Hole In Firewall For Floor Shifter Cable Aw4

[Strokermjcomanche]

Last fall I pulled the 4.0 , 4x4 ,auto driveline out of a 95 xj to go in my 89 mj that was a 2.5 2wd 5spd . I'm currently putting the motor , trans , and t case in and can't remember or see where the trans shift cable goes through the firewall . Anyone have a picture showing where it's located or where to drill a hole ? Thanks in advance .

[Blue XJ]

If nobody replies today, I can snap a pic this evening for you.   I just went the other way, from an AW4 to an AX15. 

[Strokermjcomanche]

Thanks Blue xj

[ParadiseMJ]

If you lay on your back under the "hump" just behind the engine and stick your hand up inside the front part of the hump, you should feel it.  It's not in the firewall, it's at the front of the trans tunnel, about 8-10" up in there.  I'd send a picture but there's really no way to get a decent shot of it when everything is installed.  I had to "feel" it in.

 

It's oval shaped and from the inside you may be able to see it.  I searched for it for the better part of an afternoon...until it became logical and evident why it was put there...again, it's in the tunnel, not on the firewall.

[Strokermjcomanche]

I was just under my truck and seen nothing . I'm thinking maybe because it was a stick truck initially it doesn't have the shifter cable hole .

[Alexia]

I was just under my truck and seen nothing . I'm thinking maybe because it was a stick truck initially it doesn't have the shifter cable hole .

Yep, I had to hole drill a new hole in mine.(Which was cause of fire #3.)

 

Right above my pointer finger and behind the line is where I added it.

 

Here is the hole from the inside just a little left and little down from the center of the picture above the transmission hump.

[HOrnbrod]

Si Alex? I have to do this too - getting rid of the column shifter soon..........

 

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[Alexia]

Si Alex? I have to do this too - getting rid of the column shifter soon..........

 

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Yes. I was entirely too lazy to actually edit a picture. :P

[HOrnbrod]

:thumbsup:

[Strokermjcomanche]

Thanks Alexia . I was going insane trying to find that hole. How did it catch on fire? if you don't mind me asking

[Alexia]

Thanks Alexia . I was going insane trying to find that hole. How did it catch on fire? if you don't mind me asking

The heat from the drilling lit the foam firewall padding on fire. I just blew through the hole and put it out.

[shelbyluvv]

That looks like a 97+ firewall. If I'm not mistaken the shifter cable is in a different location on the late model.

[Alexia]

That looks like a 97+ firewall. If I'm not mistaken the shifter cable is in a different location on the late model.

The exact same spot on the firewall exists on the 1987-1992 Comanche models. I drilled it out and it works fine.

[shelbyluvv]

Huh, I remember asking the same question when I converted Onyx because the shifter cable was in a different location? Who knows that was a few years ago and I used to drink a lot.

 

EDIT: it was Betty, not Onyx that I had the cable issues with. Told you I drank a lot, lol!

 

http://comancheclub.com/topic/36957-need-a-pic-of-the-shifter-cable/?fromsearch=1

[Blue XJ]

Sorry I didn't snap a pic for you, when I came back to check on the thread I saw the one that was posted, so I figured your all set.  

[Strokermjcomanche]

Your good thanks Blue