The Perils of Volunteering to Fix a Jeep for a Celebrity

The editor-in-chief of The Autopian volunteered to fix a misfiring 1999 Jeep Wrangler for Matt Farah's client, but it turned out to be a 2002 model with a bad EVAP system. The repair job became more complicated as he discovered a disconnected shock, a broken bolt, a bad wheel bearing, and a seized fan clutch. He replaced the shock, bolt, wheel bearings, brake pads, rotors, idler pulley, and fan clutch, and bled the brake system. He also found that the tires were dangerous and needed to be replaced. The Jeep is now mechanically sound and ready for new tires.