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wow thanks comanche09! good find. My Brother in law has a toyota 5 speed here, but its from a 80s pick up... looks like it has the short shaft, maybe an up grade on down the road... as id have to have the parts from an ax-15 to hook up to my h.o., then it seems you can twin stick it as well, idk i just took a quick skim over the thread, but it is book marked

Is this right? I was looking on Ebay, for an ax-15, and one of the vendors had one without the bell housing. Listed for 90-up wrangler, and 88 up toyota. is this right? or could i get some clarification

probably not worth it anyway. Anyone want to buy a np249 or a good ba10/5 so i can buy a 4wd ax-15?

would the tail shaft/out put stuff from a ba10/5 work on a 2wd ax-15? reason i ask is because i found a 2wd ax-15, its the only thing hanging me up from finishing my HO swap. i doubt it will work, but maybe someone has tryed it?

so the H.O. Head can be placed on the renix block right? I've been wanting to do the HO swap, but ill have to find a CS bushing to fit my ba10/5, or find a ax-15, and neither is option is working out for me. Plus, I'm just wanting to get it running right, although i may be making more work for myself in the end, just seeing if anyone has done a head swap before.

my renix fuel pump should work with the HO engine, correct?

LOL DUH, nevermind, engine/transmission/xfer case out of the bay. ill have some pictures tomorrow hopefully. :thumbsup:

i can't get the internal slave lines off, the only thing left connected. how in the heck do they come off?

since i have a np231, will it still mate to the ax-15?

thanks pete, you may have saved me a huge headache(s) hmm so i need the pilot bearing from a 73 cj5 W/ 304 3 speed, and i need to do this ax15 swap... maybe someone is interested in trading some parts :(

well, since i'm going to be using my old flywheel, and clutch and transmission, i shouldnt have any trouble. I did some research, and it seems that when swapping the ba ---> ax15, thats when the bushing has to be swapped, and the HO block is the same as my renix block, so i should be ok. anyone else want to chime in? swapping a HO and keeping the peugot if youve done it. I've heard people say stay away from this transmission, but i havent seen exactly what fails on them?

oh no, i havent read that... custom pilot bushing? :doh: that doesnt sound likely though... at least not on a obd1 4.0? if i do end up swapping a transmission, it will probably be for an auto.

ok, i was a bit disheartend since i bought that zj, and finding the ground like that could have solved my problems. the wires arent corroded. found out the cam in the zj is more top end compared to mine. ill keep it that way since it might help fuel economy. staying with the 5 speed even tho its a peugot. pulling the engine and tranny together, but do i want to take off just the middle part of the front clip? any pictures showing what is taken off? I'm lookin for a HO tb spacer so i can drill and tap into it to get my renix tb mounted on the ho intake. i realize there isnt performance to be gained with this, but not having to customize a trashy tps sensor is my reason. anyone have one as a paper weight? ill trade. I'm tryin to build a toy hauler/exploration vehicle. i have a banshee, but no truck. 3" lift, 30-31" wider tires, a winch, some gears, and possibly a locker, then ill do the body work with updated front end.

so i bought the 95 zj, and havent brought it here yet, but i started to get everything out of the way in order to get the engine out. i took out the distributor, and behind it i see the ground shows bare wires! the insulation had turned into play-dough crap. http://www.flickr.com/photos/34156492@N ... otostream/ could that have been the cause of the misfire and crappy running? the oil was dirty but not contaminated with gas, and i had slowly but surely loosing oil pressure, and iwas thinking it was fuel thinning out the oil. i expected the oil to come out really "watery", but it came out normal. i hope i can still put the donor to good use. also, the throttle body on the zj is 180* compared to my renix... i think. it could just be what everyones been talking bout, retro fitting the TPS

so taking off the head and replacing the gaskets and valves and machine work would be cheaper than buying the zj ($400) and putting the short block in place inorder to keep it renix? ill have to use my intake and exhaust manifolds correct? what about the cts being up front now? since I'm already here, what else will i change? i will be searching the forums i think i like my chances with zj. i could part out the rest and make some money back. zj seats anyone? oh you need a 42re? need a replacement np249? what is that xfercase like? I'm goin to be doin mostly foul weather, back roads, and dunes, occasional tral (tuttle creek) nah, just rather keep my trusty command trac sorry, i got sidetracked with the other thread thanks for the replys, i think olive matte with the white army star would look cool CC style, but clear coated to make it pretty

aw4 transmission in the ZJ only came in 93, and i took a closer look at it today, mfctr date is 6/95. The brackets for the accesories looks very similar to mine. The coolant sensor is up front on the t-stat housing. its got around 200k, and the gas tank is in the back, where it looks like it got a new fuel pump. The axle looks like a d44, and has a rubber plug the transfer case *front to back* all time 4h----2h---4lo, i believe this to be a not so disireable Viscous np249, but seeing as how i won't be doing HARD core rock crawling or mud bogging *mostly back road/woods trail, occasional sand dune* if i might keep the drive train as back up. For now, i'm just going to get the Short block installed, using the renix intake/exhaust, i think this will be the most basic/easiest to get my truck running. although its too late to get it ready for rattle snake weekend, I'm kinda bummed I live between wichita and salina kansas, little town called newton. :waving:

Must be replying to OP. I don't mind the starting part, I just want my truck to run right lol. Good thing is, I will have a complete donor vehicle. Ill make my own project thread once I get it over here I've been doing research and already have found a lot of information. For instance, I will have to fab a bracket for the tps on the TB. Couldn't I use the ho tps just by switching th A & C terminals since the HO ecu reads it backwards compared to the Renix? I've searched, most of it covers xj --> mj. Ill need to search some zj forums, find out bout they're drivetrains, and what else I maybe able to use. My mj is a peugot 5 speed, and I've read that these aren't desirable. The zj has a auto, and xfercase (altho, unsure what it is at this point) I wouldn't mind keeping the auto, but I'm tryin to keep my cost at the very bare minimum, as far as driveshaft, tcm, kickdown, and all that is goin to fit. I don't have extensive engine replacement knowledge, so this will be a THE learning experience I guess. Hard starting is nothing compared to cuttin your teeth like this. Really wish there where a few knowledgable eyes closer to watch over me, I wouldnt mind buying beer, and cooking some grub.

i can get a donor zj *400 bucks!!!* and i maybe doin this since i've given up on the old motor. g2g now, so i thought i would bump this to the top to be easier to find later bumpage

:wall: I'm frustrated now, dizzy is indexed properly, fired it up, idled nice. hmm, took it around the block, it got to operating temp and sounded like poo again, then started to fog the neighborhood. not black smoke, and smells sweet kinda.. head gasket :headpop: theres a guy here in town selling a 96 GC zj, no frontend sheet metal, good drive train. is this swap fairly uncomplicated?

it might be, my truck may have been an auto, but it is a 5 speed now, but it seems to have the sensor connector from the auto, its a 3 wire square connector, and the one that is hooked up now is a 3 wire inline connector, so IF yours is like mine, you could probably connect the auto sensor anyway, and see if it works.

youre off to a good start man, i got a stock comanche, and the guy i bought it from, his last name was Manche. I thought that was pretty cool. Have you found out where to see what gearing you have?

yea, i have replaced the wires with some from autozone. I have a strong feeling it is time to index the timing. and as far as lining up the oil pump :dunno: thats the only part I'm having trouble understanding. just stick a screwdriver down there and turn it until the distributor meshes in?

It says brand new in box, i think i can pick up a cherokee for about the same... extra parts? Also checked the coolant temp sensor, and it is fine EGR valve is not sticking, But i have those other sensors to check (MAP, MAT, IAC, EGR solenoid) ill be checking and updating this thread often for my own, memory :nuts: Its missing on cylinder 1, and backfiring into the intake (i can feel/hear it when i blip the throttle when I'm under the hood) When i drive it, it pulls ok once over ~1500RPM, kinda expecting more, but it idles rough, And just today it developed what sounds like a valve tick after i moved my injector wires off the exhaust manifold. maybe a Leak, but ive been workin on this truck for the past week weather permitting, and didnt hear this noise among all the other noises before. I think the timing must of jumped? (cylinder closest to radiator at TDC, rotor bug should be close to 5 o'clock correct?) I've done a compression test, 150-140-145-133-141-125 but at the end, the battery was almost completely dead, and didnt crank much. first try it fired up and i shut it off quick, and gauge showed 180psi, so i think the 125 was because the battery wasnt cranking as well as when i had started. Also checked fuel pressure, 39psi key off, 41 key on engine off.

Hi all, been reading the post here for a while, now its time to share I hope no one minds the white door and rust too much, had a busted window, and whent ahead an bought 2 cherokee doors from a JY cuz i didnt want anymore water in there and figure id build some half doors later on. Now i gotta figure out what to do with the power windows with no switches lol. Then ill trim the fenders and get rid of the rust along with putting diamond tread on the bottom I traded it for a 95 2wd chevy 1/2ton with 3xxk miles. I was tired of it, and wanted 4x4 so i can take the banshee out. I started wheelin back in highschool with a suzuki samurai that i built *3" lift, tires, thats about it, and it took me everywhere i pointed it* Now you can't find them for under $2000. i shouldnt have ever let it go. oh well. The 'manche idles with a bad miss on cylinder 1. changed the spark plugs to copper champs which are the only ones that seem to work, and the plug cables, o2 sensor, i checked the TPS sensor, and i can't seem to get a voltage read from it, on the sensor, B-ground, A-i get no reading. does this mean my TPS is bad? I can't find my CPS to check. would it even run without it? anyone know what this connector is to? Cleaned the grounds, but they werent very bad, didnt change anything. anyone near the wichita area want to help me diagnose this, then do some off road testing? Theres an aussie locker for 230 (good deal?) on the craigslist, id like to pick it up, but id rather get it running right first.