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If I wasnt towing a bunch of stuff all the time it would be a no brainer to keep it but I'm just nervous the stress of towing will eventually cause a major failure of something... and because the jeep is in awesome condition, they offered $23,600 for a trade.
i have 140k and only had 2 issues. at 120k i lost a lifter which wiped out the cam. no biggy i was going to change the cam anyways. and 2nd was the electric fan died around 110k.
I also do the normal maintenance and i have also changed shocks and springs.
Well the fan was $110 and the other stuff was $4000. I did all the work myself so that's just parts. I didn't need $2000 heads but figured why not since they're off.
I do a fair amount of towing as well and I'm hitting 82k. I still have the extended warranty so I'm hanging on till it expires. If something breaks or goes terribly wrong, I'm not paying!!!
What i do is buy a extended 7/100,000 warranty and when its up i get rid of the car unless a bargin comes along as i did this time. I wont keep a car without some kind of warranty no matter how many miles it has.
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2012 SILVER SRT-8 GC JEEP
DD wt 5636 lbs
Race wt 5492 lbs
Mods, Bone stock
07 BLACK SRT-8 GC JEEP SOLD
Drop a 426 in it along with a built tranny she should be happy for another 100+K miles.
I agree!! go with builder bill tranny and t case! Stay n/a on it though dont go turbo or s/c. My 426 ran good until I put a s/c on it and now im having troubles.
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6.1L block bored and stroked to a 426 7.0L stroker, new rods, pistons, berrings, lifters, crankshaft, ST-3A camshaft, kennebell 2.8 mammouth supercharger, 148mm throttle body, kennebell serpentine belt, idler kit, new timing chain, 80lb ford racing injectors, new fuel rails, fuel system(e85 capable), catch can, kooks headers, new heads, paramount stage 2 transmission, paramount high torque transfer case, rear adjustable suspension, 6 point roll cage, 5 point harness, coffin mufflers.
If I'm not mistaken there's at least one member on here with a DISC, 120k, and was running the stock trans with his set up till recently. Like people have said, good maintenance and keeping up with your truck and these rigs seem to be pretty tough. I've beat on mine since I got it with 23K and never had an issue with it. Bolt on a procharger and have some fun lol!!
__________________ '08 D1SC PROCHARGED, RACE VALVE (LOUD) SOUTHERN HOT ROD VIKING,
PRO TORQUE, ATI, EIBACHS, KOOKS, BORLA S, TOONA TUNE.
Mine has 130k+ and it is fine just a few lil noises here & there, but I want to keep the jeep and maybe do heads cam in near future, but I don't tow like you do.
I think the 23k deal is decent trade in though
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go with builder bill tranny and t case! Stay n/a on it though dont go turbo or s/c. My 426 ran good until I put a s/c on it and now im having troubles.
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