Hello...

Despite a desire to purchase another Wrangler, I knuckled under to
practicality and just bought a new Liberty diesel with Selectrak.

A couple of questions - Please bear with me I am fairly inexperienced at 4
wheeling, but anxious to experiment.

The diesels are pretty hard to come by right now, so I couldn't do much with
regards to option selection. It does not have the Trak Lok differential.
How necessary is it to upgrade, and what is recommended?

I don't see much info on these diesels listed here, anyone else have one,
and how do you like it?

Thanks!

Brian

Brian.

For a good diesel site visit www.tdiclub.com It's for VW diesels but they
all sniff diesel fumes and I'm sure you would be welcome.

Joe

"Brian" <outback@X.rr.com> wrote

I think you are a first here. Wow!

What country are you in?

Our Canadian Diesel is so stinky the vehicles are no fun at all to be
behind on a trail so while I would welcome you to join us on an off road
run I would like you to bring up the rear. ;-)

The trac loc is nice and give good traction. If you ever are on ice
with one rear wheel spinning from a stop, just tap the brake pedal and
both wheels will turn. You can do this with open diffs to, but it is
harder to learn.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Brian wrote:

I say f**k the environment, too:
http://www.enterpriseengine.com/Resu...gesMuncie2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:LWHughes3rd (AT) aol (DOT) com http://www.billhughes.com/

Brian wrote:

Now that you have met the "anti-diesel" squad, welcome.
If you plan on doing any serious off-roading, diffs are an important
upgrade. The typoe and percentage dictate which method is best, and how much
you should be willing to spend. Aside from being fond of diesels, I never
got on the ARB bandwagon, as i don't like things that fail often when used.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Some sites to check out in your quest for Liberty off road
modifications are:

www.kjjeep.com/

pub21.ezboard.com/bkjjeep

www.lostkjwest.com/

Whew!




"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" <billhughes (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

Mike, The newer diesels here, like the VWs, and those MB "Smart" cars
have catalytic convertors.....they burn CLEAN, and have very little
smell....A buddy drives a VW Golf TDI, and even in a parkade, parked
between other cars, and idling, you'd never guess it was a diesel.
Also, by '07, our diesel is supposed to be lower sulphur than europe's.

I'd imagine the new KJ CRD is likely to be on par with these mini diesels.

Paul


Mike Romain wrote:

ARBs don't fail often when used....they fail often when NOT used.
The O-Rings dry out and crack if they're not actuated often.
If you use them a lot, they last alot longer!

However, for a Libby, I'd probably reccommend something like a Tractech
Truetrac....or if there's a desire for something that will lock, an
Electrac or Aubrun Ectec if they're available for the Libby axle.
LSD or spool at a flick of a switch.

Paul

Paul Calman wrote:

I will maybe revise my opinion next time I have to follow one, but
haven't seen any.

The busses are still a killer to get stuck behind with the top down.
They haven't started cleaning the sulfur out yet I don't think.

Mike

Paul Keating wrote: