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one was a round-eye about a year ago with 135,000, and my son's '95 square-eye let go of fifth last week at 91,000.
cheaha: didn't something like that happen to your jeep? i need renewed advice ...
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I'm close to 100k on my 99 and so far so good. I won't have it much longer. MPG, even with the 4 cylinder, isn't very acceptable.
"The peasants may be conned by every pitchman that introduces a new super magnum, but the members of the cognoscenti stick with classic calibers." Jack O'Conner
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we're probably gonna swap in a gm v-6 and auto tranny. adapter rig is supposed to be inexpensive and relatively easy to do. better mileage, more power, much sturdier. rock crawlers use autos. we might as well try - although it doesn't seem natural ...
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Yeah, lost 5th gear, had it rebuilt,lasted 6 months,lost 5th gear again,had it rebuilt again gratis, lasted 3 months,lost 5th gear. Gave it to my son-in-law....
James
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandments of men. Mt 15:9
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abiding in Him,
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Makes me feel lucky to only have a 4 speed in my CJ-7, no chance of blowing 5th out of my NP435 4 speed. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Any idea why these trannies lost 5th? Guessing lack of oil or wrong kind of oil. I know that many of the lite duty modern 5 speeds use ATF rather than gear oil. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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I think that tranny NP435 came out in 1956,I know I had one in my '74 Dodge,and it had been around for a very long time then.As for the Wrangler POS tranny,it's from Peugoet(sp),the later Japanese 5-speed is a good one.I have almost 400,000KM on mine.
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