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chrisnsarah
06-11-2002, 08:40 PM
I Pulled the tranny hump cover in my '67 to mess with the T-case shifer and found something scary. Jeep used a heat shield held in place by chicken wire on the bottom of the tranny cover. The steel wire is wearing into the top of the aluminum case. I have hex-shaped grooves about 1/8" deep in some spots.
I may just fill these with JBWeld and hope for the best but thought this might be worth mentioning to you all.
jeepbob
06-11-2002, 11:39 PM
None of my early T400 rigs have that but they were 69 & 70 so it may have been done away with by then.
67Gladiator
06-12-2002, 08:15 AM
I haven't been there yet on my 67, but the 400s on my earlier 74 and 75 both lacked that heat shield you're describing. Is it possible that you got some kind of ha-tech aftermarket performance upgrade from the PO?
Perhaps you ought to put it up on ebay and see what happens

Seriously, I'll check under the hump panel first chance I get
Sitting Bull
06-12-2002, 08:32 AM
A previous 79 I owned had the same thing. It wore through the case about 1/4" or so.
Josh D
06-12-2002, 08:48 AM
My '71 pickup has it. Funny, I figured it was something the PO did. Are your cab mounts bad? My truck seemed to have plenty of clearance between the tranny cover and tranny.

Josh
Rat
06-12-2002, 12:20 PM
My 70' with a Buick has it too.
Crazy_Jeepman
06-12-2002, 12:22 PM
Yup I have seen many, like that. My 70 Wag has the Chicken wire thing going on as well!! ;)
chrisnsarah
06-12-2002, 02:12 PM
The '75 and '79 I have don't have this shield. I too thought it was some redneck brewed heat shield, but I started seeing them on junkyard early wags and trucks. Ive already ripped the chicken wire off mine. I don't know how thick the case is on top but it doesn't sound paper thin when I tap on it with a screwdriver. I'll stir up some JB and fill the grooves.
andy d
06-12-2002, 03:55 PM
hmmn you think they would have covered it with dthe duct tape they used to to hold the cruise control in :D
Tad
06-13-2002, 12:32 AM
Great, another thing to look at today. I swear Iv'e looked up there too, you think I could have missed it? How big is this?
Crazy_Jeepman
06-16-2002, 03:31 AM
Great, another thing to look at today. I swear Iv'e looked up there too, you think I could have missed it? How big is this?Well its not really a heat shield it is a noise reducing pad. you can see it in the Pic. It is held up to the tranny hump cover. ;)
http://images.andale.com/f2/116/106/4651773/1024214748085_Bodystrip2.JPG
Rogue
06-16-2002, 06:50 AM
my 74 has it but no rubbing problems here