Weirdest thing happened...

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti) 01/03/2020 at 20:01 • Filed to: None

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Looks like I won’t have to be replacing that clutch after all!

Just kidding, I was able to get her out this afternoon. Based on an idea from themanwiththesauce I screwed two of the bottom bolts back in. I lowered the trans nearly to the driveway so that I could get the wrench on without a swivel and with minimal extensions and gave her a rip. Probably gonna do the motor mounts while everything is off.

Surprising how much heavier the transfer case is than the transmission.

M.T. Blake > DipodomysDeserti 01/03/2020 at 20:21

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Motor mounts are dirt cheap. I was surprised how easy they were too on my (former)  99 XJ

DipodomysDeserti > M.T. Blake 01/03/2020 at 21:48

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They’re $50-60 a piece on this thing. Can’t find any write ups for a swap on the 3.8L, so hopefully there’s nothing whacky about it.

shop-teacher > DipodomysDeserti 01/03/2020 at 23:15

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Its funny how sometimes putting it back together more, helps you pull it back apart.

DipodomysDeserti > shop-teacher 01/03/2020 at 23:50

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Yeah, this thing was a real PITA . Stark different between modern and old vehicles. There’s a ‘66 GMC sitting next to the Jeep which took thirty minutes to pull the trans.

Your boy, BJR > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 00:17

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Damn for a second there I was willing to offer you honorary citizenship to the great state of New Jersey

DipodomysDeserti > Your boy, BJR 01/04/2020 at 00:47

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Might have my Jersey-boy father help me put it back in. He last swapped a clutch in 1978 on his  El Camino in Matawan. 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 00:58

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Wooooooo! I was useful!