pierceME311
NAXJA Forum User
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- FL "the trailer park of the nation"
I haven't been able to find anything on the subject here, I was chasing down what I thought was a leaky trans oil pan gasket but after I replaced it, still leaking. I thought it was the seal on the selector shaft that goes through the tranny because the leak was coming from behind the NSS switch so last night I removed the NSS and found a hair line crack about six inches long and about an inch behind the NSS shaft. The crack is in the actual body of the tranny.
My question for you guys is what is the suggested route to remedy this problem, should I try and put a bandaid on a bullet wound and JB weld it or is it done for good. I think the only reasonable explanation is an air bubble in the casting.
My main concern is that it compromised the structural integrity of the transmission body, I can't imagine how it happened because all it's seen are road miles. I bought it almost 2 years ago and shortly thereafter I got my current job and I work so much all I have time to do is work for money then wrench on the jeep for fun. I live in FL and the jeep belonged to an old man before me that bought is new. 98x xj AW4 140k, I've put alot of time and money in the jeep working on it and modifing it to its current state so that when I get done with this strech of working that I will be able to take it out and abuse it.
I have a local U-pull-it that has a bunch of jeeps and I know I could get one for cheap but I'm not sure of the usable life span of the AW4, 300k 500k?
I appriciate everyones input on the issue, I will try and take some pics tonight when I get home.
TIA-Kelvin
My question for you guys is what is the suggested route to remedy this problem, should I try and put a bandaid on a bullet wound and JB weld it or is it done for good. I think the only reasonable explanation is an air bubble in the casting.
My main concern is that it compromised the structural integrity of the transmission body, I can't imagine how it happened because all it's seen are road miles. I bought it almost 2 years ago and shortly thereafter I got my current job and I work so much all I have time to do is work for money then wrench on the jeep for fun. I live in FL and the jeep belonged to an old man before me that bought is new. 98x xj AW4 140k, I've put alot of time and money in the jeep working on it and modifing it to its current state so that when I get done with this strech of working that I will be able to take it out and abuse it.
I have a local U-pull-it that has a bunch of jeeps and I know I could get one for cheap but I'm not sure of the usable life span of the AW4, 300k 500k?
I appriciate everyones input on the issue, I will try and take some pics tonight when I get home.
TIA-Kelvin