powertrain went poop so now i need options

[10fennyglass]

so i was drivin home the other nite on a gravel road.... i was playin a lil and spinnin tires and wut not. sometimes my trans will pop into neutral... so i was holdin the shifter durring a lil gas given time and the PRNDL shot all the way down to 1ST and then i was stuck... thinkin i blew my trans... until i put the Tcase in low and the jeep went... thinkin a blew my tcase after that... well i did... split the sun shaft in two... but now the PRNDL is almost impossible to move.... and im scared to look.... ha ANYONE....
and if anyones got a reduction unit that they wanna sell that would be great for a quadra trac
oh and its a 77cherokee wit a 360 THM400(i think even though when i was in the auto program they said it was a 375) and a quadtratrac

[bigun]

Check your transmission mount sounds like it is loose or broken

[10fennyglass]

yea i feel stupid and releived now... just poked my head under there and one of the shifter points is taggin the header... and thats why its been poppin out of gear randomly in the first place whew!!! so now i just need my reduction shaft...

[bigun]

Wait till you have it happen to you on the drag strip the light goes green you drop the hammer and it goes to neutral at 6k rpm. I put a floor shifter in after that and added a J bolt over the top of the tranny in case the mount ever let go again it wouldn't move.

[10fennyglass]

you have any pics of your floor mount... that sounds great...

[bigun]

It wasn't in a jeep

[fulsizjeep]

Sorry to hear of the damage. You may want to check the motor mounts and the tranny mount if you haven't yet. I was wondering if you could post a picture of that busted LR shaft?

[10fennyglass]

a pic of the sun shaft or wutever they cal it... its just the center shaft thats in the reduction unit... i would like to post a pic... which i have... but the sites got limited memory and i dont have a hosting site. yes my trans mounts was blown... and replaced and as i look im missing all the bolts on my pass side motor mount... muhahah it just gets better... but ya know before this and on the way home.... in low... it drove well... i even gave it balls on the way home trying to break it more... i mean more so than when i wheel it... i live near a steeeeeeep hill

[bigun]

Hosting site for FSJs
http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/gallery/index.php

[rustywagoneers_com]

a pic of the sun shaft or wutever they cal it... its just the center shaft thats in the reduction unit... i would like to post a pic... which i have... but the sites got limited memory and i dont have a hosting site. yes my trans mounts was blown... and replaced and as i look im missing all the bolts on my pass side motor mount... muhahah it just gets better... but ya know before this and on the way home.... in low... it drove well... i even gave it balls on the way home trying to break it more... i mean more so than when i wheel it... i live near a steeeeeeep hill

Main problem with EVERY FSJ. Lack of prior maintenance/repair.

We get a 30 yr old truck that has been (most likely) hated and maligned and mistreated for the past ten years. Was probably maintained by people who thought it was a Ford block with a Chevy transmission, Or a Dodge block with Ford Distributor. Or whatever crap they can make up on the spot. IF it was maintained at all...

And then we proceed to take the tired old mule and flog it like a racehorse, or at least expect it to perform admirably as a pack-mule.

And when it blows up, people say 'AMC's are junk'.

What a world.

Peace
Dave

[AlsChopShop]

Main problem with EVERY FSJ. Lack of prior maintenance/repair.that's funny, because i know the old owner of his rig.

sorry joe, but lack of maintenance.... that's chris for you! :eek: ;)


Al

[Marc]

10fennyglass,

You have pm.


Marc