I got a Cherokee recently. It’s a 98 with an I-6 motor, and an AW-4 Transmission. It has about 115,000 on it and it’s in really good shape. My goal is to drive it forever.
I’m not rushing out to do a bunch of mods on it. I am gonna keep it on the street till I get a lift kit and some decent tires. My overall plan is to replace worn out parts with upgrades till I have a pretty bad ass ride.
I am starting in on a regular maintenance schedule for it. This is a first for me. To begin I am replacing all the fluids. Then I am gonna go through and lube all suspension and drive train parts. After that I need to do the brakes and check the hoses. Then I am gonna do a tune up, get new tires, and have an alignment done (it’s got a little wobble when I’m goin about 60ish on the highway).
I started the first part of my plan this weekend. I got all the gaskets, filters, oil, and some RTV sealant so I can change the engine, transmission, transfer case, and differential fluids. I was planning to do all this after work every day this week.
So I was feeling really smart and all. I got off work today and was gonna change the transmission fluid. While I was at it I was gonna figure out what type of oil filter wrench I need to get, and spray the differential bolts with some wd-40 so they are ready when I need to turn them later on.
After getting home and letting the thing cool I get under the truck with some tools and there is a guard that is blocking the bolts on the rear of the pan. To get the pan off I need to get rid of it. I get most of the bolts off and find out that this is holding up the back of the transmission and the transfer case (thanks Haynes for the heads up). Fortunately the support (not a guard) wasn’t bent while hanging from only one bolt while holding up everything.
While dealing with this I noticed that apparently the pan can’t be simply removed from the bottom of the transmission. There is a return or filler line that connects to the front of the pan that looks like it can only be disconnected from the inside of the pan or from above (where ever it is coming from).
This is not mentioned in the Hayens manual, and doing simple fluid changes isn’t explained in the factory service manual.
Does any one have any tips on how I should remove the transmission oil pan? Or while on the subject any tips for me and my XJ and the long future that I plan to have with it?
I’m not rushing out to do a bunch of mods on it. I am gonna keep it on the street till I get a lift kit and some decent tires. My overall plan is to replace worn out parts with upgrades till I have a pretty bad ass ride.
I am starting in on a regular maintenance schedule for it. This is a first for me. To begin I am replacing all the fluids. Then I am gonna go through and lube all suspension and drive train parts. After that I need to do the brakes and check the hoses. Then I am gonna do a tune up, get new tires, and have an alignment done (it’s got a little wobble when I’m goin about 60ish on the highway).
I started the first part of my plan this weekend. I got all the gaskets, filters, oil, and some RTV sealant so I can change the engine, transmission, transfer case, and differential fluids. I was planning to do all this after work every day this week.
So I was feeling really smart and all. I got off work today and was gonna change the transmission fluid. While I was at it I was gonna figure out what type of oil filter wrench I need to get, and spray the differential bolts with some wd-40 so they are ready when I need to turn them later on.
After getting home and letting the thing cool I get under the truck with some tools and there is a guard that is blocking the bolts on the rear of the pan. To get the pan off I need to get rid of it. I get most of the bolts off and find out that this is holding up the back of the transmission and the transfer case (thanks Haynes for the heads up). Fortunately the support (not a guard) wasn’t bent while hanging from only one bolt while holding up everything.
While dealing with this I noticed that apparently the pan can’t be simply removed from the bottom of the transmission. There is a return or filler line that connects to the front of the pan that looks like it can only be disconnected from the inside of the pan or from above (where ever it is coming from).
This is not mentioned in the Hayens manual, and doing simple fluid changes isn’t explained in the factory service manual.
Does any one have any tips on how I should remove the transmission oil pan? Or while on the subject any tips for me and my XJ and the long future that I plan to have with it?