What older Jeep Wranglers to avoid
Hi, I am looking to pick up an older jeep wrangler to use as my toad. I understand as long as it is 4wd it can be towed 4 down both auto and manual. Looking between late 80's to 2000 due to not wa...
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FIRE UP wrote:rk911 wrote:yrusoslo wrote:
You can't tow a older jeep, no matter if it is 4wd or not. Even putting the tranfer case in neutral will not help. On long towes, you will smoke the tranny. Trust me, I towed for a living,for 27 yrs.
please define "older jeep".
rk911,
"Older" can mean many things to many folks. Older...
that's why I posed the question to the OP. our TJ 4WD auto tranny is 10-years old but my CJ2A is 67-years old. we have no problems towing the wrangler but I would never consider towing my '46 CJ2A on anything but a flat trailer.
I suspect that *most* folks shopping for a used Jeep either for a DD or a toad aren't looking beyond 10-years and therefore just about any 4WD jeep...auto or manual...that has a *manually selectable* neutral position in the transfer case can be flat towed. 2WD jeeps are a somewhat different matter but relative to the 4WD versions there aren't as many 2WD jeeps out there.
