My 1987 Mj

[Pete M]

dang that truck is lookin' gooooooooood!  

[Park13]

Need a tailgate? 

 

 

[89 MJ]

8 hours ago, Park13 said:

Need a tailgate? 

 

 

Just keep it, you might want it some day. 

[Fernando87mj]

9 hours ago, Park13 said:

Need a tailgate? 

 

 

Yes yes yes How much ??? 

[Fernando87mj]

Update : finally finally after all these years , I have purchased an Ax15 for 250$ 

came with bell housing, lower mount , And shifter. Only has 110,000 miles on it. Super excited to start collecting parts for the swap. 
here’s some pics 

god I love my 88. 

super excited to swap this in ! 

[Pete M]

nice!   

 

no crossmember?

[Fernando87mj]

1 hour ago, Pete M said:

nice!   

 

no crossmember?

No still gotta source that and look more into what I need to run for the clutch to work 

[Pete M]

7 hours ago, Fernando87mj said:

No still gotta source that and look more into what I need to run for the clutch to work 

 

I used a brass compression fitting to adapt my old metal clutch line to the plastic line of the new trans.  but I also lucked out and had a bleeder on the external slave.  apparently they didn't all have them. 

[Fernando87mj]

57 minutes ago, Pete M said:

 

I used a brass compression fitting to adapt my old metal clutch line to the plastic line of the new trans.  but I also lucked out and had a bleeder on the external slave.  apparently they didn't all have them. 

Pretty good info Pete ,

I had read about some people having to modify the firewall for the clutch master and in all honestly I don’t want to cut the old girl up , I want to keep it as original as I can. 

[Pete M]

you cannot use these for brake lines because they are not made for that amount of pressure, but the clutch line is a lot less and so I don't mind suggesting it.  

 

 

[Fernando87mj]

Been lusting after one of these for soo long,  so when the opportunity came up I couldn’t pass it up. 
   Thanks to gJeep I have a nice new to me sports bar for this one. Still want one for my 88 one day. 
   Super happy about it. Still need to repair the threads on the brackets and install them. Couldn’t help myself to at least mock it up to see how it looked. 
   It looks glorious. 

 

[Gjeep]

Just saw this post — looks great on your MJ. I like the simple white and black of your truck. Good meeting you!

[Pete M]

sportbars take an already great looking truck and bump it up like 10 notches  

[Fernando87mj]

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 

[Fernando87mj]

done for today 

[Pete M]

I suggest using studs for the top 2 bolts.  they help with realignment.  

[Fernando87mj]

2 hours ago, Pete M said:

I suggest using studs for the top 2 bolts.  they help with realignment.  

Where do I get those from ?  

[Pete M]

um, Lowes?  Ace Hardware?  grade 8 studs of the appropriate size/pitch/length (length of the old bolt plus maybe an inch).  put the 2 nuts on the end of one stud to make a "bolt", tighten the nuts together, put that into the block and tighten, then remove the nuts and do the same to the other one.  install transmission, then install the nuts.  

[Fernando87mj]

33 minutes ago, Pete M said:

um, Lowes?  Ace Hardware?  grade 8 studs of the appropriate size/pitch/length (length of the old bolt plus maybe an inch).  put the 2 nuts on the end of one stud to make a "bolt", tighten the nuts together, put that into the block and tighten, then remove the nuts and do the same to the other one.  install transmission, then install the nuts.  

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

[MiNi Beast]

4 hours ago, Pete M said:

I suggest using studs for the top 2 bolts.  they help with realignment.  

how many build threads did you post this in?  i agree very good idea. oh Pete has been around. 

[Fernando87mj]

Hoping To at least have this thing bolted in by this weekend

crazy seeing how skinny the Peugeot is compared to the Ax15 

[eaglescout526]

Well I now see the difference in the shift lever between the 10 and the 15. 

[MiNi Beast]

yeah ones longer and thicker. 

[Fernando87mj]

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 

[MiNi Beast]

i hope your doing rms as well while you are there...