I'm walking in your foot step
Will disassemble one of my 300DT and getting it ready for the transplant and future headache

Thank's Vlado !!!!

 

cool keep us posted,you are going to love your new toy

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keep us posted and put some pics up definitly

 

First mistake
I just realized that I knew nothing about jeep
I got myself a nice looking wrangler 1987 , from a very cool guy named Jason.
The add read " BLACK, 3 inch lift... 33's VERY NICE RIMS 5 speed, 4.2 , 6 cly..... Needs clutch and carb work. Body is perfect Looks great"
Indeed looks great and looks can be deceiving
And realized later that it had the cursed AX-5 frenchy peugeot trany
"sacre bleu"
will post some pictures as soon as i get over my

Any way since I was going to drop the trany may as well upgrade to the AX-15
oh wait need to make sure I get the right transfer case ( what is a transfer case again?)
back to the drawing board and learning board/curve

any advise !? are more than welcome as I will spend most of my sunny weekend haunting jeep forums and learn about " Dana territories" , AX-15 and NP231

The only relief is that part for jeep are cheap and plenty if you only know what you are looking for (not my case)
Better go do some shopping and get a transmission jack.

Note to myself cosmetic is only skin deep

 

If you need ANY Jeep info, feel free to PM me el31415. I used to drive,off-road, and work on nuthin but Jeeps.

And SWEET conversion Vlado. I've seen many different conversions into Wrangler YJ and TJs, but never anything like yours.

 

Vlado did you balance the flywheel ?

From the 4x4labs web site
""""
When replacing the flywheel, the balance of the engine should be maintained as much as posible. The new flywheel should be brought to the same balancing condition as the old flywheel. A simple 180 degree balancing operation is performed. We offer this service. You can send us your flywheel and we will send you the new flywheel balanced to the same specs as the old one. You must mark the flywheel before removing it so that the same balance point is retained when installing the new unit. """"

 

no i did not balance the flywheel. i did,think about it for a while but in the end i decided that all flywheels are almost if not perfectly balanced to begin with.i work as diesel mechanic at local MACK TRUCK dealership and we do lot of clutch jobs and everytime we install resurfaced flywheel and not once we had to send old flywheel to machine shop or had any vibrations.that is just my take on it but if you want to take it and have it done by all means do it otherwise it will mess with your mind.i have had my jeep reved up to max several times and have no vibrations whatsoever,but i was leary when it was done and right before i started it up if it was going to vibrate,so it is your choice.I am not telling you to do it or not but you make up your mind and stick with it.
for trans issue you have i know the trans you have is not the best trans out there but i would probably try it just for the hell of it.You already have that and if you hate that trans that bad or goes bad down the road you can replace it with ax-15 or something else that you may be able to find out there,also depends on what you are going to use your jeep for. your bolt patern for bell housing is going to be the same so you wont have to mess with adapter plate

 

Here we go
In the front is my daily driver and faithful Mercedes 300dt 1985
In just park behind is my "VladoII" project


a close up of the project
and in the back ground you can see the donor a Mercedes 300dt 1985



next step will be to get greasy and dirty

 

el3 ,

If you need any parts for your daily driver , I have 84 300d that I stole engine from ; but body is in EXCELLENT condition !! The steering column is the only problem with the car ; only one dent in rear passenger quarter panel near trunk ( it is GOLD color ) !! It has same rims as on your silver DD ; and they are in near MINT condition !! Any parts are REAL CHEAP !!!!!!!! Prices will be a steal so you pay shipping costs !!

PM with any requests ...

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car hyphen part dot com ........ great deals on salvage yard parts !!!

 

hey hulgreen if you want to sell your mercedes parts you would be best off to put it on mercedes forum for sale.those guys always need switchess,window regulators,etc...

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hey el31415 that is good looking jeep.i wish i had one like that to begin with.it would save me lot of money and lot of work.good luck with project

 

I'm in Los Angeles area so shipping will be to expensive for the parts

Thank's hulkgreen
for the "" car hyphen part dot com ""
I just found my transmission and you saved me a lot of time
Great site I just bookmarked it



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What is the latest year I can direct swap transmission in my 1987 Wrangler ?


What is the latest year I can direct swap transmission in my 1987 Wrangler ?
After a lot of googling and reading
NV3550 Transmission or AX-15 ? that is the question