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rokee1998
 Post subject: ROKEE is dead
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:18 pm 
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Rokee's heart gave out last Friday :cry:

She is receiving a new one Thursday, re-manufactured from O'Reily's to the tune of $1500.00 the old one had just shy of 172k on it.

no warning of the failure, just started it Friday morning and the death rattle was present.

did not burn oil, or leak oil, and besides the noise, the engine ran smooth, my bro 1996XJ pulled the pan and found 4 pieces of the #2 piston inside the oil pan. SHEESH

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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:28 pm 
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WHY....O YOU CRUEL WORLD.........WHY (at this point I am on my knees staring at the sky pulling at my hair). OH GOD WHHHYYYYYYY

At least you live decently close to Scott, the force runs strong with that one

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 Post subject: Re: ROKEE is dead
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rokee1998 wrote:
Rokee's heart gave out last Friday :cry:

She is receiving a new one Thursday,

Reanimated. Ooooooo, Frankenrokee!

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Sounds like she treated ya fairly well. The 94 we had gave up @ 65K.
Scott be the Man!!!

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here is the old engine :cry:

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New engine arrived today :SOMBRERO:

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Can we get some carnage pictures?

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too painful

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Come on.... you know you will want carnage pictures in the future.............

Off to the Hospital now :juggle:

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"wow, I bet I could have had a V8"..... :goink: :goink: :goink: :ROTFL:

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I’m surprised that you didn’t go with the Mopar 4.7 stroker :mrgreen:

http://www.mopar.com/sema2009/pdf/jeep_ ... troker.pdf

http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-unveil ... e-six.html

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I’m surprised that you didn’t go with the Mopar 4.7 stroker :mrgreen:

http://www.mopar.com/sema2009/pdf/jeep_ ... troker.pdf

http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-unveil ... e-six.html

Those 4.7's just don't work well or last,seems the average is about 5000miles before they break.
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dieselenthusiast wrote:
I’m surprised that you didn’t go with the Mopar 4.7 stroker :mrgreen:

http://www.mopar.com/sema2009/pdf/jeep_ ... troker.pdf

http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-unveil ... e-six.html




looked into it and too much $$$$$$$$

plus I have heard of lots of problems with them

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The real world test of the 4.7L that I read show fairly marginal increases for the $$$ spent. That, and premium fuel!

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 Post subject: Re: ROKEE is dead
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you can get any inline-6 stroker motor to run right. A lot of people have well over 90k on there strokers and they are doing fine. You just gotta be careful that its built right. The mopar strokers i have not heard anything about yet.

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Rokee is ALIVE and well !!!!! as of Sat. evening, NEW 4.0 eng., water pump, Rad., hoses, thermostat, starter, Red Optima., oilpump, gasket's, etc. :BANANA: :BANANA: :JEEPIN: :JEEPIN:

I Need a BEER !!!!!!! :dizzy: :dizzy: :banghead: :banghead:

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Poor Dustin and Scott had one heck of a weekend :dizzy:

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But jut think, ROKEE is like brand new and will last a long time. :pepper: :JEEPIN: :pepper:

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Yes she will, if the rest of her wasn't in such good shape I would not have spent the money on a new motor.

I am glad after talking with Scott that I decided on a new motor instead of a junkyard motor, junkyard motors are time bombs. If Rokee was strictly a trail rig then that would have been the avenue I would have taken, but for the immediate future, she will be my everyday transportation.

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