Looking at buying a '88

Social Misfit said:

Ok i'm new to the site, but i figured this would be the place to find people that know about XJs. Heres the deal, i'm lookin at an 88 4 door, 4.0l, auto, power yada yada yada. its got something eng problems, but i'm a mechanic so i'm not too worried. Now I'm not too keen on an auto, i've always liked wheelin with manuals, i'm just curious wether or not the autos in these are worth a damn or can be built, or if it would be easy to swap a stick shift in, or if i should just pass on it and look for something with a stick in it already. thanks for any info.

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Weasel said:

How can you "mod the hell out of it". I haven't really found any mods for the AW4.

But yeah they are good trannies. I've changed mine over to sythetic and it's still run with 170k. And I won't wheel with a stick after using this tranny. It's a great tranny. As for the some places to a power flush where they suck all the old tranny fluid out via machine. It's the thought it could drag some of the particles throught hte tranny.

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