Stick Shift in 2026?

[tradosaurus]

Manual transmissions are fun until you are stuck in traffic or try to drink coffee.
I did enjoy the shifting when I was young.

 

[Highlandr]

Wasn't uncommon to get the 4.0's to last 300K miles.

4.0 was a strong, strong motor.

Bought a 2000 Cherokee with the 4.0, new. Sold it when I got the 2004 Tundra. To this day I wish I hadn't done that.

 

[sd455dan]

And lets be honest, the quality wasn't great before Stellantis. lol

Mercedes did a lot of good to straighten out the Gen 2 into Gen 3 HD truck

I have 165k on my 2008.

We have had several long lived Jeeps in the family, Grand Cherokees that broke 300K The 2002 Wrangler is well over 200k but I did recently have to pull the head on the 4.0 and replace an exhaust valve. I sold my first 77 Honcho with about 200K on the 401 running strong but lots of rust. Wagoneer's were good snow rigs.

I am Glad Jeep has kept the stick option Alive on the Wranglers.

 

[34Willys]

Don't forget the awesome era of AMC JEEPs.

Patrick

 

[sd455dan]

Don't forget the awesome era of AMC JEEPs.

Patrick

Still have an AMC J10 Honcho sitting in a field, needs a new 401 and possibly a T 400 transmission rebuild, paint etc., but they make really cool resto 4x4's.

Hear some NFL players buying fully decked out and updated Late 70-early 80's Grand Wagoneer's like this one with a Hellcat installed.

 

[Hughman]

When I bought my latest jeep in 2023 I had to special order to get a stick. Manuals seem to have turned into unicorns.

 

[ultrarunner]

Still have an AMC J10 Honcho sitting in a field, needs a new 401 and possibly a T 400 transmission rebuild, paint etc., but they make really cool resto 4x4's.

Hear some NFL players buying fully decked out and updated Late 70-early 80's Grand Wagoneer's like this one with a Hellcat installed.

Here is one…

 

[redman135]

Try driving an 18sp truck in town all week(270 - 320 shifts/day depending on the route), in the weekend the gears can shift themselves.

 

[rontaki]

Try driving an 18sp truck in town all week(270 - 320 shifts/day depending on the route), in the weekend the gears can shift themselves.

Row, row, row your truck gently down the street...

 

[sd455dan]

Here is one…

I like the Wagoneer but they should have saved the Ferrari engine for a " Prancing Horse" candidate and stuck in a procharged AMC 401 in the Wagoneer.

A dead stock 401 will spin up to 7K and not hurt itself ( forged rods and crank- stock) and AMC designed heads with constant cross sectional area, like Pontiiac did with the Super Duties, a mild build for pump gas with single four barrel and cam can be good for over 500 HP.

Procharged would be around 1K HP.

I think the mild build 401's sound great when revved.