1995 Cherokee Questions

[bender0873]

I just bought a 1995 Cherokee for $400. After driving it home I found that the gears were popping out. I asked a friend and he said that the sync are going. 2nd is completely gone. What I am asking is if there is a way to make this a automatic, I really hate manual and if not is there any other make that uses the same tranny so I can get this thing replaced before I really screw it up? Please help. My hubby knows nothing about this car.

[Bounty__Hunter]

You can make it an auto with junkyard parts, The Jeep AW4 Transmissions - Novak Conversions is the auto tranny that came in that model jeep. You need the transfer case with it, or change the input shaft on your current transfer case to match the output of the auto.

You also need the tranny computer and related wiring, possibly the ECM and the TPS wiring for an auto.

It's a lot of work, would be best if you picked up an auto XJ that needed parting out and could have it on hand for the swap.

	Transfer Case Mounted behind and driven by the vehicle transmission, the transfer case transmits power to the front and rear driveshafts in 4WD Jeep vehicles and offers high and low range.

	Throttle position sensor A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine. The sensor is usually located on the butterfly spindle so that it can directly monitor the position of the butterfly throttle valve. The sensor is usually a potentiometer and therefore provides a variable resistance dependent upon the position of the butterfly valve (and hence throttle position). The sensor signal is used by the Engine Control Unit (ECU) as an input to its control system. The ignition timing and fuel injection timing (and potentially other parameters) are altered depending upon the position of the throttle, and also depending on the rate of change of that position. For example, in fuel injected engines, in order to avoid stalling, extra fuel may be injected if the throttle is opened rapidly (mimicking the accelerator pump of carburetor systems).

[berettajeep]

wish I could find a $400 XJ...

Your trans is either the AX-5 for the 2.5 or the AX-15 for the 4.0
YJ's have them and they are more plentiful then XJ's with 5 speeds.

[Bounty__Hunter]

Trannies in XJ's and YJ's are slightly different, the YJ clocks the transfer case up higher than it is in the XJ.

	Transfer Case Mounted behind and driven by the vehicle transmission, the transfer case transmits power to the front and rear driveshafts in 4WD Jeep vehicles and offers high and low range.

[berettajeep]

Originally Posted by Bounty__Hunter

Trannies in XJ's and YJ's are slightly different, the YJ clocks the transfer case up higher than it is in the XJ.

Well you learn something new everyday :)