Had some buddies over for "jeep night" tonight. They sat around and drank beer and gave me a hand when requested. I got my intake and exhaust manifold off. Broke 2 of 4 bolt for the cat pipe to manifold...funny thing is that they were replaced when I did my rear main seal a couple years ago. Not sure what it is about exhaust bolts but they are a bugger. I'll have to buy some new U-nuts and bolts for them. Going to try and weld my heat shield up since the OEM welds are broken. My cats are still good and I have new O2 sensors to go in. I did find a failure in the exhaust gasket on cylinder 3 and 4 too. Additionally, I have at least one cracked Fuel Injector. Doesn't look like its leaking, but I'm going to look to replace them all. At 152,000 miles, I don't feel bad spending for new ones.
Once I get this back together, I'm going to start getting serious about the transmission install. I have my cooler in, the new/used radiator is clean and I pull the pan off the transmission to replace the filter and install my Dorman pan with my brazed in bung for the sensor. I still have to re-wrap the harness for the firewall and work on the switch panel inside. Oh, and I need to get the bushings in the Crank switched from the manual stuff to the Auto stuff.
Once I get this back together, I'm going to start getting serious about the transmission install. I have my cooler in, the new/used radiator is clean and I pull the pan off the transmission to replace the filter and install my Dorman pan with my brazed in bung for the sensor. I still have to re-wrap the harness for the firewall and work on the switch panel inside. Oh, and I need to get the bushings in the Crank switched from the manual stuff to the Auto stuff.