So… it’s not pretty

If you read my last post, you know I had a bit of an issue getting to the trail last Saturday. After getting a tow home, I delayed doing a once over of the Jeep as I didn’t really want to know. Well, yesterday I got under the rig.

This was the first clue. I looked up and saw that the starter had one of its mounting tabs broken off. But if you look closely, there’s a second break.

Moving over for more of a side view, it was clear I had major issues.

In this photo, you can clearly see the break in the transmission from the sensor down through the starter mount.

I have no idea why this happened. I was driving down Highway 80 at 65mph and all of a sudden there was a major vibration.

Last summer, and again this summer, I got an engine code telling me of lean air on bank two and high transmission temp. This after crawling on the Rubicon for two hours. A fuel additive cleared the lean air code as I suspected a little carbon build up from cheap Sam’s gas. The high temp came while hauling rock for FOTR on the trail. And with all the armor under my rig I understand that. I’ve got an oversized aluminum ribbed trans pan on my work bench.

Hopefully, when I tear down the rig to get the trans out, I’ll discover why this happened.

JEEP: Just Expect Every Problem along with Just Empty Every Pocket

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Rubicon Ronin