I’m lookin for an extra cab truck or suv manual tranny and 4×4. But i can’t figure which would be the most reliable one to get? I immediately thought of toyotas but the 3.0 v6′s all have head gasket problems. I’ve thought of cherokees? I don’t want an exploder, or an s10 or a trailblazer. [...]

i am going to be driving to origon at the end of the month and i need a good 4×4 suv. i want a manual tranny and a real transfer case. i have looked at nissan pathfinders, toyota 4runners, isuzu troopers and rodeos, and jeep cherokees. out of all of these cars witch one will [...]

I could not get it into reverse for the longest time, now it goes in reverse but now it will not go into 1st or 2nd. What could this possibly be? Do I need to take the manual tranny out? Please help me out. I took off the linkages and moved the shift lever on [...]

My wife and I bought a 1998 Gmc Jimmy SL 4X4 (AT & 4 door) GU6 3.42:1 ratio, we took it out years ago 4x4ing, and I was some what disappointed. It got stuck in icy ruts, needed people to push us out. On heavy acceleration only the right tire usually spins. So any way, [...]

I am planning on converting a 91 Dodge Colt in to a sort of semi sand car to off road in the desert around my area. The original wheels were 13s which I replaced with 15s. The next step was going to be getting larger off road tires for the new 15 x 8 rims. [...]