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I have 2001 XJ, 4.5 lift and 16" rubicon wheels w/265/70-16. I want to get it to AZ from Maryland. U-Haul wants $900 for car trailer and $470 for dolly one way. Any advice on towing with dolly or options would be appreciated.
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I've towed with a dolly. Worked great, but they were stock jeeps. You may want to use a full trailer for stability reasons.
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I always hate this topic lol. I thought the tranny should be in park or gear cause in neutral the gears won't turn the fluid and I can heat up. There's always different things said
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Anyway depends what you're towing with. If you're using a full-sized pickup 1/2 ton or larger a dolly will work fine, provided the transfer case is in neutral and transmission is in park for a slushbox or in gear for a stick. For that distance though removing the rear DS would be worth it.
Really though that distance you want a full trailer for. That's a lot of unnecessary wear, and your tow vehicle won't have any brakes. XJ + dolly is about 3500lbs on the conservative side of mass you won't have additional ability to stop. UHaul's surge brakes kinda suck but they're a lot better than nothing.
(some states you pass through have arcane towing laws too about minimum brake requirements based on weight)
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Transfer case oil pump is on the main shaft so this isn't a problem.
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Question, my 95 xj literally got sluggish today. Nothing happened, havent even wheeled it at all recently. I know they are not fast to begin with, but the throttle response is just weakened now. It still gets up to the same speeds fine, just seems to take longer and more pressure on the skinny pedal. Am I right to assume this problem could be fuel injectors? I am going to replace them, but before I do is there anything else that can be done. Im going to clean the throttle body and air intake as well when I do this.
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Question, my 95 xj literally got sluggish today. Nothing happened, havent even wheeled it at all recently. I know they are not fast to begin with, but the throttle response is just weakened now. It still gets up to the same speeds fine, just seems to take longer and more pressure on the skinny pedal. Am I right to assume this problem could be fuel injectors? I am going to replace them, but before I do is there anything else that can be done. Im going to clean the throttle body and air intake as well when I do this.
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