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It was brought to my attention that I must have screwed something up and accidentally erased the manual transmissions for the Bronco at www.grimmjeeper/com/gears.html I have restored the listings, both as the Ford MT88 and the Getrag 7MTI550. I apologize for that mistake.

Yep. I've seen first hand what happens when the monkey at the quick lube place screws up the drain plug (or even forgets to put it back in). There's something wrong with a business model where they factor in replacing an average of X number of engines every year.

Same here on both counts. I hate yard work with a passion too. I'm always happy to pay the neighborhood kids to mow. For oil changes though, I really like doing that kind of work myself. I order my replacement filters online for half the cost of buying them from the local store. And I keep...

Cashiers checks are easy to forge. And they take up to a few weeks to bounce. By then the vehicle is long gone and you're SOL. The only time I accept a cashiers check is when the bank prints it in front of me. Otherwise it's not worth the hassle. A wire transfer is better. Escrow services...

There are two ways to disconnect the tires from the rest of the drivetrain in a 4x4. The first way is locking hubs. This disconnects the wheel hub from the axle shaft, letting them spin independent of each other. Old school manual hubs have been around forever. Ford (and others) have used a...

Sitting in a kickoff meeting with upper managers talking about the kickoff of a new corporate imitative. Playing "buzzword bingo" listening to the talk about aligning synergies to improve execution on our core fundamentals. Sooooooooo bored.

This bag, and others like it, hang off your spare tire. They're convenient for anyone to toss trash into and not have to deal with a bag inside your vehicle. https://www.amazon.com/Trasharoo-Spare-Tire-Trash-BLACK/dp/B003TXVZE0/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=trasharoo&qid=1617892711&sr=8-2

One thing that I've seen some people pack in their bag. A jar of peanut butter. It's compact, it keeps for a while (though you want to replace it on a somewhat regular basis), it provides protein and carbohydrates to keep you going for a couple of days.

Yeah, doing a ring and pinion change with lockers is expensive. Thing is, it doesn't cost any more to change to any ratio you like. So you you wouldn't have to pay extra for any particular ratio when you order the Bronco. You can just change it when you do the install. I suspect the same...

Ring and pinion gears form a wear pattern together. You maybe could get lucky and install just a ring gear but it most likely wouldn't break in properly and you'd have to replace both. Not only that, different manufacturers may have a slightly misaligned pitch to the teeth on the gears and...

ARB has a great reputation in the off road community as far as their lockers are concerned. Most people who have issues with them have problems with the installation. But a quality shop will have someone who knows how to install them right. Snagging the air line on something or failed...

Late to the discussion but I've run winches on my Jeeps for decades now. A couple of observations: Get the right size winch. The rule of thumb is 1.5-2x the weight of the biggest vehicle you intend to winch out. This is because you're not always pulling the vehicle that's free rolling on...

Every time I start to get caught up in what is going on in the world, I remember this sage advice:

The rule of thumb is that you need to have them within 1% of each other. I've seen Jeeps with a 4.11 front Dana 30 and a 4.09 rear Dana 44 from the factory. That's 0.02 off which is 0.5%. There's always a little variance in tire size and what not. And the differentials accommodate it pretty...

Yep. Read the article.

That's just it. We are being goaded into being d!(ks to each other by the relentless propaganda that permeates everything these days. It's hard to fight that.

Yeah, that's what it used to be. But not any more unfortunately. I wish we could get back there but with all of the big money (on all sides) controlling the media and spewing so much divisive propaganda at us (of all types), I doubt we will. At least not for a long time.

I've lived all over the country, including Minnesota, California, and Texas. Having lived there, I can say that Austin tends to be far more liberal than the average metro area. And all the tech companies moving there will keep amplifying it. It's only anecdotal evidence but having lived all...

Tell ya what. You can send all of the Coloradans back here but in exchange, we'll send you back all of the Texans moving here. Deal?

An old school speedometer cable in the transfer case would see over 25 MPH if that happened. But modern vehicles don't use that any more. They use the ABS sensors in each wheel. The computer will see that one tire is spinning and do the traction control bit to get you moving.