AX15 converion - clutch kit

[87MJTIM]

Ok, this in not MJ specific at first, but I will bring it back in the end.

 

I am almost finished an AX15 conversion in an 84 CJ7.  My issues are detailed on Jeepforum at http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f8/84-cj7-ax15-conversion-clutch-grab-top-2867985/.

 

When I purchased the clutch kit, I bought it spec'd to the engine (4.2, T5), and not to the trans I was going to install (AX15).  Now that everything is back together, the clutch is grabbing/releasing at the top of the pedal swing.  I've tried a couple adjustments to the slave cylinder, but there is not change to the clutch grabbing.

 

My research on Rockauto, show the pressure plate is the same for the 84 CJ7 (T5), the 87 MJ (BA10) and an 90 XJ (AX15, int slave).  The pressure plate change in 94, the year the AX15 switched to the ext slave.  The part # for the disk remain the same up to at least 98.

 

Should I have purchased the clutch kit for the trans I was going to install?

 

The reason I am asking on CC is because I will be converting my BA10 to an AX15, ext slave, soon.  I want to make sure I get the correct clutch kit.

[Brickmiata]

I just completed the same swap on my MJ and simply ordered the clutch kit for a 96 XJ.  Engages at a reasonable height.

[Blue XJ]

I swapped from an auto to a AX15 out of a 98XJ. I ended up using the clutch for a 98XJ, the flywheel for my year Jeep, so the crank sensor worked, and the master and slave from a 94XJ, since it was an external setup and the master packaged under the hood.

[87MJTIM]

Sounds like I need to get the clutch for the 94+ AX15.

 

This is what I was concluding.  I just wanted hear what others have done.

 

Thanks.

[xjrev10]

I swapped from an auto to a AX15 out of a 98XJ. I ended up using the clutch for a 98XJ, the flywheel for my year Jeep, so the crank sensor worked, and the master and slave from a 94XJ, since it was an external setup and the master packaged under the hood.

Same here.. 97 trans and clutch for a 97. But this bonehead put the wrong flywheel in and the jeep wouldn't start... Hard knocks.

Blessing in disguise in a few ways tho.