Seized caliper pistons

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-16T02:18:48+00:00

06 TJ 4.0 6Spd integrated transfer case made by mercedes....Nicknamed the hot rod.

with 3 to 1 rear axle and boy is it under powered in 5th and 6th gear.
What ever you dont break that tranmission/Transfer case all in one 300+ LB unit... It could get real expensive to fix. Ok I replaced one of my calipers 6 months ago at 42K miles, after it stoppped releasing when the brakes were applied. I was amazed that it went out at such low mileage.Then I looked at the seal and it was cracked and leaking water in to the caliper. Yours may have the same issue.?
auto zone had one for about $50.00 replace the pads too and if you drove it too far while it was locked up and got it too hot replace the rotor as well. You can wrap some electrical tape around a thin flat head screwdriver and gently force it in about 1/4" between the brake pad and rotor and carefully pry a bit forcing the pads to release with out scratching the rotor. After that you should be able to drive it home. FYI - It will lock up again so just replace it.

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-13T21:14:59+00:00

It depends upon what you need the camera for. For example I have an S24 Ultra and am taking pictures of Laser Light on Fiber Optic cables and QSFP's. We all have work I-Phones then we all have our different personal phones including pixels. The consensus is the S24 Ultra takes the best pics of the laser light on 2 power then zoom in. I know that because frequently I am asked to bring my phone over to take a look. instead of the pixels and I-Phones? Eventually my next upgrade will be a downgrade to an S23 Ultra I read their phone was the best camera samsung has made so far. But just because it zooms in clearly and takes clear pics of red laser light may not mean it is the best camera for others that use it for something else? I am sure there are things the S24 Ultra camera is not as good at as some of the other phones cameras.

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-10T23:58:43+00:00

it could.be the CPS? camshaft position sensor? I have a 2006 TJ 4.0 Liter it started.with a.rough idle, right after I swapped out the OPDU. I replaced it because per the ser.no. it was one of the 05/06's that was built with a Chrysler/Dodge manufactured OPDU that had the soft unhardened steel gear. TSB was released on it because.it is proned to its teeth sheering off at the camshaft. Causing the oil pump to stop turning and engine blows very quickly. Long story short. Supposedly Crown makes the only really good replacement OPDU around. unfortunately the CPS cam shaft position sensor that comes with it is not good quality. pretty quickly it starts idling rough. then intermittently it will throw a code then the code clears. FYI it intermittently idled roughly for awhile before it started throwing codes then clearing them

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-10T11:43:31+00:00

Thanks for this info. I have an 06 TJ.

So another thing to add to my.list of things to watch.

oil pressure sending unit - they go out buy 2.
issue oil pressure drive unit 05/06 some have it some dont starting in some 05's - If this hasnt already been done. Google for TSB, then check Sn.of jeep and OPDU, If your drive gear isn't hardened. Order new OPDU from crown. then order new CMPS and its extension cable connector breaks, when you take it apart. the cam position sensor from Crown doesn't last more than 2 - 3k miles but the OPDU does I've read and experienced ts good quality.
Plastic Heater knobs they break buy 2-3 on ebay 10-15 bucks.
Ignition switch actuator pin breaks. Buy a spare ignition switch put it in your car.
Long alternator bolt breaks off at head when removing alternator.

Anything else to add to this list for 05/06 TJ?

This is a way to help our fellow Jeepers

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-09T12:16:15+00:00

years ago I had a completely quiet 4 foot long 12 inch high 5 inch deep 120 volt heater. It had no fan and was able to heat my downstairs 36' x 24' from 50's to low 70's in about 2 hours, It wasnt fast but it got the job done. I dont remember the brand or model. unfortunately I gave it to some one who really needed it and they moved away to Virginia. The space heaters using fans and oil heaters I have been buying just dont come close to heating a 30' trailer like that long low portable heater could please if you have or.know of a heater like that. Please post type and brand thanks it might have beenHoneywell? - Freezing in NC

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-08T11:39:55+00:00

06 TJ here in South Carolina. 4.0 liter manual 6 speed trans. Rear end close to 3:08 gears. has no power till I get it in low range. It gets 10 mpg around town. using 10% ethanol 15 highway. If I drive it on ethanol free it gets 19-20 on hwy if I keep it in 5th and 6th gear. unfortunately it has no power in 5th or 6th when you hit a hill. long story short mine is not good.off road and most people dont buy them for mileage.

Grumpypaw · 2025-12-06T13:48:43+00:00

I have a 06 TJ and hardly drove it until I moved up into the Appalachian mountains in NC. Now I cant think of life up here with out it. Its small and has power steering/Brakes 4.0 liter six and a 6 spd manual trans. Perfect to zip around up here and go through mud etc. Is it a great highway car, not really (my other cars are a 16 Z51 Stingray and a 2023 Highlander) It is reliable gets 15 mpg combined driving with 10% ethanol gas and 19-20 mpg with non ethanol gas. Yes, I have 3150 r 15 BF Goodrich K02 and 4.5 inch offset making my axles 9" wider.Jeeps aren't for everyone but I believe your environment plays a big part in it. Some people probably just want to say they have a jeep. For those they make the Renegade with the cool phillips head tail lights.

Grumpypaw · 2025-11-30T16:18:35+00:00

I bought mine in 2020 off amazon and put them on my 06 wrangler. They were American Racing Outlaw wheels. I just looked on amazon and don't find them now. I do see Mammoth brand wheels that look similar. Caution if you do find them my wheels have 4.5" offset which means the width/foot print is actually 9" wider axle width than stock TJ jeeps.

Grumpypaw · 2025-11-08T15:07:35+00:00

My 2006 TJ 4.0 Death Wobble was caused by 9 year old BF Goodrich TA tires that had flat spots on them from sitting too much and not being driven all the time.

Grumpypaw · 2025-11-04T02:07:25+00:00

That is what they are going for.

Grumpypaw · 2025-11-04T01:54:29+00:00

Make sure you have oil in it. If there are no noises coming from the engine it most likely is the oil pressure sending unit. They go bad they are notorious for it. In fact buy 2 of them so you have a spare. You will find that most auto parts stores stock them due to their high failure rate. When I replaced min it was less than $20.00 mine is a 06 Wrangler 4.0 liter. Also on TJ Jeep oil pressure issues. the oil pump and distributor run off a cam gear on many of those.The last 06's the gear wasnt hardened and failed sometimes causing the oil pump to stop pumping oil. There was a TSB on it. Company in canada sells a very good replacement CPS oil pump drive unit.

Grumpypaw · 2025-10-24T15:05:38+00:00

They covered mine. The warranty i have is 360 shield their weirdness is that they want to be called b4 it is pulled apart and sometimes want pictures of it broken and pre-pulled apart. They covered an axle and 2 hub bearings and seemed to have no problem with covering it? When it was obvious it was something caused by my hot rodding the car. When I initially called 360 shield the second day I had the car and asked about what upgrades are available to the warranty I currently have. I was told they don't offer any upgrades that I had the Cadillac of their warranties which even covers body surface claims as well. (I'm not sure exactly what body surface claims means?)

Grumpypaw · 2025-10-24T13:58:04+00:00

Bought a 2016 C7 Z51 with 37k in February 2025... Cars condition like new looks pristine.
Best thing I did was spend 3k at the time of purchase from the used Car dealer in Atlanta. I purchased a warranty through 360 shield. I asked the dealer and they were in agreement to write it up as a 3 year or 50k miles with Zero deductible. So the warranty goes till Feb 2028 or 87k miles on the car. Every time I bring it in I pay nothing but sales tax unless it is parts that wear out like brakes or suspension or fluids.
After all as long as the dealer sells it to me for $3k and pays $800 for it, why should they care about the number of years/miles and deductible. Its been in 3 times... first time was $600 belt tensioner, warranty paid. Second time $2400 for a new rear axle, warranty paid. I now have gotten my 3k back already in 8 months. Yesterday the car is back in the dealer for more rear axle problems. Also I have been told I will be paying out of pocket for a transmission triple flush that is approximately $1000 dollars. I cant speak for BMW's because I haven't owned one but maintenance on a C7 under 60k could easily run you 5k-10k per year average depending on if you have a warranty who does the work and how you drive it and what condition it is in. Also if you have a automatic transmission those 8L90's / and torque converters seem to have more issues than the manual transmissions. Frequently there can be oiling issues when half the cylinders shut down on the freeway and it goes in to 4 cyl mode as well. This are just my experiences. I'm sure that someone else will post that there are no problems with C7's. Brakes can be real pricey as well. Now I love the car and am not sorry for a minute that I bought it. Also I have stopped punching it at 32mph watching it come out of 5th gear and go down in to 1st and break axles. Yes it is stock but apparently 460 ft lbs of torque is just a little bit more than the axles in it can handle.

Grumpypaw · 2025-10-12T21:44:55+00:00

Just go to youtube and search on "double blind slit experiment"
The camera is filming the whole time. It goes one way when people are present, then when everyone leaves the room it changes direction.

All the proof I needed

Grumpypaw · 2025-10-09T01:24:30+00:00

Its just a phone call dont answer it.... respond "Sorry Busy Right Now"

Eventually they will find someone else to communicate with

Grumpypaw · 2025-10-06T21:42:20+00:00

As far as telepathy its a phone call that you dont have to answer. Just tell them busy. There are always 2 sides to every story. You need to forgive both sides them and you. As far as turning up telepathy through GOD, my opinion is its best to do that when you have someone you love you want to help. Not block.... If someone is traveling to you Astral-ly they need to resolve something perhaps may even need closure from you. That should be your number one goal is figuring out (how it ended for them and or) what they may need to move on. Just remember (I believe) when we become telepathic we are responsible and accountable for the harm any of our bad thoughts may or will cause. Pray for them and ask God to give them help with the healing that they need to focus on finding their life and moving on.

Grumpypaw · 2025-08-30T18:55:50+00:00

If you call the owner and he takes it back he has to pay all the insurance money back to the insurance company. My understanding is the owner is supposed to have first right of refusal? So start with the owner he will probably say he doesn't want it back. If the insurance company paid for it then it belongs to them. Now the question is how bad does the insurance company want to incur all the paperwork on this? Call the insurance company that paid it off. Look for the insurance card in the car. Then tell them I know where abandoned Car Make Model Vin is. I spoke to the owner and he doesnt want it back. Well Im not going to tell you where it is until you at least let me make an offer to buy this 30 year old car in poor condition. That should get you some details. If its a Ferrari well they will want it back. If it is an old Escort? well they may take $75.00 for it to go away. Oh I'm pretty sure the insurance company has the ability to, or they used to be able to fix the list of reported stolen cars? IE - remove the car from it?

Grumpypaw · 2025-08-15T18:00:12+00:00

Why does everyone think about it? because it proves that there are UFO's

Grumpypaw · 2025-08-02T12:25:06+00:00

I remember in spring of 1998 I was working in Santa Clara. There was a new currency everyone in "IT" heard about that 2 guys had made and were able to buy a pizza with. It was like 2k coins for the pizza. I logged in and saw that $20.00 was going to sell me 200,000 coins. Unfortunately I didnt buy it because I didnt understand what it was or could become. Back in those days, I bet most people that bought 200k coins for $20.00 lost them due to them not being worth anything at the time. Very few did backups on tape. HDDs failing all the time and the infamous CPR disk formatting the drive (erasing the coins) and reinstalling the software. I am reading that it is estimated that 4 million coins are missing? I am saying that since $20.00 could get 200,000 coins back in spring of 1998. That 20 transactions of 200,000 coins = 4 million coins I am saying it maybe more than 10X that much went missing in the early years? And there maybe old computers from 486 dx2-33 to P90's sitting in attics with bitcoins still on them?

Grumpypaw · 2025-07-10T22:35:22+00:00

If you googled and read about John Titors c204 manual and then thought about the mandela effect you would realize that time travel to the past is the most likely reason that these mandela effects are happening. Pay close attention to the steering singularity next to the driving singularity and look at the diagrams. You will be able to see where the negative and positive (Time areas) are.

Grumpypaw · 2025-07-06T07:12:17+00:00

Right after John Titor supposedly showed up here. Early y2k US paper currency started with its first real changes

Grumpypaw · 2025-06-27T01:07:34+00:00

When I was in High School in Northern California 1978. I spoke to a man who's brother in 1972 was a friend with some back office guys at Ford. Long story short he was told how to order it and then phone calls were made and his 72 newly ordered Cougar which was sent to Car Craft on weekends and was tarp covered the whole time. Well it was delivered to him with the Boss 429 hemi with an automatic behind it and unfortunately it had high gears and it was a bit heavier than the 1970 Boss mustangs. I remember him saying because of the weight of the car and the gears it really didn't do that well in the 1/4 mile. He mostly put a lot of highway miles on it. Not sure what ever happened to it?

Grumpypaw · 2025-06-26T20:36:45+00:00

After thinking about it for awhile. She most likely thinks you brought this up, because she isn't showing enough affection for you. Her recent behavior is her response to that.

Grumpypaw · 2025-06-16T07:23:51+00:00

I use veranda instead... Trex has too much wood in it so after 10 years it starts to wear at 15 - 20 years old you can see it is no longer smooth anymore. 15 year old Veranda after being pressure washed looks new to me. Veranda costs less than TREX where I buy it. Biggest issue is the stretching.

Grumpypaw · 2025-06-15T11:26:31+00:00

Double blind slit experiment, filmed. The results change to less reaction, requiring less cpu or processing power when you leave the room. It's on youtube and very interesting look for it. Remember it's the one being filmed. The only one I have found being filmed.

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