Dreadnought wrote:
All who answered with ideas...I thank you from the bottom of my six speed manual box. I am actually an Englishman living in Eastern Poland. The Wrangler (mostly imported from Germany at anywhere from 5 to 2 years old) is becoming very popular in Poland although very rare in this South Eastern corner...(rare enough to have people stare)....couple of Libertys though. I will suffer the engine light for now and see how it goes. Did my first real drive yesterday over an hour and the Wrangler performed so much better, I can drop to 1000 rpm in 3rd gear and pull smoothly away, saves a lot of gearchanges......I had hardly used 6th at all on these country roads.....now I can use 6th and she rolls along with the engine hardly turning....drop one gear and pull smoothly away. I had really expected no less as I have had positive results from pulling the EGR on several other diesels. I,m loving this (brakes making like difflocks thing!!) it really works, I can not see why anyone but real hardcore rock crawlers would need 'positive Difflocks' this setup is fine for crossing ditches etc. This is my first Jeep (I did get to drive a Hotchkiss jeep at camp Caylus France back in 75) I have been a long standing Landrover Guy having owned 8 of them since leaving the Army in 86.....though the wife still has in the garage an 86 UAZ 469b with an Andoria diesel. I am looking forward to my first Polish winter (can reach -30C here for weeks) with the Jeep. Future Mods will be that stupid particulate filter, to be replaced with a straight pipe, all the way through.
Seriously, if you are OK paying few hundreds, Keith can help with tune and also advices, I know he has a tune for the ram diesel (the v6 diesel that comes on those trucks), and it also improves the Def change interval and cleaning cycles. So I know he can do it, I am nor sure if he will be willing or not, but just asking him a question will be free, side of the time to write it.
Oh, and I miss shifting gears... But like the 545rfe, tough beast...