Hi everyone! New Jeep owner here, recently bought a 1997 TJ (manufacture date 09/96 - because apparently that does affect SOME components).
I am discovering that I have purchased a bit of a project, - but what jeep isn't a project - and crawled underneath to examine the exhaust to identify the source of an exhaust leak, when I noticed that at the front of the transmission there's a gap at the front plate of the housing. now, in my limited knowledge of transmissions (I've only ever seen an automatic from underneath) I would assume that i SHOULDN'T be seeing that gap? I'll take a photo and share it if that would help explain it better.
I would also assume that the transmission won't hold fluid with that gap there and that it could be the cause for grinding into 3rd & 4th gears.
Any insight/advice here would be awesome, the owner who had this vehicle before me supposedly rebuilt the clutch and rear transfer case, if that matters.
Thanks in advance!
I am discovering that I have purchased a bit of a project, - but what jeep isn't a project - and crawled underneath to examine the exhaust to identify the source of an exhaust leak, when I noticed that at the front of the transmission there's a gap at the front plate of the housing. now, in my limited knowledge of transmissions (I've only ever seen an automatic from underneath) I would assume that i SHOULDN'T be seeing that gap? I'll take a photo and share it if that would help explain it better.
I would also assume that the transmission won't hold fluid with that gap there and that it could be the cause for grinding into 3rd & 4th gears.
Any insight/advice here would be awesome, the owner who had this vehicle before me supposedly rebuilt the clutch and rear transfer case, if that matters.
Thanks in advance!