Based on your time underneath these things, What heavy duty American truck frame can I slap an LR4 body onto?
Really not a big deal. Once the body is off its the easiest engine I've ever replaced. I feel sorry for guys who only have drive on racks and have to do it in the car. The torque converter bolts are next to impossible that way.
I had no idea you had to remove the body to pull these engines. Jesus.
So was this a warranty repair?
I didn't realize there was any other kind of repair. To answer your next question....17 hours roughly. Plus anything you can hammer out for diagnosis.
I bet it's because it was Chrysler's axle and it was somebody else"s air bags. If someone sold them the air bag system then that other company was being held accountable and Chrysler wanted to get paid for it. If they made the axle they paid themselves. "
The axle was theirs, but the issue with the airbag was the installation and routing, which was also their fault. A lot of their recalls have to do with poor design. They just dropped one on the Journeys bc water can drip down a part of the wiring harness that's grounded to the shock tower and into the ABS modulator, thereby frying it. Don't get me started on the new 200...
It's gotten to the point where I keep a giant three-ring binder with printouts of all the recall bulletins various manufacturers put out so I can keep them all straight.
Holy shit, that's awesome. Best thread in this section so far.