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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ccooper1234
Do I need a jack for the engine or will transmission hold it up
Floor jack with a block of wood under the oil pan.

REmove the vertical bolts first. Jack it up. Remove the horizontal bolts.

Assembly is the reversal.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 08:44 AM
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Iron rock offroad or brown dog motor mounts?
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 08:51 AM
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Iron rock offroad or brown dog motor mounts?
Brown Dog.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54

Brown Dog.
X2 and also x3 on behalf of clown
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54

Brown Dog.
OK I'm still caught between poly or rubber bushing. I like the poly because of the durability but poly is stiff and doesn't dampen vibrations as well. Rubber dampens more but isn't as durable. What do you suggest?
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ccooper1234

OK I'm still caught between poly or rubber bushing. I like the poly because of the durability but poly is stiff and doesn't dampen vibrations as well. Rubber dampens more but isn't as durable. What do you suggest?
1 poly and 1 rubber.

Best of both worlds.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Brown Dog.
This. Brown Dogs are awesome.

Poly mounts. I can't tell a vibe difference now.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bheath

This. Brown Dogs are awesome.

Poly mounts. I can't tell a vibe difference now.
I can hear a few more vibes at idle.but can't feel them... here is a question... so somehow I managed to put the drivers side on passenger side and vise versa... is it worth switching got them?
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by KG8893
I can hear a few more vibes at idle.but can't feel them... here is a question... so somehow I managed to put the drivers side on passenger side and vise versa... is it worth switching got them?
I didn't realize there was a difference. If it works, i'd leave it.

I've had mine for awhile now, prolly 2 years an can't remember how it use to feel so...
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 12:01 PM
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Default NGK vs Champion

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NGK in all of them. They were making copper plugs before Champion could spell the word.

Really? Where did you get this little nugget of information? NGK was founded on November 11, 1936. Champion was around for somewhere near 20 years by then, and probably knew how to spell copper... I'm not making any arguments about quality, but Champion has made "copper" plugs from day one. Nobody gave a rat's butt about that until platinum and iridium plugs came about, and marketing departments realized they needed something to crow about to sell the regular ones that have been around since the turn of the last century. NGK certainly did NOT invent the copper plug, they copied the technology just like most other Asian companies have. Bridgestone's founder chose the name because it "sounded like Firestone", which lent his upstart company credence. Fast forward 50 years or so, they bought the poorly run US company out...
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bheath
I didn't realize there was a difference. If it works, i'd leave it.

I've had mine for awhile now, prolly 2 years an can't remember how it use to feel so...
try and put the drivers side on the passanger side... you'll wish you never tried. I was looking at the instructions a few days later and realised why it was so god damn hard.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 02:16 PM
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Is this coming from the AC? I haven't driven it in two days and there was a big spot under it. Smelled like nothing... wasn't exactly clear though.

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I'll be driving so I probably won't see this until it's too late, lol.
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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Default Swap NP207 for a NP242 on a '95 XJ

I would like to know how much effort it is to swap the transfer case on my '95 XJ, it has the NP207 and I can get my hands on a NP242 that's in great shape.

And if not much effort is needed, is it worth doing?

Thanks in advance!
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Aquiles007
I would like to know how much effort it is to swap the transfer case on my '95 XJ, it has the NP207 and I can get my hands on a NP242 that's in great shape.

And if not much effort is needed, is it worth doing?

Thanks in advance!
You have an NP207 in your 95 XJ now? I wasn't aware that XJ's of that year came with a NP207. NP207s came behind the GM V6 engine...

Ya sure it's not a NP231?

Either way, I'd MUCH rather have a NP231 over an NP242.

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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tssguy123
Is this coming from the AC? I haven't driven it in two days and there was a big spot under it. Smelled like nothing... wasn't exactly clear though.
I'll be driving so I probably won't see this until it's too late, lol.
Heater core?



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