cleenrob

yea i wanted to drive it this past weekend but an unfortunate ignition switcvh faliure stopped me as well as not getting the trans linkage figured out.

i had it running on and off for about 5 minututes at a time then yesterday i went to fire it up and it cranked for a couple seconds then i lost all key 12v

but i did get the coolant,t-case,trans filled along with getting my long arms all bolted up and the sway bar re attached

Basslicks

Get rid of the misfire yet?

cleenrob

one is, havent figured out the #7 mis yet

Basslicks

Sucky.... you'll get it though. Been really impressed with your work thus far.

cleenrob

all in all im not overly worried avout it yeat since theres still quite a bit of other stuff to do before i can drive it any how so a misfire isnt a big deal atm. ive got a new ignition switch on the way so at least ill have power again

cleenrob

going to hit it hard this weekend tho

Basslicks

Right on. Oughtta bring her down for Jeeptoberfest next year. Not a lot of LS-Swapped XJs frequent the event. You'd be a you-knee-korn.

cleenrob

ok been a while since i updated:

go9t the #7 mis figured out, my replace ment coil for that cylinder turned out to be a dud, reintalled the damaged one and no more mis!

did a bunch of wiring ( making my temp connections permanent, tying in the fan controls/gauges blah blah blah..) just have the tach and speedo to wire and re-wire the CEL

got the trans mount drilled/tapped/and bolted in

i didnt fry the pcm, turns out when i mounted the gm fuseblock on the fire wall it was pulling one of the fuse tab out of contact with the fuse

good news is after getting a couple of those bugs i got the jeep to move under its own power! i drove t around the block a couple times

Bad news is its not shifting out of first gear, and the transfer case adapter is leaking signifigantly

Basslicks

Man...... had me all excited that it was like a spit away from bein' done.

cleenrob

same. lol

its pretty close, just need to wire the tach and speedo, build the exhaust, and some other misc things and it should be drivable

hopefully i dont need to yank the trans, i was having a tps issue which maybe the culprit, ore hopefully its something electrical not a toasted trans issue

best case it fixes its self like my alternator did

Jeepology

This is a beauty. Great job on it. Just read from about page 50 onward. Saw you were considering jk axles, Midwest jeeps in IL sells them form 1250/piece when they have them. Cheapest I've really seen consistently.

cleenrob

thats where a ot of the good stuff is, post newbie mods haha

id love jk axles but its just not in the scope right now, ls swap has drained a lot of $$ and im trying to save for a house. i may do a medium level 8.8( oe 4.10s/lsd, c-clip eliminators with dual drilled shafts, iro truss and perch kit) but i still have lots of other projects to tackle like getting the trans working/drive shafts/ stiffners/ emissions yatta yatta

im hoping the trans is an electrical or valve body issue, i was told it only had 80k on it but it was behind a 6.0L denali so who knows, im focusing on wire cleen up now that the wirings mostly done

Jeepology

Any knowledge or things you wish you would've known before your WJ swap? About to do it for the first time myself

cleenrob

if your using wj TRE's youll need an rhd knuckle side drag link TRE to clear the steering stabilizer/ sway bar mount area it curve in the opposite direction

if i were to do it again( i may do it in the future) i would have run off set one tone TREs

Jeepology

Good to hear. That's what my plan is - otk and offset 1 ton TREs from ruffstuff. Was the end result worth the trouble in your opinion?