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Same thing happened to me. Engine died and would start right up. Then it began not cranking until I tried a few times. Problem was bad alternator, bad battery and battery terminals not installed correctly. Battery & alternator tests can’t always be trusted. Batteries & alternators often will...

If your Wrangler spends much time off-road, especially in sand or mud, inspect your parking brakes for wear. The dirt that gets in there is abrasive and wears down the shoes. I tore down my rear brakes to adjust the parking brake and found this. This was the good side. The other side was worn...

A couple of restored WWII jeeps. I didn’t check to see if they were Willys or Ford Look how simple, perhaps to the point of being primitive, the instrument panels were

Bell P-63 King Cobra, big brother to the P-39 Aerocobra. Both aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union during WWII where they were put to use breaking tanks and shooting down German fighters. Like the P-39, the Allison V-12 in the P-63 is behind the cockpit to make room for a single 37mm cannon...

Say what you will. My Rubicon has been ducked four times, once by a good friend and once by my sister, the rest by appreciative strangers. I don’t care who you are, ya don’t say no to your sister. The duck from my sister sits on the glare shield with my wolf, the one from my friend covers the...

My friend with the Gladiator said I should try to sell them as such

I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees

My family used to go to the Point Mugu every year for the airshow. Back then, the Blue Angels (and the Thunderbirds) were still flying F-4 Phantoms. I remember where we usually parked was in front of a hangar that had giant letters spelling out DANGER! PROPS KILL. It left a lasting impression on me

Bent rear lower control arm

A little souvenir from Trail Hero

Friend of mine sent me a photo of a De Haviland Twin Otter from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. That’s him, waving at the camera. The Twin Otter is a versatile Short Takeoff and Landing airplane powered by two Pratt & Whitney turbo prop engines. When the pilot hauls back on the stick for a maximum...

Try putting your Jeep in 4 hi and pressing the ESC button until you get the ESCOFF message. It takes about 10 seconds. Engaging 4lo disengages the ESC. You should get the ESCOFF message as soon as 4lo is engaged.

This is why Kirk is the best captain

I camped by the lake and woke up to this

Milt’s Mile My friend tried to get his Gladiator over the Middle Monkey. He didn’t make it and not for the lack of trying. He did come close!

Does this look familiar? AccuAir at Trail Hero in Sand Hollow

Bronco that was part of our group running West Rim Trail today

If you bite its head off, you only have to worry about rabies