Our little rigs are truly impressive little tow beasts. I was assisting my brother with the transplant of a 440 big block into his "swamp donkey" and was the chase car on the first test drive. As is usaual with any swap, there were a few wrinkles to be ironed out. His fuel delivery was pooched and needed a tow back to the shop. A little background...the shop is on the folks ranch which sit atop a hill that is about 1000 vertical feet rise in less tha a quarter mile. we were at the bottom of the grvel road hill.

Little Brother - do you think it will pull it?
Me - It should have enough grunt
Little Brother - yeah, but will it have enough mass?

So I hooked onto this:


And yanked it up the loose gravel road with this:


I disabled ESP put it in 4hi and spewed gravel everywhere, but managed to keep up th momentum and got it back to the new fuel pump it so much needed. These little turbo diesels are awesome.

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD 4x4 (57000 KM)
New Injector Pump
New ECU
New MAF, MAP, Crank and Cam sensors
New Fuel filter head/heater and wiring harness (x2)
New Glow Plug Control Module and wires to it
New EVIC (Only thing on this list covered by warranty)
New Fuel Rail

Why would you disable your Extra Sensory Perception?

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http://www.Colorado4Wheel.com
"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

I was thinking the samething. Pretty funny SAM.

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2005 CRD , Moab Rims, 245/75/16 Goodyear M/T
RL rear bumper, TMJ Front bumper, Frankenlinft,
*TOTALED*

1985 Mitsubishi Pickup SP 2.3 Turbo Diesel Watercooled turbo,4D56 ported head,
12" Suspension Lift with JK Rubicon axles, Elockers, 5.13's, Fox coilovers, Atlas 5.0, Rock Lizard supersliders

1996 Lexus LX450 -locked and lifted-

I tried with the ESP on and found that it wanted to reduce the power too much while maintaining traction. On...it stopped the pull due to traction loss and power reduction. Off...lots of wheel spin but allowed me to "walk" the front/rear wheels around to find traction and keep moving ahead. I have found with some types of loose surfaces wheel spin helps.

The pig truck was too heavy to let momentum wane and the ESP cut power dramatically and quickly.

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD 4x4 (57000 KM)
New Injector Pump
New ECU
New MAF, MAP, Crank and Cam sensors
New Fuel filter head/heater and wiring harness (x2)
New Glow Plug Control Module and wires to it
New EVIC (Only thing on this list covered by warranty)
New Fuel Rail

Sometimes I think that I think that Im funnyer than I am.....

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http://www.Colorado4Wheel.com
"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

4 wheel high to boot? Figured that would be w 4LO need.

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Chad Hargis
Nashville, TN
2008 Grand Cherokee CRD
2005 Liberty CRD *SOLD*

I think he needed the wheel speed to keep up momentum. If he had chose 4lo, the donkey may have dragged him backwards down the hill.

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2006 Sport CRD

Could the Aztecs have known, that in 2012 after a 4 year experiment, our country would cease to exist?

BVCRD,
You got it. Once I got the truck moving I wanted to keep it that way! I was mightily impressed at the torque...so was little brother. BTW those are 38.5 Swampers and that Dodge has ove 12" of total lift (8 suspension and 4 body). Each tire/wheel is about 100+ lbs.

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD 4x4 (57000 KM)
New Injector Pump
New ECU
New MAF, MAP, Crank and Cam sensors
New Fuel filter head/heater and wiring harness (x2)
New Glow Plug Control Module and wires to it
New EVIC (Only thing on this list covered by warranty)
New Fuel Rail