RubiconRick posted this here : http://tinyurl.com/22sghr Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/283ol2 http://tinyurl.com/2ogfx3 =Quote= Having already put the Jeep/Mercedes NSG-370 6 speed manual into two pre 2000 TJ's, I have some advice you may wish to read. All you need is to get the crank angle sensor re-location kit from a supplier like Advanced Adapters with the new harmonic balancer included. This kit will pickup from the front of the crank instead of the rear bell housing and mounts to the oil pan/timing cover bolts. It even comes with a wiring harness extension for your old crank angle sensor pigtail and includes a new plug to match. Make sure you have the backup lamp switch plug with pigtail wiring stubs included when you buy a used NSG-370. This way you can easily splice into where the old backup switch plug was and it will plug in perfectly. One of the converted TJ's had a 3 speed automatic, the other had the AX-15 5 speed. You will need to modify the shift lever if you don't want it hitting the front of the center console or center stack bezel and your knuckles to impact the dash on forward shifts. This mod is easy to do. Just cut off the attachment sleeve from the stick at the weld where it slips over the trans shift "stub" and re-weld it on the back side instead of the front side where it's at in stock form. Hydraulic slave cylinder connections are the same as those on the AX-15's and NV-3550's so you're basically DONE! The NSG-370 drops right in behind the 4.0L with the original or 6 speed flywheel. The NP-231J or the NV-241OR "Rock-Track" Rubicon transfer cases will mate right to it. We had Nth Degree Mobility tummy tuckers with 1" raised motor mounts and the 5 speed rear trans mount bracket Nth Degree supplied for the AX-15 or NV-3550 fit the new 6 speed perfectly. It's nice to have a deep 4.46:1 1st gear combined with a 4:1 transfer case for crawling action. Another benefit is the extra ratio before going into 1:1, (where 4th gear used to be in the 5 speed box). Especially when pulling steep long grades in summertime heat. Noted positive changes: The engine runs much cooler and stays in its optimal power band. Now with big oversize tires on steep grades and when fully loaded for a week of camping/trail running, the jeep has improved midrange pulling power. The swap also helped boost our overall crawl ratio from 78:1 to an almost 90:1 with the lower 1st gear. The Jury may still be out on the long term durability of this transmission with big tires and hard trail use, but for us there were definite benefits in a 6 speed steed swap. Oh Yeah! -- ___ =Bt= /~ ~\ milnersXcoupe |_ | "The Heretic" |/ __-__ \ /~ ~~-_ ~~ -~~\ ~\ / | \ , / / \ // _ _---~~~ //-_ \ / (/~~ ) _____/-__ ~-_ _-\ _________ / _-~\\0) ~~~~ ~~-_ \__--~~ `\ ___---~~~ /' /_-~ _-/' )~/ /' (___________/ _-~/' _-~~/ _-~ _ ----- _~-_\\\\ _-~ /' __--~ (_ ______---~~~--_ _-~ ~-_~\\\\ ( ( -_~ ~-_ | ~-_ /~~~~\ \ \~~ ~-_ ~-_ ~\ ~~--__-----_ \ ; / \ ______-----\ ~-__~-~~~~~~--_ ~~--_ \ . | | \((*)~~~~~~~~~~| __--~~ ~-_ ) | | | \ |~|~---------)__--~~ \_____________/ / , \ ~-----~ / /~ ) \ ~-----~ / ~-_ _-~ /_______________________________/ `-_ _-~ ~ ----- ~ ~ ----- ~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20070513/fde581bd/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list