Recent content by Sine Deviance

I have the same switches in my '95 YJ, but even with the wire plugged up they have never worked. My interior lights do work but only when turning them on from the dimmer switch. It's pretty annoying in the winter when I want those to work when the door opens. My guess is that my switches are...

Mechanical cooling fan with a bad clutch?

... That's nothing. Half the people I know have minor scrapes like those on their wheels. I thought you had a big chunk missing or something. If you really want to fix it, the only good way is to replace the wheel. If you want to make it look a little better, get some 300-grit sandpaper and...

No, just post it here please.

For starters, this is not the correct forum. This is the CJ, YJ, TJ, and JK forum. So basically, you're in the CJ/Wrangler section ;) The Grand Cherokee is the ZJ, and that forum was one more down. I'll try to give you some help regardless. Unfortunately, the phrases "Replacement keyless-entry...

What he said. Be patient and keep looking. Besides that, I have to recommend the 5.7L Vortec/4L60E combo. They get incredible MPG for a V8 and have tons of power stock. The swap is also fairly easy and straightforward (from what I have read at least) and since you'd be going to the 4L60E...

Yeah, but I was kinda wanting something stronger, i.e. something that would give me some wiggle room for a lot more power in the future. A heavy duty trans is what I'm gunning for. I figure, if I'm gonna spend all this money and go to all this trouble, why limit myself? I think I'm go with the...

Looks like the NV4500 is out, I can't find an NV4500 -> 21-spline NP231-J adapter. I guess my only other option is the SM465, but that's a 4-spd and I'd rather just go auto at that point.

Yeah, true. If I go with the Vortec the only mods I have planned for now are a performance exhaust and a nice set of headers (I'm thinking Hooker.)

Maybe, but they wouldn't have any power. That's why I wanted to go with the 2.8L or the 4BT, so I could have some extra power when I want it. I think the 5.7L Vortec is the best option so far.

Sounds good :D I will start looking around for NV4500's. I think I would stick with the stock NP321-J that I have, though; I don't want to get into changing the ratio on a tcase. But I don't have an AX-15. I have an AX-5, and they are pretty weak. I'm running the 4-banger, remember? :D EDIT...

Well, after poking around and reading lots of diesel swap info, I really don't think it's a good idea right now. With all the trouble I would probably have with it I'd rather just rebuild my AMC150 and slap a turbo on it. A 5.7L Vortec sounds pretty good to me, actually. 'Easy' is always good...

Thanks for all the input so far. Ahh. I was kind of afraid of that. According to some stuff I've been reading, the Liberty CRD gets about 20-25 actual MPG (people say that the overhead MPG counter in the Liberty CRD is very inaccurate and regularly reports 5 MPG more than actual.) 20-25 mpg...

Hi all. I sense that my engine is on it's way out and won't last much longer. Maybe a year, maybe less. I have the 2.5L now and I was already getting really tired of 16mpg and a top speed of 65mph. If it's gonna die, I'm gonna consider swaps first. I'm really interested in a possible 2.8L...

TJ's have a balanced front driveline from factory to make up for the fact that they do not use a disconnect collar. I wonder why Jeep didn't just do the same for the YJ's? It's a design that is much stronger and much less prone to failure. I guess they learned their lesson with the YJ setup...