I may have a somewhat vague reason to drive from the bay area to Alabama and back, looks like i5 to Bakersfield and i40 across the country. I've put about 8000 miles on it since I did the rockers and belts, all is well so hopefully I would have found any bugs, oil is fresh, anything I should look into before I potentially head off into the sunrise? Sunset would be the other way.

I'd make sure the serpentine belt isn't jumping around and all those usual problem spots like wheel bearings

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05 CRD: H.D.S2 stat,WW Ironrock trilink&LCA's, OX rear,ARB front, 4.10's, ARB bumper, Suncoast,OME 3.5, JBA UCA,rock rails, Moabs&265/75 Duratracs, GDE tunes ,FFD fan,ARP's, 2 micron fuel, new valves,sasquatch battery tray & grid heater, tensioner relocated
Mech fan, VH & AC delete

Hello NapaBavarian,
I have a 05 CRD Sports since Feb 2005. I have family through out the entire continuous states, from Maryland through Washington State and I visit some of them almost every summer. I keep my Jeep serviced regularly and it is almost ready to go in long trips at any time. In 2015 we, my wife of 45 years and I, made a coast to coast round trip, from MD to Delaware, up to Maine, Atlantic coast, across Canada, north of the great lakes, to Washington and Oregon, Pacific coast,, back through Colorado and New Mexico, about 8,100 miles in 27 days. My only issues, one boosted CVJ boot, in Colorado, and noisy bearing from the Dif pinion, but the little Jeep brought me back home to do the repairs. I do off road excursions occasionally, as the opportunity presents, Silverton to Ouray in Colorado, and in one trip around SW Colorado, Mesa Verde, the transfer case appears to be stuck in 4w full time, The dealer in Cortes found that was the switch and not the gears.
My Jeep is basically stock, the only modifications, air lockers front and rear, rock sliders, custom made by my son in law in Charlotte, full underbelly protection, and provent with direct drain back to the crank case. Now I have 191,000 + miles and looking to a trip to Florida in July and another to Colorado in August. I get any thing from 22-24 MPG fully loaded pulling a 2,500 lb. trailer trough the Appalachians, to 28-30 mpg lightly loaded flat area north of Michigan State.
I have been lucky that my other mishaps, serpentine belt, water pump, brakes, etc..., have been in town, and my repair shop have been accessible.
Good luck in your trip,
Sergio

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Back in Dec 14 I loaded up the wife, daughter, and dog. We went:
Jax FL ->Nashville TN -> Durango CO ->Carson City NV -> Victorville CA -> Houston TX and back to Jax.

Biggest problem I had was my Sasquatch intake elbow popped off between OKC and Amarillo.
Took a couple tries to get it back on and clamped on tight.
Had a couple random intermittent stalling problems. Never did figure out why but it always restarted.
And this was in winter so cold starting was sometimes a problem but I always managed to get it started.
Did all this while my head was cracked. Didn't realize it at the time, but all the symptoms were there. I just failed to recognize them.

After stopping in Santa Fe for dinner and moving on to Durango, I missed a turn and has to take a different route. Took a narrow, steep, winding, road up over the rockies. At night, in a snow storm. No cell signal and no signs of human life for several miles.
Never got stuck, the Jeep performed excellently.
We wound up in several remote locations during that trip where we were the only humans within a 20 mile radius and there was no cell phone signal.
So just keep that in mind if you ever venture off the beaten path.

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