Fernando87mj

Ran the truck for a few Minutes and it sounded great.

Trans is in. Not to bad getting it lined up. Glad I had spent the extra for a trans jack. It really made a difference. As of now, - Trans is in - holes are tapped with the correct thread on body - old clutch line is out - new mopar cps is in (thanks to eaglescout526) - drive shaft is bolted in , had to swap yokes ( will need a drive shaft made eventually as this one is a little short) Still need too.. -get new clutch line and connect the master to the slave - buy a new trans mount for the Ax15 - get custom drive shaft made - buy new interior shift boot Since the old one was beyond torn. here’s some pics

I know I should but it’s going to have to wait

Nice , thank you

Plenty of progress today, Sort of.... removal of clutch , flywheel , and pilot bushing were pretty smooth. Tapped fresh threads into the “frame” went really smooth too. Went to install pilot bushing #1 ( Timkin pb77hd). and ruined it. Was the biggest pia to remove. Spent a good 2 hours trying to get it out. Went and got bushing number 2 (dorman 690-042) installed with more caution and with heat and it Stuck out a tiny bit. Hopefully won’t cause issues. Tomorrow hoping to install flywheel , clutch , and maybe trans depending how i feel boss was nice enough to let me borrow electric impact that made removal a breeze. bread trick actually worked lol difference in bushings ruined bushing #1 going to assume bushing #2 is good and going to send it

Thanks Pete , just want to make sure it’s done right. Appreciate all the input from everyone !

This time I was more careful and heated the end of the crank and bushing and Used the end of a wooden hammer to drive it in , same result again that it sticks out a tiny bit. Not sure if I should worry or not. Thankfully this time I didn’t ruin it and my clutch alignment tool fits in beautifully. here it is installed. It appears like it bottomed out in the lip inside the crank as far as I could see. here you can see how much it sticks out.

Went and picked up another one , I did the same thing and it sticks out a tiny bit , do you think it’ll be okay ?

Got it out , i knew i had ruined it when the clutch alignment tool wouldn’t fit in. Removing this really humbled me , man what a pain in the @$$. Lessons like this that you never forget. .

It’s one of the moments where I gotta walk away , plans was to put trans In this weekend , not going to happen anymore

Not sure , the bushing is ruined , I messed up

Doesn’t appear to be Pete. Here’s more pics.

New question , how flush should that pilot bushing go ? I got the one for the 1973 cj5 304 , and it’s in but it sticks out a hair and bothers me. Here’s a pic

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Hoping To at least have this thing bolted in by this weekend crazy seeing how skinny the Peugeot is compared to the Ax15

Thanks for the suggestion Pete , I’m forsure not using those torx bolts again man

Where do I get those from ?

What’s up guys , I’m In the process of Getting my Ax15 ready to be installed in my 87 , I was about to change the output seal but I noticed that my new one doesn’t have a lip on it like the old one does. Did I order the wrong part or is it just made like that now ? any advice would be greatly appreciated!

done for today

Decided to finally man up and get that old boat anchor Peugeot out. Wasn’t a horrible job, much easier than the new Honda’s I have to fix. Worst part was the 2 nuts on the Down pipe being frozen stuck. Even after hitting it with the torch the nuts were still a pain. That and separating the trans was a little annoying due to the weird shape of the Peugeot. But she’s out now. Waiting on my 1973 304 v8 cj pilot bushing to arrive now. Bought a tranny jack for the job, the awkward shape of the Peugeot made it a little difficult to keep steady. Those e12 bolts are getting replaced ASAP Boat anchor is out ready to swap in that Ax15

Yup !

No , I ended up using the Euramtec lights

She’s a beauty, wish you lived closer , I’d trade my bench for those buckets

Man she’s a beauty , love the early Comanches with all the bling

iirc 86 honey is slightly darker than 87/88 tan. my 87 and my 88 interiors are the identical shade of tan.