Need help decoding VIN for trans type
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Need help decoding VIN for trans type
I am looking for an AX-15 for my 98 TJ. I found a 88 MJ with the 4.0L and the 5 spd. (4x4). I know in the middle of 1988 or so they switched over to the AX-15, but I don't know when. Here's the VIN of the MJ 1JTML65P2JT146559, would this have the AX-15 I need or is it the BA-10 or whatever the other 5 spd was?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Dbabicky90
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The BA is a better built transmission. And you can identify this transmission. By look. If you look under the jeep and see a series of bolts going from side to side along the bottom it's a BA because you have to split this transmission in half hotdog style to take it apart. VS the AX15 has a solid body and a removable top cover to take out all the gears and shaft.
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The BA is a better built transmission. And you can identify this transmission. By look. If you look under the jeep and see a series of bolts going from side to side along the bottom it's a BA because you have to split this transmission in half hotdog style to take it apart. VS the AX15 has a solid body and a removable top cover to take out all the gears and shaft.
Iirc the ax15s starting coming in the comanches around late 89s-92....
But internal slave....
The OP- the comanche ax15 will have a shorter shaft and will not fit your 98tj unless you get the correct pilot bearing and all the nessacery parts to swap to a external slave ax15....
Unless it's already been swapped over....if you already want one with an external slave look for the 94+ cherokees or 93+ wrangler ax15 that have the external slave bellhousing
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The BA IS NOT a better built manual transmission....this is why jeep enthusiasts always swap out the ba/10 for the ax15 and is a very popular swap amongst the comanches....because of the years they were made....
Iirc the ax15s starting coming in the comanches around late 89s-92....
But internal slave....
The OP- the comanche ax15 will have a shorter shaft and will not fit your 98tj unless you get the correct pilot bearing and all the nessacery parts to swap to a external slave ax15....
Unless it's already been swapped over....if you already want one with an external slave look for the 94+ cherokees or 93+ wrangler ax15 that have the external slave bellhousing
Iirc the ax15s starting coming in the comanches around late 89s-92....
But internal slave....
The OP- the comanche ax15 will have a shorter shaft and will not fit your 98tj unless you get the correct pilot bearing and all the nessacery parts to swap to a external slave ax15....
Unless it's already been swapped over....if you already want one with an external slave look for the 94+ cherokees or 93+ wrangler ax15 that have the external slave bellhousing
Quit muddying up this thread with facts and personal experience, would ya?
LOL.
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The BA IS NOT a better built manual transmission....this is why jeep enthusiasts always swap out the ba/10 for the ax15 and is a very popular swap amongst the comanches....because of the years they were made....
Iirc the ax15s starting coming in the comanches around late 89s-92....
But internal slave....
The OP- the comanche ax15 will have a shorter shaft and will not fit your 98tj unless you get the correct pilot bearing and all the nessacery parts to swap to a external slave ax15....
Unless it's already been swapped over....if you already want one with an external slave look for the 94+ cherokees or 93+ wrangler ax15 that have the external slave bellhousing
Iirc the ax15s starting coming in the comanches around late 89s-92....
But internal slave....
The OP- the comanche ax15 will have a shorter shaft and will not fit your 98tj unless you get the correct pilot bearing and all the nessacery parts to swap to a external slave ax15....
Unless it's already been swapped over....if you already want one with an external slave look for the 94+ cherokees or 93+ wrangler ax15 that have the external slave bellhousing
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Need help decoding VIN for trans type
There's nothing wrong with an internal slave cylinder unless you're one who enjoys submarining your Jeep or burying it in mudholes every weekend.
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