Ωhm Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 The Cruise/Trans SW electrically is used by the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) for the purpose of disengaging the Torque Converter, when brake pedal is depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, Ωhm said: The Cruise/Trans SW electrically is used by the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) for the purpose of disengaging the Torque Converter, when brake pedal is depressed. Ah, so I didn't need to fight for 10 minutes getting it plugged in as I have a manual. That explains why the valve that I got that came out of a manual truck didn't have the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Yeah I have seen that switch used for the transfer case and cruise control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: Yeah I have seen that switch used for the transfer case and cruise control So you are saying it might disengage cruise if for instance the t case is not in high range? I'll have to test that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 No. The vac portion on top only dumps vacuum when the brake pedal is depressed and disengages cruise control. As for what it does with a t-case, i don't know. My MJ isn’t equipped with 4wheel drive and my XJ doesn’t have cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 Good news today, the roads were dry enough to drive the truck and test the cruise control, it works! It does need to be tuned as the variation and aggressiveness is hilarious. In bad news today, my clutch stopped working. Pedal goes to the floor yet the master cylinder is full. I suspect it might have a collapsed soft line that isn't allowing fluid to move to the slave cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 I found the clutch master cylinder was in very bad shape. It looks to be original at 258k miles. The piston was stuck at the bottom of it's travel. I replaced it with a Sachs master cylinder. I didn't have much success bleeding it with the two person method. So I then tried gravity bleeding and that worked brilliantly! Clutch feels amazing, better than it has since I purchased the truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 like a brand new truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Upgraded reverse lights with these light bulbs based on someone's recommendation on the forum. https://www.amazon.com/AUXITO-Lumens-Replacement-Backup-Reverse/dp/B07W7HQPZF?pd_rd_w=6gfht&content-id=amzn1.sym.55bebd03-1feb-4883-a1f4-21b3be773289&pf_rd_p=55bebd03-1feb-4883-a1f4-21b3be773289&pf_rd_r=9E39KKAW1QJP61GG399Y&pd_rd_wg=2heao&pd_rd_r=bc776f05-5ffb-48a9-9a7e-884b8e70f0e3&pd_rd_i=B07W7HQPZF&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_m_grid_rp_0_1_i They are awesome. Final install. New on left old on right. Lighting up what's behind. You would barely see that garage with the original lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 Replaced the harmonic balancer this evening as it overheated yesterday at idle and wasn't charging like it should. Now all is back in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Had the factory Eliminator wheels refinished professionally and five new KO2 BFGs put on! 235 75 R15 They ride smoother and quieter than the cheap Chinese light truck tires that were on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJJeep Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The wheels look awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 Was out at the local autocross today running one of my cars, the white BMW, and decided to take it out on the track and take some photos on the banked turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 Two higher quality images from a photographer friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Looking extra fine here. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJJeep Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Very cool pics. After it Eliminates the competition, it must strike a pose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airsuperiority Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Beautiful machine! I wish my paint looked like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Airsuperiority said: Beautiful machine! I wish my paint looked like that! It's not all that great. Previous owner had repainted by an amateur. They did an alright job but it has a lot of orange peel and scratches super easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 6:33 AM, pizzaman09 said: It's not all that great. Previous owner had repainted by an amateur. They did an alright job but it has a lot of orange peel and scratches super easily. we call that a 20 footer. looks great from 20ft away. all my Jeeps are like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Pete M said: we call that a 20 footer. looks great from 20ft away. all my Jeeps are like that. Yup! Most of my cars are 20 footers. During lockdown my twin brother and I spent our days fixing all the paint issues on our old BMW M3. Fixed rust, got color matched paint, the whole deal. Two winters later you wouldn't know that it was ever nice. It's far easier owning a fleet of 20 footers. At least the Comanche is getting spared the winter weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 10/25/2022 at 7:58 PM, pizzaman09 said: Installed the REM II Clock panel this evening! I was initially a bit disappointed in the quality of the 3D printed housing has it had some voids on the front. It turns out the voids are hidden behind the dash so it doesn't matter! I quite like that you can adjust the display to a custom color, I've tried to match the color of my JVC head unit. I was going to ask if you were able to change the display color! I think I am going to do the LED lights, so thanks for the link to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Drahcir495 said: I was going to ask if you were able to change the display color! I think I am going to do the LED lights, so thanks for the link to that. You can, though I've twice had issue with the blue LEDs not working. Nick fixed it for me, though last week they went out again and I haven't gotten around to asking what I can do to fix it if I care. The stock green is actually easier on the eyes at night compared to the color I had mine set. I just had it set to match my radio head unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Yeah, I was thinking the blue to match the radio and switches. I like the green though, so that would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 Added some 3d printed center caps thanks to @Dzimm putting in the effort to reverse engineer and 3d print them. Additionaly I've finally found a Renix coolant bottle combo that doesn't leak, the Dorman 603-300 bottle from Amazon with the stock original cap from the factory bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 Finished the Advanced Adaptors external slave conversion today! I'm so excited to finally have a reliable clutch hydraulic system, every part of it is new at this point. Getting the transmission aligned with the pilot bearing was miserable, 4 hours of fiddling around. We had the truck on a two post lift but only had a 2ft high transmission jack. A combo of the transmission jack and jacking the back of the engine up and down with a floor jack under the oil pan finally did it. It popped in and all was easy from there. Only other challenge was you are apparently not supposed to cut the plastic tabs on the clutch slave cylinder before install, ended up shooting the piston out of the front of the cheap plastic slave provided in the Advance Adapters kit. Replaced it with a nice metal one that was in stock at O'Reilly's. Also because I had access to do so, I did the CPS advance mod. Definitely the original Siemens French made CPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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