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I do not share any enthusiasm for the 3.7 or 4.7 engines as a auto tech that's worked on and drove plenty of them but I do wish there was a bell housing pattern on a V8 engine that I could swap easily and cheaply into my 07 JK stick shift without changing a bunch of stuff. Just 50 more horsepower would be nice.

Thank You for explaining “Switched - Non Switched.”

Big fan of you junk yard and jeep videos! I just got a 94 5.2 4x4 single cab with 37,000 miles 😅 but she need some TLC for paint and engine but she’s a Cali car with no frame rust luckily. Can’t wait to see your videos on this truck because there’s not a lot of coverage on these awesome trucks

I have a 2003 Durango sxt with the 4.7. It’s not the exact same design as the 4.7 for the Jeep, specifically the air cleaner is reversed and mounts to the left side of the engine compartment whereas the 4.7 in the Grand Cherokee is mounted on the right. But generally speaking, the parts would be 100% interchangeable. My Durango uses a standard mechanical fan for normal cooling (the old school hydraulic fan clutch type) and then it has the huge ass e-fan that runs only when the a/c is on OR the engine coolant temp gets over like 210 with a/c off (such as when towing a pull behind camper or something like that). This set up actually did pretty good the last time I towed a pull behind camper of decent size, up and down all the hills of southern Alabama/north Florida, towed it about 60-70 miles with overdrive disabled so I was constantly turning about 2,500-3,000 at 55-60mph for that duration and the engine never got hotter than straight in the middle between cold and hot (most 4.7 engines run on the colder side of the normal range, about 195-200 tops). I’d say, all in all, my 4.7 is a damned good engine at 185,000 miles. I’m sure down the line it will take a shit, all engines do. But I’m interested to see just how many miles I actually get off this heifer before she goes out to pasture.

@3:55 i think it is actually a cast iron block with aluminum heads, if I’m remembering correctly. Regardless, I appreciate this video and the knowledge you’re sharing, very useful information.

This channel still active?

Definitely a sniper😂 great video man. That day was hotter than a 9 pecker'd barn rat!

I tried the old tie it to a tree and drive away trick. Didn’t work, even with the addition of the summer teeth

I have a 98 TJ I love her but her steering box does have okay in it, that 1/8 rule kinda scares me now.. I’ve replaced all the tie rods but my pitman arm does sit low, not sure if this contributes to the problem.

bill wurtz reference got me 😂

The same happened to me about month ago to my ZJ. Rear window exploded without any apparent reason and since I live in good neighborhood I suspect some internal tension. Unfortunately where I live there are no junkyards overflowing with Jeep parts <sniffs> Good job, Doug!

I’m just thinking damn dougie with fresh shaped up beard oh who needs a back window anyway

That is crazy about the backpack and the headliner. Wow

i've had birds drop food stuff to break it open on my project vehicle's windshield's took me a while to figure out it wasn't a kid with bb pistol

Back glass popped on my 2000 wj one day, turns out, a 50+ ft 3ft wide cedar tree decided to snap and fall right on it during a storm lol, that’ll definitely make and glass explode

Really like that I can roll down the rear window in my 4runner

My parents bought a patriot brand new in 2010. I already fell in love with jeeps before that bc my mom drove an 02 TJ, but boxy jeeps became my thing bc of the Patriot. I agree its gonna become the new "cheap jeep to buy" in 10 years, imo after people demolish the first gen Libertys. The biggest issue is the pre 2014 CVTs along with other things, which is why my family no longer has that jeep. Maybe there will be an "easy" way to swap in a better transmission?

Heat 🥵 did it

Dont know why it happened,just sucks that it did Douglas....

Nice shirt brother 🇺🇸 "its this window, he hates this window" had me cracking up. Not many people randomly quote The Jerk but dammit if that movie isn't 10/10.

Fishing pole holder 😮 damit lol

Talk about aggression management. This would cure anyone.

This happened to me about 20 or 21 years ago on my 94 gmc sonoma except it was my windshield that cracked all over the place and it was way hotter like close to 110 degrees and this was in Missouri. Now I worked for at that time at a car dealership and some of the guys that worked there were sketchy as heck and down right jerks so I don't know if it was really the heat or one of those guys smashed my windshield the reason why I say this cause the windshield caved in like someone smashed it and I didn't really do anything other than have the windshield replaced cause the guy that owned the place was a friend of my brother in law. I also wanted to say I've asked several people including windshield install techs and they've never seen it happen but maybe happen but they were not sure.

Weather will do some crazy things. Stay cool.

Lee Boyd Malvo was just released from prison??

Excellent videos. Please keep posting.

Slight score/scratch + heat = boom. Have seen it within the fleet I managed many times.

I've heard of similar things happening, but never seen it caused from heat...usually its from something being off centered or at some other stress point when being opened or closed. I shattered the back window on a camper shell on my pickup a while back because the gas struts I bought that were supposed to work, worked so well it snapped the window when I got it about 1/4 of the way open, it flew up like a jet plane taking off....hmm, maybe not the right struts LOL. I took them off, got the window fixed, and never put struts on it, used an old broom handle for a prop after that LOL.

"Hotter than a two-dollar pistol." That's a Dan Rather-ism, I think. He also said, "Hotter than a Times Square Rolex!" and, "Hotter than a Dallas parking lot!" (He explained that he worked in an oil field in Texas as a young man, and there's only so many times you can say, "It's hotter than Hell!") Anyway, just wanted to share since I noticed in another video that you said the two-dollar pistol line.

lol ur hilarious love the content!

nice. spares are a neccessity. you need to go visit dexj's jeeps

I was going to get a set of gas shocks for my back window but no more will keep the wood stick thanks

The laser beam backpack is a heck of a thing. Glad everyone survived, sorry about your head liner. Also, nice Jerk reference lol

85° lol its 109 where I'm at haha

its gotta be a tension or pressure build up.

heh FAP

#9 in the under hood fuse box. Mine was blown.

9:30 ~ Great job using your head. No offense, that install is a two-man job. Where's Eric when you need him? Just, bit of advice Bro, keep a pair of work-gloves in the vehicle just in case.

Your first guess is the right guess. The window had some sort of defect in it, possibly a small stone indentation or something like that, and the sun hit it directly and pop it goes. I had the same thing happen to my front windshield about a month ago here in South Carolina, luckily it just cracked and did not explode.

Yep that happened to me before I believe your theory on the gas shocks might be the reason. Either that or the heat just built up too much pressure on the inside of your vehicle that happens a lot out here in the communist republic of California's High Desert you have to roll your windows down just a tiny bit to let the pressure out

That had to been stress. I’ve had my jeep at 110 in Arizona.

I'm thinking on Stress on the window Somehow.

Are you on facebook? I gotta show u the pics of my window. Crazy

This happened to one of my cars once, blew the drivers window out just sitting in the driveway hot day in summer all windows closed and barometric pressure change and 💥

Double D I love your style

Omg this just happened to me on my 18 2 door jk. Got it replaced threw insurance

Its not how you stand by your car....

I have a 3.7 in my Liberty and I had a 2010 JK with the 3.8L. I’ve always wondered this myself, but motor building capacity makes a lot of sense. I almost bought another 3.8 recently, but held off as I don’t need another old Jeep right now. With a manual, that wasn’t that bad of a motor (I had a 3.6L JK too).

It's not that bad, especially since these were out from late 2008. The traverse is definitely the best looking from the enclave, acadia, and the outlook, they're ugly.

All that to jimmy jam not finishing it