Jakeman17 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Ok no big deal I got a bunch of his stuff to drop off at his house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Tomorrow is the day to say Good-Bye 2wd HELLO 4WD!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCollins Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 jakeman17 I had a harmonic balancer that looks similars to yours that I removed about six months ago. Mine was separating also, and the rubber clutch was hanging out. It looks like this problem may be another standard one with Jeeps, so it needs to be added to the list of problem areas :hmm: What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 good luckwith the swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Well Jake has been having clutch and trans issues, so he, automan, and I swapped my spare ax15 4x trans in today. I hate to see him having troubles with his MJ because he's a good kid, so I made him a great deal on the complete conversion...he's just getting a new job so he'll pay when he can afford to (not too worried, like I said he's a good kid)  Anyways, things did not go as planned....   but it runs and drives, and the clutch works. His clutch issues were that the slave cylinder leaked, and the master cylinder was just plain WRONG for the jeep. wrong bore and stroke...the P.O. actually extended the push rod for it.   the pukey came out with no real issues. fluids came out a nice creamy white :ack:  after that was out, we discovered that virtually none of the original pilot bearing was left. We also discovered that it has a new clutch (newish), and that the transmission had most likely been swapped in from a 2x XJ.  the trans we installed is a '93 4x4 xj ax15. the input shaft in the pilot bearing area was .750"...or 3/4". the old one was .50", or 1/2". the new pilot bearing (bronze bushing) had the same OD of 1.05", or 1 and 1/16"...however, the inside was 5/8". So, we set out to find a different bushing that would work and have the proper ID for the new trans.  having tried two different parts stores, and a hardware store, we had no luck...so out came the drill. unfortunately my drill press is dead, so we had to do it by hand...it's not perfect, but we sanded it out a bit and it will at least get him by for a long while until we can find an external slave setup.   After that, we installed the new pilot bushing...the old one came out almost too easy with the slide hammer. new one went in well with the proper pilot bushing tool.  having had no issues thus far, we went out for beer and burgers @ Freds bar and grille in b-town.  after lunch we went back, got the trans prepped, 4x4 shifter in, and body side linkage bracket in... and installed it all. got it all bolted up with the rear driveshaft in, and hooked up the slave then bled it out...around this time (with much swearing), the slave blew (or so we thought).  so...it all had to come back out. dropped it all down (didn't take more than a half hour or two haha), and inspected the slave. The slave itself hadn't blown...but the lines going into the slave had blown because they only had one O-ring each (they need two). Not willing to chance more issues, we hooked the slave to an extra master I had and mounted it to a pedal assembly I had laying around...then retained the slave using a ball joint press. bench bled it out and locked down the bleeder and tried as hard as we could to blow out the slave. It held, so it all went back in.   at this point, we had the trans in, and we needed to halfarss fix the exhaust before the x-member went in. got that together (with a trans mount....something jake's jeep was unfamiliar with previously), then put the x-member in. Conveniently, the 4x ax15 relocated the x-member back to previously unused bolts, so it went in easy.   then bolted on the starter and driveshaft. It's convenient that I just converted my brother's '88 LWB/ax15/4.0 to metric tonne...gave me the proper driveshaft to get Jake's jeep driveable.  Then we had to run to my friend zach's house, where I'm building another comanche for him that's going to be auto....and nabbed his old unused master cylinder. Bled the clutch (feels AWESOME) and tested everything out...it moved the rear wheels, so that's all that mattered at the point. BTW, the CPS was an interesting issue...this thing had the factory CPS repair kit put in at some point...From what I know of it, there's an issue in the factory loom and this was the recall repair...we couldn't remember which connector the CPS was hooked to previously but it was 50/50 so no harm no foul.   then drained trans and t-case fluids, refilled, bolted in the shifter, and put the seat back in (had to remove to lift the carpet to get the 4x part bolted to the trans tunnel).   buttoned everything up, test drove it, and it works GREAT.   unfortunately, I didn't have time to pull the rear end from zach's parts jeep to get matching d35 rear just to get the 4x4 working. so, right now, it's still 2wd. We left out the front driveshaft at the moment. I'll be preparing    All in all it was a hectic day. Between parental issues (I work on things in my dad's shop, which my mom thinks she's paying the bills for...yeah, right :rotfl2: ) with my mother, insults from her to me, rob, jake, and our jeeps, and the fact that we had to drop the trans twice and reinstall it twice, plus the hackjob that the P.O. did with jake's rear light harness as well as the clutch system...well, it was just not fun. We got started @ 10ish AM and didn't get done until close to midnight. oh well...   Anyways, it runs and drives, his clutch system is operating @ 100%, and he has tail lights now. We'll get the 8.25 ready for it soon and swap it in, along with new shocks and finish installing the center console. oh, and jake now has functioning interior lights too, so he doesn't have to guess what the jeep is doing @ night now :D :banana:   oh. and yes, we reused the E-torx top bolts. had no issues with them whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Â Â I made it home!!! No problem Trans feels awesome! It was very dissapointing to see the trans being dropped the second time. But after awhile of watching Rob and Pat test slaves and the one held up. I become happy. After getting everything all buttoned up I went for a drive with Pat and Rob followed. felt awesome. Pat got to drive and double check the feel. Â Funny thing I GOT PULLED OVER FOR HAVING ONE TAIL LIGHT OUT. He was a nice guy and let me go. I was right on the border of Wisconsin and Illinois. Â Everything seemed reallly good other than the lack of heat and it was freezing out. Â Pat has all the pictures and Ill take some tomrrow of finish project... Â Thanks Again To PAT For Helping Me Out Big Time and Getting Me Back and Driving!! And To Rob For All His Help!!! Â Without These Guys I Probably Would Have Sold It Already!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 good jjob guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Cool Deal man.....I thought you had your Heat issues solved???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 i don't know its been really cold so idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Â link to pics. photobucket is acting up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jakeman17 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 The Antlers would be off but my windows are frozen closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Something I have not seen before Tails Image Not Found  Markers Image Not Found  Interior Image Not Found Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 kool man . i hate wireing it just doesnt work for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Jake, I've got the shifter boot, a factory shifter handle, mounts for that center console, the 4wd bezel and light harness and a cup holder for your interior. Â I'll have a rear axle by the end of this weekend to get that 4x4 usable as well :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 what are ya putting in it for a rear end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Looks like ill b saying good buy to the 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Why? Find another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 I paid 2K for it and was offered over that. I'm talking to the guy who said he would buy it he is not sure now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 why dop you want to sell yours jake after the work youve got in it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Its comming down to money 9MPG isnot working for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 oh are ya going to get another mj ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeman17 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 idk eventully yes right away probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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