didn't you gowhen you had the ruby as well? And then on the entrance to paragon 2 weeks later your fan clutch blew? on an '05 i would say that is a little bit of a coincidence. Whatever though its your jeeps and money. remember that it is not just the engine and tranny to worry about. Hope that you didn't get mud and water into your diffs and slowly destroying your gears... Good luck!!
Mudding was the direct cause of my fan clutch burning out. Lesson learned: if you're going to mud, remove the belt driven fan & install an electric fan with a kill switch.
Mud & water definately got into my diffs & trans. Lesson learned: always replace your fluids after mudding. Long term plan is to extend all the breather tubes higher
I went through 3 air filters yesterday (thanks for the 3'rd conner). Lesson Learned: bring more air filters & save up for a snorkel.
My jeep is a wreck today, but I abused the piss out of it yesterday, and I couldn't be happier. That's why I sold the rubicon and got a non-daily driver jeep, so I wouldn't be held back by all this common sense & logic.
The hardcore rock crawlers here blow thousands on beefier axles, chrome molly axle shafts, and enough raw steel to armor a humvee in iraq. Spend your money on whatever makes you happy. ;D
everytime we get back from Wharton. Not trying to start anything just saying you guys don't have to repeat yourselves a million times. We got the point that mud is not your thing. We love it though! 
