Crate AX-15 from Novak

Reminds me of the time our ship was in Pearl back in the late 70's. We were in a bar on Hotel Street half cut and one of my French shipmates couldn't believe his luck. This chick was all over him on the dance floor checking each others tonsils. After about 45 minutes we decided to let him know that "she" might not be what he thinks. Next dance he goes for the money shot and discovers "she" is hung better than he was. Comes up spitting, swearing, and swinging. Bouncers turfed our asses out and he spent the next half hour rinsing his mouth out with whatever he could find. We got a lot of mileage out of that story.
 
Update on the transmission. My brother and I finally got it installed this week. It drives very nicely and shifts well. I think being brand new paired with new Redline MT90 will serve it very well over the years. I know having 20 years of the factory gear oil was not a good thing for my old one at all. So far I'll definitely recommend purchasing one of these to anybody who needs a replacement for their NV3550 or AX15.

I didn't get to drive it a whole lot as I noticed a rumbling as I came to a stop. Figured I'd check the driveshaft, and sure enough one of the sideways locating tabs on my yoke broke off and so I have to get a new yoke installed (don't want to mess with it myself because of the crush sleeve). It's always something....

Hope to get the Jeep back soon so I can enjoy my new transmission.


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Sure seems like it. It's by no means amazing, especially since I went from a tight short-throw shifter to the stock sloppy shifter. But it doesn't grind, it shifts nice for a new transmission with the sloppy stock shifter it has, and I know it's gonna last for many many years since it'll be well taken care of and has the best of the best fluid in it. I'm excited.


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Nice! These will bolt in with a little fiddling about if your AX-5 SE transmission goes south. It's a worthy upgrade.