aviationstation
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All,
I'm about to donate my 160k 95 XJ to my sister-in-law but, before I do that I've decided to rebuild the 4.0 mill. Now that the engine is fresh I've decided to swap the trans filter & fluid, and put in a fresh trans pump/torque converter shaft seal and rear shaft seal. On the front pump shaft seal, I popped the old one out without a problem. Now that I have the new one in I can't seem to remember how far in the seal goes. Does anyone know if it sits flush with the face of the seat, or if it sits beyond and is sunk in? Or will it bottom out in the recess and stop? I can't see behind it now, so it's hard to tell.
I just don't want to do this major swap, freshen up everything and find that the new seal has popped out & the engine needs to be pulled just to replace this seal! That would suck like Monica at a Clinton fund raiser, especially on the 1800 mile road trip it'll be taking to deliver it in two weeks (towing my 2000 XJ behind).
For those interested, I've got some pics of the rebuild while I was assembling it. If your curious the total cost out the door was $975.00 for all parts and machine work (including the head; new ex seats and valves, NDT). Plus I did a little porting and CC'd all of the chambers using a Sunnen flow bench designed for Lycoming aircraft engines. I hope this willmake a difference. Anyway add an additional $200 or so for new hoses, a belt, O2 sensor, t-stat, battery, oil, old filter, master cylinder, oil pressure sending unit, EBay NSS, etc. So, for around $1200 bucks, you can refresh about 80% of your Jeep (save for the trans). This trans is the toy-yoda copy, so I know it'll last a while from the 160k mark on.
Thanks for any info!
M Randolph
Oh, and watch that center #3 main bearing. It'll screw up us SBC chevy guys!
I'm about to donate my 160k 95 XJ to my sister-in-law but, before I do that I've decided to rebuild the 4.0 mill. Now that the engine is fresh I've decided to swap the trans filter & fluid, and put in a fresh trans pump/torque converter shaft seal and rear shaft seal. On the front pump shaft seal, I popped the old one out without a problem. Now that I have the new one in I can't seem to remember how far in the seal goes. Does anyone know if it sits flush with the face of the seat, or if it sits beyond and is sunk in? Or will it bottom out in the recess and stop? I can't see behind it now, so it's hard to tell.
I just don't want to do this major swap, freshen up everything and find that the new seal has popped out & the engine needs to be pulled just to replace this seal! That would suck like Monica at a Clinton fund raiser, especially on the 1800 mile road trip it'll be taking to deliver it in two weeks (towing my 2000 XJ behind).
For those interested, I've got some pics of the rebuild while I was assembling it. If your curious the total cost out the door was $975.00 for all parts and machine work (including the head; new ex seats and valves, NDT). Plus I did a little porting and CC'd all of the chambers using a Sunnen flow bench designed for Lycoming aircraft engines. I hope this willmake a difference. Anyway add an additional $200 or so for new hoses, a belt, O2 sensor, t-stat, battery, oil, old filter, master cylinder, oil pressure sending unit, EBay NSS, etc. So, for around $1200 bucks, you can refresh about 80% of your Jeep (save for the trans). This trans is the toy-yoda copy, so I know it'll last a while from the 160k mark on.
Thanks for any info!
M Randolph
Oh, and watch that center #3 main bearing. It'll screw up us SBC chevy guys!
