Jeep® 4WD and Dodge Ram Repairs, How-to, Upgrades, Technical 'Q & A'...Fuel Saving Tips, Off-Road Racing Coverage and Community News...Plus a Section Devoted to Welding!

Join the "How-to: Welding Class"...Start with the opening session in HD video—exclusively at 4WD Mechanix© Magazine!

Hewes Performance Machine's Stroker 4.6L Jeep Inline Six Engine is now doing duty in a hard trail CJ-8 Scrambler!

4WD Mechanix© Magazine is now testing "GDiesel" produced by Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC. For HD video coverage of this breakthrough fuel, click here!

See coverage from the 2012 Moab Jeep Safari! This magazine section includes 15 videos plus several articles with photos from a week of 4WD activity and 4x4 runs at Moab, Utah!

Action from tough trails like the  'Area BFE' Rocks! See the action here at 4WD Mechanix© Magazine!

See Mopar concept vehicles and key presentations...plus the Mopar Media Trail Run video!

Learn more about Jeep upgrades and trail technology—like the Mopar Hemi V-8 Conversion Kit for the Jeep JK Wrangler!

 At the 2012 Moab Jeep Safari week, Warn Industries' Media Trail Run included an unexpected trail welding repair!

1918 Nash-Quad 4WD truck—a branch in the Jeep family tree? Learn more about this antique Moab four-wheel drive!

'How-to: Welding Class', featuring HD video instruction, is now available at the 4WD Mechanix© Magazine website! Learn gas, stick, MIG and TIG welding—take your 4x4 shop and trail welding skills to the next level...Free—start now!

Want answers to your Jeep® 4WD, Dodge Ram or welding questions? Get professional how-to and step-by-step technical insights at the "Workshop" and 'Q & A' sections!

The 2012 Reno Off-Road & Motorsports Expo was a gala, three-day event! See the HD video coverage and make plans for next year's show at the Reno Convention Center.

In the Automatic Transmission Workshop and 'Q & A' sections, discover ways to keep your Jeep® or Ram truck transmission alive!

Extensive HD video coverage from 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers events! A week of interviews, Ultra4 race car close-ups and desert racing action from Johnson Valley, CA—includes the inaugural Every Man's Challenge and Team Robby Bobby!

In this HD video short, see the Campbell Enterprises crew prepping the race car for contingency and tech at the 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers Race. Music score and sound track guitar work by Jake Ludel. (Open to 'Full screen' for optimal viewing! Click box at lower right corner of YouTube video frame.)

Bradley's Race Works #457 car hails from Fernley, Nevada. Title-sponsored by 4WD Mechanix Magazine for the 2012 Griffin KOH Race, Brad Falin's Duramax diesel car shows great promise—here is the complete story!

Dynamic Diesel, Inc., at Sparks, Nevada, installs an upgrade lift pump for Dodge Ram Cummins 5.9L engines. Click here to see the HD video walkthrough and install!

The 'Automatic Transmission Workshop' shares how-to, upgrades, improvements and rebuilding tips. Make sure your Jeep 4WD or Ram truck transmission can survive those rough trails and hauling chores!

Jeep 4WD technical 'how-to' by Moses Ludel, author of the bestselling Jeep® Owner's Bible™ and Jeep® CJ Rebuilder's Manuals! Get professional tips and info you can depend on!

Rebuilding the complex Jeep-Aisin AX-15 transmission requires careful parts sequencing. Moses Ludel's two-part, heavily illustrated 'how-to' article explains every technical step in the rebuilding process!

HD video exclusive! Moses Ludel interviews Tony Hewes at Hewes Performance Machine. Learn the best ways to build a Jeep 4.6L inline six stroker motor for stump-pulling torque and fuel efficiency! To view this six-segment HD video series, click here!

Learn about Jeep 4WD powertrain, axle, chassis and steering system work. Benefit from detailed 'how-to' articles and videos. Get the right answers—from Moses Ludel, a Jeep® and 4WD truck authority!

Step-by-step instructions for routine, preventive maintenance. Keep your Jeep 4WD or Ram truck in top trail or towing condition, ready for the challenges!

Preventive maintenance and fuel savings require the best lubricants. Use fluids designed for your Jeep 4WD or Dodge Ram truck—like these Mopar® products!

2005 Dodge Ram 3500 makeover earned an invitation to the B.F. Goodrich display area at the 2011 Off-Road Expo. This 4WD truck is our 'real world' trailer hauler and workhorse. For more details, click here!

For in-depth Dodge Ram Truck and Cummins turbo diesel 'how-to' service procedures and fuel saving tips, visit the "Dodge Ram Truck Maintenance & Repair Shop" section...Click here for quick access!

Moses Ludel shares Jeep 4WD tuning insights for trail running, competition and maximum fuel efficiency. Get tuning and towing tips for Ram trucks—including the extraordinary 5.9L and 6.7L Cummins turbo-diesels!

Learn to build axles that withstand the roughest backcountry punishment and last longer! Moses Ludel shares over four decades of Jeep 4WD axle building experience.

'How-to' technical features, 'step-by-step' articles plus instructional HD videos. Join Moses Ludel at the work bench—and on backcountry, overland trails!

Understand Jeep 4WD suspension—install lift kits that work well off-pavement and provide proper handling on the highway!

Learn about lift kit installations and additional modifications needed—like Advance Adapters' slip yoke eliminator (SYE) kit shown here. Know the "trickle down" effects a lift kit can create—and how to resolve these issues!

Moses Ludel troubleshoots  Jeep 4WD and Ram truck problems, discusses restorative repairs, modifications and the various upgrades for performance and fuel savings!

'Electro-Willys' is a 1952 M38 Willys military 1/4-ton 4x4 restoration and electric vehicle conversion. To learn more about Mike Picard's "green" Jeep project, click here!

Learn MIG, TIG and stick welding techniques and how to weld better at your 4x4 shop—or when performing emergency trail repairs! See the 'Welding & Metal Fabrication Workshop'!

This thick cast iron axle was repaired with bronze 'in the day'. Within the magazine's welding 'how-to', Moses Ludel demonstrates TIG cast iron welding and other repair techniques. Below is the same iron casting after the TIG welding repair!

Jeep 4WD restoration and race car fabrication require a wide range of skills. Learn the latest welding, brazing and metallurgy processes at the website's "Welding & Metal Fabrication Workshop". Master trail welding repairs, too!

Learn about Jeep ignitions, carburetion, TBI, MPI, EFI conversions, emission controls and EVAP systems. See the magazine's section devoted to Jeep engine tuning, diagnostics and field troubleshooting. Click here!

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     "4WD Mechanix is the online, dynamic magazine for Jeep 4WD enthusiasts and 4x4 shops that specialize in Jeep restoration, rebuilding, engine tuning, upgrades and backcountry trail prep...Do you need tested, proven performance modifications and 'how-to' projects that can help professionalize your Jeep 4WD work? Join the worldwide Jeep® community—make this website your 4WD information and technical resource!"

—Moses Ludel

For Jeep® technical information, go to the source! You will find Moses Ludel's books at:

Bentley Publishers, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Advance Adapters, 4Wheel Drive Hardware, Quadratec, Willys Jeep® Parts, 4x4Books, local Mopar® Performance retailers and Jeep® dealerships—plus worldwide independent book outlets!

Moses Ludel has been a spokesperson for Mopar/Jeep, conducting 4WD workshops at a dozen annual Camp Jeep® events. He knows many of the club affiliates in North America. As a past board member and advocate for Tread Lightly, Inc., Moses Ludel supports the aims of Tread Lightly and the worldwide members of the United Four Wheel Drive Associations.

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