Project MJ CRD is born:

gmctd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:32 am

I'm picturing the guy on Letterman the other nite (and his imitator on the oscars)?????? :shock:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:27 pm

gmctd wrote:

I'm picturing the guy on Letterman the other nite (and his imitator on the oscars)?????? :shock:

I don't watch letterman, there is no TV in the garage.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:52 pm

And I thought I had alot of motors sitting in my garage...I'm down to 3 and a tranny

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:01 pm

TAHOE wrote:

And I thought I had alot of motors sitting in my garage...I'm down to 3 and a tranny

Just one tranny in the garage, I keep two out of sight and out of mind in the backyard.......

butcher_block · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:26 am

i ether forgot to ask or missed it but how were you going to do the work around on swapping from an auto to 5 speed?

was it a computer work around or is the crd comp. mostly stand alone ?

with fam in Oz i was thinking that i could get a ecm from a man trans CRD and then not have the bad flash and have ot worry about about wiring problems

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:56 pm

butcher_block wrote:

i ether forgot to ask or missed it but how were you going to do the work around on swapping from an auto to 5 speed?

was it a computer work around or is the crd comp. mostly stand alone ?

with fam in Oz i was thinking that i could get a ecm from a man trans CRD and then not have the bad flash and have ot worry about about wiring problems

My engine is a MT engine, so its all oem like that.

tonycrd · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:59 pm

butcher_block wrote:

i ether forgot to ask or missed it but how were you going to do the work around on swapping from an auto to 5 speed?

was it a computer work around or is the crd comp. mostly stand alone ?

with fam in Oz i was thinking that i could get a ecm from a man trans CRD and then not have the bad flash and have ot worry about about wiring problems

Manual tranny has no ECM?

MrMopar64 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:05 pm

The MJ is getting the 2.5 EDC15 engine that he has, and it's already setup as MTX with the proper controller.

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:25 pm

Nice Golden Sam.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:37 pm

Cowcatcher wrote:

Nice Golden Sam.

LOL thanks, I'm sure he would love to meet you, or anyone.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:26 pm

Got the engine out today, pulled the engine and trans together, and of course, what do I realize as soon as I start pulling the engine......i forgot to drain the tranny, ya, it dumped all its gear oil all over my garage floor.

I swear, thats like the 4th time I have forgotten that. Dammit Dammit Dammit.

so I rolled it outside(easy to push with no engine trans, interior, etc etc) and washed out the garage and also scrubbed down the engine bay. Got it pretty clean, normally I wouldn't bother but it needs to be throughly degreased before I can shoot paint.

Still need to do some other cleanup and tear down before I can shoot paint, though I will probably wait to shoot the engine bay untill later, going to try and get most stuff mocked up, then ripped back out for paint.

this weeks major goal is the get the drivetrain in place so I can move on to mocking up the interior, front end body parts, AC, intercooler, etc.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:27 pm

These are just a bunch of picture of the side of the engine, I figured I would never have as good of a view of it again once its in, so I took some pictures for reference.

The combination of the extreme height of the engine, and the depth of the oil pan, means that at the very least the front end needs to sit up about 3" and the engine needs to sit back a good ways to clear the front differential. To get good clearance the firewall needs to be persuaded into a different shape.

Its gonna be tight:

jinstall · **Posted:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:58 pm

is there a shot with the bell housing off? I have developed a rear seal leak I think and what to know whaty it looks like.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:01 am

jinstall wrote:

is there a shot with the bell housing off? I have developed a rear seal leak I think and what to know whaty it looks like.

No pictures that show the rear main area, even with the bellhousing off the flywheel and clutch block that view.

nursecosmo · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:59 am

Those are some awesome pics Sam. They need to be placed in a sticky in the CRD Tech section.

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:32 am

How the crap did I miss this thread?

Awesome!

MrMopar64 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:00 pm

jinstall wrote:

is there a shot with the bell housing off? I have developed a rear seal leak I think and what to know whaty it looks like.

That's the rear main. The aluminum outer ring is the seal/real main bearing support.

jinstall · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:54 pm

Could you post a hi-res? or PM it to me? Thanks.

Sorry Sam didn't mean to hi-jack. Still watching :thumbsup:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:17 am

Lots of extra metal on the fender that needs to be removed:

Here you can see the parts of the headlight support that need to be trimmed:

This will be my drivers side engine mount, its a engine mount for something, I just grabbed it off the shelf at autozone because it looked close, it has the right height to clear the articulation of the upper control arm. I just wish it was heavier duty looking.

This is going to be the passenger side engine mount, its very similar in design to the OEM KJ mounts, but it only about 3" tall, the passenger side engine bracket sits up much taller than the drivers side, so I have to use the shorter one on the drivers side.

This is the Oil filter location, when I got the engine it came with a cartridge style oil filter that stuck way out, it just wasn't going to clear the frame rail, I was worried I wouldn't be able to fit anything and would need to get an oil filter relocation kit. So today at autozone I brought my parts down and started looking at oil filters, of course the larger fram PH8A and the sotck PH16 work, but both are too large, I started grabbing some off the shelf and it looks like the one I picked works perfect, as it turns out it looks like its for the 4cyl XJ/TJs........lucky for me I will actually be able to get this oil filter on and off when the engine installed:

nursecosmo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:19 am

What is the black spin on cartrige mounted beside the Fram?

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