DR JEEP

Each issue Dr Jeep (Tony Whitehead) takes us through the trials and tribulations at his USA 4X4 Jeep Specialist Shop in Melbourne, Victoria. Many Jeeps are admitted weekly for servicing and suspension work through to differential, transmission and engine rebuilds. Dr Jeep explains the diagnosis, the corrective surgery and future care of these vehicles.

2016 JK

This 2016 JK showed up for a 40k service the other day. Check out the rust on everything from the engine block, exhausts, chassis, brakes, any steel and alloy all equally stuffed. The auto pan is about to pop a rust hole any second! And how did it get like this? A trip in the outback, playing silly buggers crossing wet salt pans/lake beds and not prep or post trip attention. This vehicle is doomed, it will die a very early death. Its literately a write off now.

Meanwhile the top side is like new. I constantly see car adds where they are belting through the surf beach thinking that is cool, this is fake news. It kills cars and it’s not the Jeeps fault. It’s the nut behind the wheel.