by "Tristan" (casselts)
Published 09/16/2017 at 03:46
by "Tristan" (casselts)
Published 09/16/2017 at 03:46
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STARS: 4
Suburban: doing well. It got a new radiator on Monday, as well as new plugs and fawnseh MSD wires. The plugs and wires were the originals with 138k miles and were the reason it couldn’t get out of its own way from a dead stop. It runs so much stronger now! Still gets terrible fuel economy.
Jeep: I’ve been dailying it after a long hiatus from the road. It was doing wonderfully and even achieved a respectable 16 mpg on the last tank! I was daydreaming about taking it on a road trip in the future... Then, it hard broke. I clutched in, shifted to neutral and rolled to a stop for a light. Light turns green, clutch in, first gear selected, ease out on the clutch and into the gas, move forward about a foot and BAM! If felt like I slammed into a brick wall. Tried for forward motion a couple more times in a confused panic with similar results. Trailered it home, and there it sits.
Studebaker: lol...
Travel trailer: lots of new wood, stainless hardware, paint and sealant. Perhaps it won’t dissolve further in the coming rains.
Toyota... Rav4? RAV4? RAV-4?: It’s still an ugly, awful thing that lives in the driveway.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
09/16/2017 at 09:08, STARS: 0
More than one gear engaged?
I need to get my XJ back on the road... Sadly it’s in line behind the Niva and MJ. Looks like this’ll be the second winter it ends up sitting abandoned under my watch. :(
"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
09/16/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 0
I can’t believe you were getting 16 mpg in your XJ with tires that big!
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 1
Tall, skinny tires (33x10.50), 4.56 gears and an AX-15. The manual swap did wonders for my fuel economy!
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0
With the transfer case in neutral, it shifts through all gears and it sounds just fine...
"Straightsix9904" (Straightsix9904)
09/16/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 0
How involved was the manual swap? Would it be possible to do with basic tools and jack stands?
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 12:18, STARS: 0
The ‘97-’01 clutch pedal is rarer than hens’ teeth, so I built my own. That’s was a colossal PITA, and it still isn’t perfect. The transmission I used was from a TJ, so I had to reclock the transfer case. The transfer case linkage is different, too, so that’s cobbled together from this and that, I had to get creative with the wiring and I still don’t have reverse lights... It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever done to my XJ, but 10/10 would not do again.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
09/16/2017 at 12:50, STARS: 0
Yeah, I didn’t look too close. The double-gear jamming was something the pukegoats liked to do, but yours is much too new for that. Does it roll in neutral? My next guess is a grenaded diff, if the tcase seems to be operating normally. Or stuck brakes, but my MJ could always push through the brakes. I’m sure you’ll figure it out... hopefully it’s not too expensive.
"Straightsix9904" (Straightsix9904)
09/16/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 0
Note to self: research manual swap before buying xj.
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
It’s got to be diffs. I drove it around the block after unloading it from the trailer and it seems fine... Obviously I’m not going to trust it. The scary part is I was doing 80 mph on the freeway in the XJ the night before this happened!
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 0
In theory, it’s easy if you have a donor vehicle. I did not.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
09/16/2017 at 14:33, STARS: 0
Eh. I’ve done 80mph for a few thousand miles on this:
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"Straightsix9904" (Straightsix9904)
09/16/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 0
My situation does not allow for “donor vehicles”. Fun fact, gettting married allows for dual incomes to support certain aspects of your life such as play cars, it does however come with limitations such as not being allowed to own cars that have “donor” in the name.
"Tristan" (casselts)
09/16/2017 at 17:11, STARS: 0
My wife makes some grumbles, and I definitely don’t drag home as much garbage add I used to, but for the most part she’s pretty gracious!