4-banger Jeep Wrangler (was: Re: Problems with high miles on a Dodge

From : js

Q: stephen harding wrote next vehicle might be a jeep wrangler! i know the i-6 is supposed to be a great engine but im more interested in the little four. how does that one rate im not going to be doing the baja or rock crawling in it. seems like a really fun vehicle. friend has a 97 4-cyl wrangler its awesome. its been fairly reliable considering it gets zilch for maintenance and gets beat on regularly. its definetly not going to win any races but its light enough to get through most anything and its not entirely too hard to get it un-stuck if you really screw up... or as i say if you need more power - slow down and downshift... its unstoppable in 4lo you just arent going to get there extremely fast. ive also been told theres a trick to run that transfer case in 2-lo you get the torque but no drivetrain wind-up on dry pavement but we havent ran into an occasion to do it. it absolutely *sucks* on the road but thats to be expected plus im sure everything in the front-end is worn out.. its too light too much tire and enough power to get it going but not enough to be comfortable in traffic... but since you have a truck and obviously know how to tow a trailer i think you know how to handle that situation ; back when this jeep was much newer it towed a 6x8 u-haul box trailer from lufkin tx to somewhere on the other side of denver co... they survived but it took about 3 days and im sure it was well beyond the towing specifications. js .