Killing an AW4..

[92xjlaredo]

anyone ever kill one? i have a spare in my other now retired XJ worked fine etc and all that shit, but i wanna just get rid of the damn thing dont feel like pulling it out in all honesty but has anyone ever needed to replace their AW4...ive had them for years now with not a single problem from any of them. wondering if its worth the extra work just to get that out of there. all thats left of the XJ is just a shell. anyone have opinions?

[ct67_72]

I think in the years of running a transmission shop I repaired/rebuilt 2. Neither were actually in a jeep. They were in toyotas, but same thing.

[Bigbike]

Id pull it but I like spares.

[92xjlaredo]

well weve had like 5 or six XJs over the years...every one of them had more than 150k miles on them and if you tallied them all up it came to over a million miles, i worry more about blowing up my 4.0 than i do the AW4...i just dont know if i feel like ripping that transmission out of the other one. sway me one way or another lol.

[92xjlaredo]

Id pull it but I like spares.

point taken, i already have the transfer case out of it as a spare...

[Bigbike]

Its only a few more bolts.

[92xjlaredo]

but its snowing tomorrow and my vagina hurts. i dunno i guess ill call the guy who is coming to get it and see how much money i lose with it just shell and engine.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

Its only a few more bolts.

False, but thanks.

Ian I killed one but it took a rock through the tranny pan to do it.

[crosbike]

yes.

[Burton58]

I just replaced a killed one but it may have just been the torque converter. I never bothered to find out

[92xjlaredo]

alright....looks like ill just pull it. for once i think Caleb is right :P

[Harry]

So this is what color ATF is supposed to be, right?

My trans temp gauge was pegged in the red (250+) for 3 days of wheeling when I did this. Flushed it and it's been good since, never slips and shifts great. That was last spring/summer. Tranny has about 189k on it.

[hippie metal]

False, but thanks.

what the fuck are you talking about? 5 mire hold the tranny to motor, 2 for starter, maybe 4 more if xmember is back in...thats a few bolts

[92xjlaredo]

Cross member transfer case starter etc all out already.

[customcreationsllc]

yes I think it was the TQ but just swapped it for a used one it had 220K

I talked to tranny shops AW4 are good units