SatiricalHen

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I think some of them ended up upside down for some reason, but it’s hauled quite a few tires, engines, transmissions, transfercases, axles and axle shafts, a few motorcycles, lots of straw. I don’t know if I can ever go back to not owning a truck.

I purchased one of these used and it didn’t come with instructions and I messaged them with no response so I was hoping someone may have the instructions and could email them to me or something. Thanks I’m advance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I’ll get it fixed, just sucks so much went wrong. I didn’t expect it to be smooth sailing, but man did it go south fast Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well that went about as bad as it could go, the first ax-15 had some nasty fluid come out so I had to drive an hour and 20 minutes to my parents house to grab the spare one, the spare one turned out to have been remanufactured in 2003 after we sprayed all the grime off. There was a black widow in the rotor on the d30, the exhaust was made when it was 2wd and the pinion hit the o2 sensor when we let it down and broke it off, the front driveshaft obviously won’t fit, the transfercase is seeping just a little at the seam, the starter sounds like it is very very faintly grinding in a couple spots of the new flywheel, the new trans mount is just as low as the last one so the exhaust mount still hits the crossmember, but the ax-15 and 242 fit with just a tiny amount of hammer work. Oh yeah it has death wobble over 30 mph now too so it’s basically a completely undriveable, more complex 2wd comanche. Went 100% in the wrong direction Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The only wires going to the transmission area are the two wires for the reverse switch since it’s a manual. Also, the plug on the tcase I got is a 4 pin plug on the top. The tcase came from like a 93ish grand Cherokee. So honestly the best bet may be a complete wiring harness myself from the plug on the trans, but I don’t know where on the body the wires need to connect to get to the dash if that makes sense. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I got the collar out of the input and the trans and tcase can fully mate now. Tomorrow she’ll go into surgery and hopefully come out AWD/4wd. Here’s a picture of the collar I had to take the whole tcase apart to get out

So I’m planning to swap a 242 into my Comanche which is 2wd currently. Has anyone wired the 4wd lights on the dash to work? I assume there is a harness of some sorts, but where it comes from and where it goes to I’m not sure. If anyone has any info on it especially for a manual transmission, that would be much appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Post after that one I learned there is a collar in the input of the tcase so tomorrow I’m taking the tcase apart and knocking the collar out so the output from the trans can go into the input fully. A spacer/clocking ring wouldn’t work in this situation though because the trans and tcase weren’t even mating far enough for the trans to seal onto the input shaft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1999 Jeep Cherokee Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Upstate, SC Still on the roads, none of the factory drivetrain, red sport truck, vinyl floor, vinyl seat, bare bones, but had a 4.0, A/C and power steering. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So when I’m done 4wd swapping my Comanche it’ll have the original renix block, head from a 92ish Cherokee, intake from 99 Cherokee, AC from a 95 Cherokee, oil filter adapter from some later model Cherokee, LS valve springs, computer from a 90 Cherokee, front axle from a 93 Cherokee, bellhousing from a TJ nv3550, trans from a YJ, tcase from a ZJ, rear axle from a 97+ Cherokee, wheels from a TJ, and one piece windows from a 97+ Cherokee. Is there an award for the most cobbled together pile from as many vehicles as possible? I’m sure there’s more random little things from various other jeeps in there too. If I had to count the number of jeeps involved in making my Comanche what it is, I would need more fingers and toes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have learned a decent bit about Jeep transfer cases in the last 3 hours and have now come to the conclusion that the tcase has a collar in the input so I will have to disassemble the tcase, pull the input out and knock the collar out then put it back together which is really going to eat into my time for the 1 day swap I was hoping to complete. May end up doing the tcase stuff Friday and then the rest of the swap Saturday. Below is a chunk from a post I was reading about the 242 and hopefully it’s the cause of my issues.

So looking at the trans and tcase issue closer, in order to get the seal surface to engage and the 242 to fully mate I need to cut the output shaft on the ax-15. The output bottoms out in the tcase. I found a driveshaft that should probably work, and a tcase shifter assembly. Need to decide what linkage I want to use thinking about boostwerks or azzy possibly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got a couple boxes full of parts from rock auto today. One of the items I ordered said both driver and passenger control arm bushings, but it only came with one so I filled out their form thing and should be getting the right thing Tuesday. I have a small pilot trans so the bearing that came with the external slave clutch kit won’t work so I’ll need to go to the parts store and get one of those I guess. Other than that things are coming together pretty well. Should be getting the rear driveshaft this weekend if I can find one with the right measurement at the junkyard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ordered a batch of parts from rock auto, going to hopefully find a rear driveshaft that will fit it this weekend, then I’ll be ready for the swap. I currently have a bigger diameter pilot and I’m going to a smaller pilot. Is one more desirable than the other? I haven’t ever seen any threads about someone breaking the tip off the input shaft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The more stuff I remember “I should do while I’m at it” is getting expensive. Now I’m doing a clutch and flywheel, control arm bushings, trans mount, ball joints, and adding cruise control. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I just haven’t gotten a chance to do it yet. I’ve been busy with school stuff and they’re stored in a 4runner at a friend’s house. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve been eyeing some of those hurst equipped badges because my Comanche is hurst equipped so it would be super cool to put the badge on it too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t know why I never thought about that. I’ll need to do some measuring to see how thick of a ring I can use while still having seal and spline engagement. Thanks, I’ll look into it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tried to slide the two together and it doesn’t seem like they want to go all the way so I may have too long of an input on the tcase or I may be dumb. I also was in a rush so didn’t try for very long or look at much. This is as far together as I’ve gotten them so far.

I believe I still have the dealership plaque at my house. It was in the truck when I bought it. The original owners manual with info is filled out too, and I believe one of the sets of keys I have still has the inventory tag on it from new. I bought it off the original owner and it’s been in SC it’s whole life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

well I tried posting a picture using Tapatalk then tried posting using google chrome on my phone and I couldn’t get the Tapatalk to do anything and the other posted upside down. So a link to a video it is. The springs picked the rear up a lot, hopefully they keep some height and don’t sack out too fast.

Found a 242 for cheap today so hopefully it’ll mate up fine. I’m not sure all the differences through the years. I was hoping for an external slip tcase so I could do the swap and drive around on the front driveshaft for a bit till I could get a rear driveshaft measurement and have it made, but I got a super cheap internal slip so I went for it. It came out of a ZJ. I haven’t had time to mess with them much, but hopefully it works out. I don’t know if the ZJ ever got a 21 spline 242 and I forgot to count and check Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve started to dabble in making YouTube videos and I’m sure there has got to be some other people on here that have also dabbled, I’d like if everyone could put a link to their YouTube channel and I can check them out. Here’s a link to my channel to get the thread started: https://youtube.com/channel/UCCNZzJngRYUZd3DEdO_AigQ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk