4" pro comp lift and 33x10.50 KM2's, it's got the 4.0L engine. Recently at a routine fluid change it was pointed out that the popping noise I hear when accelerating from a stop is not the u-joints, but is the rear ring and pinion gears going bad. It's been off road in a...

I used to work with this girl about a year and a half ago and we got along pretty good but I had a girlfriend at the time so we stayed just friends. I've been single for a little while now and in the last couple months this girl and I started talking again but it didn't really go anywhere. I...

Your Question Increasing the mpg of my 4.0L '98 Jeep Wrangler? I am interested in ways to increase the mpg of my Wrangler. I have owned it for a year and a half and decided to crunch some numbers today which ended up shocking me... In 18 months I have put 35,000 miles on it, at an average of 13...

I knew what I was getting into when I purchased my Wrangler, a whopping 13-14 mpg on a good day. A friend has been telling me that I should invest in a performance chip to boost my fuel economy. Now I don't know much about engines except for what the parts are called and their basic functions...

I'm going to put a single 10" sub behind the rear seat of my '98 Wrangler but I really don't know what direction would be best for the sub to fire. I don't particularly want to fire it downward because its a reaaally nice looking Polk Audio sub and I'd like to be able to show it off to my...

I've spent days trying to decide which would be better for me. I want to use either a single 10" or 12" Polk Audio MM series single voice coil sub. The main issue here is available space to put the box and two amps. If I get really creative with 3/4" MDF and Polyfill I could barely squeeze the...

For a second I thought you were saying that the vehicle has a manual transmission and would die if you stopped with it in gear.. hahah. Now I see that it's automatic though so I won't laugh.. heh. Can't help with your problem but I thought I'd steal away 12 seconds of your life to tell you that...

Jeeps hold their value REALLY well if you keep it in good condition. Although if you spend a lot of money on aftermarket add-on's like bumpers, lift kit, tires etc. don't expect to get any money back for that stuff unless you part it out. Take good care of your engine and it will take care of...

I took my Wrangler mudding today, finally! It's completely covered and I am going to see my dad in another town on Friday. I'd like to leave the mud on my Jeep so he can see what I've been up to, but I wasn't sure if the mud would damage my Jeeps paint if I leave it on for 4-5 days. Thanks for...

The pump could be going bad, not circulating the coolant properly through the engine.

Has anyone invested in the Banks Ram-Air Intake for your Wrangler? I see that it is available for around $270 and advertises that it will add 20 HP, 60 foot pounds of torque, and improve mileage by 1-2 miles per gallon. On a vehicle that only gets 15 mpg in the first place, that improvement...

I have a Sony CDX-GT33W installed in my Wrangler. The manual says that this stereo has four 52watt outputs. What I am trying to figure out is.. Do my speakers have to be hooked up using the RCA style plugs on the back of the stereo in order to be using the four 52watt outputs? The stereo is...