CrazyWJ242

well if i can get my hands on one for a silly price you know its yours.
im planning on bringing up all my stuff and i'll tell them at the boarder, yea these are my spares, you break these sorta things ALOT...

on the other sidetrack i've got going on...
im looking at clearing 15" rims over my calipers without a ton of backspacing the rim.. going to have to break out the grinder and take out a bit of unnecessary meat... i just want more variety and cheaper prices on my tires...

that and additional grip at lower PSI's

04WJGuy

Did the debate about if I should go with 15" or 16" a couple years ago. Even aired down to 12psi I've yet to pop a tire off the rim, I've heard air escaping buit so far so good. For now I'm going to stick with the 16". I've got 1 1/4" spacers on it anyways so backspacing isn't a problem with the stock rims and I'm running 32's now and at the most I might eventually get 33's.

CrazyWJ242

great i broke my transmission output speed sensor... RAD

still havn't got this thing in, i just about had it, then noticed my torque converter slid out, and in the process of reseating it, it slipped off the jack, and the output sensor hit the jack in the back...

i swear i just want to invest in a garage of tools and lifts and things of that nature, so i dont have to worry about breaking something doing it the hard way...

hopefully i get it in tomorrow, and get my axle by friday, cause im really dying to take the thing for a drive... im having withdrawals...

And ofcourses what did it do last night... RAIN...

I Hate North Carolina.

CrazyWJ242

sweetbabyjesus its on... i've still got to bolt up the torque converter, but its on...

reinstalling a transmission, is NOT a one man operation...
i couldn't care less if it leaks after this... its back in.

04WJGuy

What are your thoughts on modding it for a 5 speed now? :D
Glad to here it's in and hopefully it won't leak on you. Now for the HP30! and the 242HD. Actually I don't think your going to see the daylight for a while yet.

CrazyWJ242

well i havn't filled it back up yet, just reconnected everything and made sure it was goodentight... front axle, and 242HD swap hopefully this weekend...

as far as the 5 speed goes, it think its still a plan, who wants to keep an eye on that big of a structural crack held together with JB Weld... its too large of an area to forget about, so im defiantly going to persue the 5speed option, or a new 42RE or higher...

going to see about my Air intake temperature sensor, see what i can do about that check engine light coming on... and get a new output speed sensor... sigh...

i just need to get back to work... does it ever help fund endeavors like this, and make things go by faster...

CrazyWJ242

no need to fill it up when i can see the crack on the outside...
when i was putting the pan back on, i noticed it... more JB Weld and hope it doesn't leak anymore... HAHA... 5 speed here i come!

CrazyWJ242

YEA... so the other day i noticed a spiderweb in my jeep by the gas pedal, i think nothing of it and just take out the web with my gloves on...

today i walk out and grab the ATF+4 and notice that tell tale red hourglass on his back...



kinda blurry, but yea...
there BAD in North Carolina...
thats a freaking black widow...

CrazyWJ242

Dan, after a bit of research i've found the best odds for a HP D30 that you wouldn't necessarily have to regear (if your planning on running 4.58)

2.5L XJ's should have a HP Dana 30, and it'll already have 4.10 or 4.58 gears
to get a High Pinion, just avoid the 2000-01 XJ as they have the low pinion.

i have yet to find out which models are vacuum disco's, seems to be a mixed bag situation... but if you plan on upgrading axles what does it matter, as you can get the bypass kit...

i might make a trip out to the junkyards tomorrow, and see if any of them can work with me on the price of the axle so i can get a high pinion, if i bring in my bent one for them who knows...

on other news, i think i may have fixed my transmission output sensor, wonderful soldering gun, and melted down the plastic to secure it all together back in place, no reason it shouldn't work, but its on my list of things to replace.

04WJGuy

I hate those freekin' things, had enough of them in Oakland. I never knew you had them in NC.
Looking at 4.10's or 4.11's with an Elocker, won't be running anything larger than 32" on this one and it's still going to be a DD (on steroids).
I know I've got that info around somewhere, now to find it...