I like the comment re mechanics not wanting to touch Jeeps as incompetents. TOO RIGHT!
Jeep/Mopar veriants of anything have always scared many - even the old Valiants (1962 era) - illicited stoopid comments like their a bit different - at the same time the Holdens had a 2 speed auto "Hydromatic" - compare that with the bomb proof Torqueflite 6 WOW..
Leave the gears out they gotta get simpler