Recent content by TerryMason

Wire conduits protecting the wiring harness on my transmission had pretty much deteriorated. I took some time and put new conduit on there and used electrical tape to tidy things up a bit. Hopefully it'll last another 20 years. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

That's great man, good work.

I managed to get the transmission dropped yesterday. The transmission jack made things a lot easier. I used a socket on the crank bolt at the front of the engine to spin it over and remove the flywheel bolts I was able to jack up the front of the Jeep in order to slide the transmission...

That's awesome. I'm really taking my time on this - I'll probably drop the trans later this week. I plan on pressure washing everything including the bottom of the Jeep before I put things back together. I'm debating on if I should open up the transfer case or not. I don't have any reason to...

I was looking into this just now, and I see the same guys that made my skid plates make a low profile mount https://undercoverfab.com/body-and-power-train-mounting/20-ucf-lopro-03-06-tj-lj-trans-mount-.html They do say that this mount will cause more vibrations - I'm betting that it's due to the...

Got some more progress last night. The transfer case is out. It wasn't very hard at all, although it was heavier than I expected. This video is a good one to walk through how to remove the transfer case He did have alot more fluid pour out his transfer case than I did. I ended up...

I started taking things apart today. I did notice right off the bat that there appears to be a leak where my transfer case selector mounts I also noticed the transmission mount is ready to be replaced I bought a new transmission Jack, but I'm not exactly sure how to best position it. My...

I've watched that video, and it's really good. Surprisingly few videos on this topic. I have the whine (which has gotten very loud), and the shutter. I haven't noticed any slippage yet - either I'm catching it early, or misdiagnosing.

That stinks man. I'm going to pay extra attention to this.

I'm with you on this. I don't trust AI in general, however I do think it's good as "yet another opinion". I've been using Valvoline ATF+4 for some time now. Since I bought that fluid extractor I've changed the trans fluid (well, half at a time) every other oil change. My Jeep still runs...

Here's where Permatex talks about the need for a pressurized can:

I asked Chat GPT, and it told me that this is likely a bad torque converter. Not sure if this is just AI telling me what it thinks I want to hear, or if this is legit, but it sounds good:

I did some research on the pressurized can. From what I've read, the reason they use a can is because the gasket goo is too thick for a person to squeeze out of a tube. I think I'll probably go with the tube, 90 minutes is not too long of a wait if things have really gone sideways.

2005 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L with a 42RLE transmission. Symptoms: Loud whine when on the gas. Really easy to hear at 40mph and above, and if I let off the gas to coast the sound goes away. The sound stops for a moment as the jeep downshifts, and it almost sounds like it grinds / growls to a stop...

I'm always building out my trail bag with tools and emergency spares. This Feb we're planing on another wheeling trip seven hours from home, so I'm revisiting things. I think some gasket maker would be a good addition to my trail bag, but I'm in between two choices: Permatex The Right Stuff...