tkotitan
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Vermont, USA
'94 XJ 4.0L 2dr 5spd SE. NP242 (select-trac) Tcase.
Since the budget is super tight, I am going to a friend's place this weekend to use his garage since he is handier with cars then me and he has the tools and space. I need to do front brake pads and oil, so I might also ask his help in topping off transmission fluid levels.
What fluids do I need? From the searching I have done, the Tcase takes Dex/Merc II or III, same as the Automatic, but I have a stick-shift. I am not sure what the 5-speed needs, I found one place saying 10w-30 is fine for it, but that was for a YJ 5-speed.
When I put it in 4H, and without touching the gas but just clutch into it, I hear grinding in the chain and especially when I corner, so I just haven't been using the 4WD at all. I have heard horror stories in Vermont where there are a lot of XJs that the chain can stretch to the point of sawing-through the aluminium housing of the Tcase.
There is a bell-shape seal of the tranny (I think downstream, i.e, towards the rear axle) below the Tcase that is wet on the flat seal every time I get under there. It doesn't drip and leak on the ground, but clearly I am seeping tranny fluid. Is it likely both the Tcase and the 5spd, or just the Tcase by itself?
2+ years ago I had a young mechanic change my clutch and flywheel because they went. Right after changing it, I noticed the tranny would lug (like an engine running too low RPM but not the engine, definitely in the gearbox instead). I showed it to my mechanic and he thought it was just breaking in. But it never went away. An example of the difference is I have to shift into 5th gear at 55mph plus now, when before I could do 50 and not hear anything. I need to be going close to 60 to not hear any noise from the gearbox. The point is, I often am lugging the tranny a little bit and just have gotten used to it and can't help it.
Also, driving a 4.0L 5speed with stock 3.08 gears is a lot of fun. But it also puts a lot of work on the clutch, etc - I don't baby it and there are occasional clunks when I let out the clutch fully after shifting. Especially lately, I have been taking it up to high speeds and squealing the tires a bit for fun. SO, maybe it's just low on fluid from me beating on it.
Thoughts? I just need to know what fluid and tools are for this job, I haven't found anything specifically for XJ manual transmissions.
Since the budget is super tight, I am going to a friend's place this weekend to use his garage since he is handier with cars then me and he has the tools and space. I need to do front brake pads and oil, so I might also ask his help in topping off transmission fluid levels.
What fluids do I need? From the searching I have done, the Tcase takes Dex/Merc II or III, same as the Automatic, but I have a stick-shift. I am not sure what the 5-speed needs, I found one place saying 10w-30 is fine for it, but that was for a YJ 5-speed.
When I put it in 4H, and without touching the gas but just clutch into it, I hear grinding in the chain and especially when I corner, so I just haven't been using the 4WD at all. I have heard horror stories in Vermont where there are a lot of XJs that the chain can stretch to the point of sawing-through the aluminium housing of the Tcase.
There is a bell-shape seal of the tranny (I think downstream, i.e, towards the rear axle) below the Tcase that is wet on the flat seal every time I get under there. It doesn't drip and leak on the ground, but clearly I am seeping tranny fluid. Is it likely both the Tcase and the 5spd, or just the Tcase by itself?
2+ years ago I had a young mechanic change my clutch and flywheel because they went. Right after changing it, I noticed the tranny would lug (like an engine running too low RPM but not the engine, definitely in the gearbox instead). I showed it to my mechanic and he thought it was just breaking in. But it never went away. An example of the difference is I have to shift into 5th gear at 55mph plus now, when before I could do 50 and not hear anything. I need to be going close to 60 to not hear any noise from the gearbox. The point is, I often am lugging the tranny a little bit and just have gotten used to it and can't help it.
Also, driving a 4.0L 5speed with stock 3.08 gears is a lot of fun. But it also puts a lot of work on the clutch, etc - I don't baby it and there are occasional clunks when I let out the clutch fully after shifting. Especially lately, I have been taking it up to high speeds and squealing the tires a bit for fun. SO, maybe it's just low on fluid from me beating on it.
Thoughts? I just need to know what fluid and tools are for this job, I haven't found anything specifically for XJ manual transmissions.