- Location
- West Sacramento, CA
For about a week now, I've been running one of BrettM's AWshifters on my '94 XJ with AW4. We wired it up and got it all in shape about two weeks ago, but I didn't get it mounted until the weekend. For about a week I was running it without problems in full automatic mode, just like it came from the factory. Since last weekend, I've been almost always manually shifting.
I mounted mine over the change slot in my console. I cut out the tray and mounted a piece of aluminum with self drilling screws.
It's an easy reach and the only thing blocked is the little tray. I ran in automatic the first night I had the shifter, and if I get a call on my cell phone, it's nice to be able to put it back into automatic. (I try to not talk on the phone when I'm driving, though.) The knob sits close to the mount plate, and the torque converter toggle switch can be mounted nearly flush (like I have) or sticking up some.
The relays and whatever else comes in the kit is put together in a pretty small bundle, and can hide behind the lower part of the dash. Mine actually isn't even secured, it just sits up there so nice.
Brett included a simple but good diagram of the wiring schematic, along with all the connectors I needed to put everything together. I ran the ground wire across the cab to a ground screw on the left side of the driver's footwell. I'm sure I could have grounded it on the passenger side if I had a drill to mount a grounding screw.
The left picture below is in first gear, TC unlocked, and the right picture is in automatic. My order - and I beleive it's the standard order - is counterclockwise 1-2-3-4-A, but if you want something else, talk to Brett.
I painted part of my console body color green because I'm bling like that.
I'm really happy with my new shifter, because it gives me something to do, I have better control over the transmission, and anyone else can still drive my Jeep (not that I'd let them). So if you were interested in the Auto/manual shifter, it works, and if you weren't interested, check it out anyway. All the cool kids have them, now.
If the images stop working, try http://img87.exs.cx/gal.php?g=console2yq.jpg
I'm running my first full manual tank of gas through it right now, so I'll see if anything happens to my MPG. It's usually right around 15MPG.
I mounted mine over the change slot in my console. I cut out the tray and mounted a piece of aluminum with self drilling screws.
It's an easy reach and the only thing blocked is the little tray. I ran in automatic the first night I had the shifter, and if I get a call on my cell phone, it's nice to be able to put it back into automatic. (I try to not talk on the phone when I'm driving, though.) The knob sits close to the mount plate, and the torque converter toggle switch can be mounted nearly flush (like I have) or sticking up some.
The relays and whatever else comes in the kit is put together in a pretty small bundle, and can hide behind the lower part of the dash. Mine actually isn't even secured, it just sits up there so nice.
Brett included a simple but good diagram of the wiring schematic, along with all the connectors I needed to put everything together. I ran the ground wire across the cab to a ground screw on the left side of the driver's footwell. I'm sure I could have grounded it on the passenger side if I had a drill to mount a grounding screw.
The left picture below is in first gear, TC unlocked, and the right picture is in automatic. My order - and I beleive it's the standard order - is counterclockwise 1-2-3-4-A, but if you want something else, talk to Brett.
I painted part of my console body color green because I'm bling like that.
I'm really happy with my new shifter, because it gives me something to do, I have better control over the transmission, and anyone else can still drive my Jeep (not that I'd let them). So if you were interested in the Auto/manual shifter, it works, and if you weren't interested, check it out anyway. All the cool kids have them, now.
If the images stop working, try http://img87.exs.cx/gal.php?g=console2yq.jpg
I'm running my first full manual tank of gas through it right now, so I'll see if anything happens to my MPG. It's usually right around 15MPG.
