No the leaf springs aren't over the axles there are a lot packed in! Off hand i'd have to say at least 9 or 10 packed in. Not sure was
Transmission ,
T-176 i believe. Whatever one came with it that year. Will a
T-5 be a direct swap?
Most jeepers want to get rid of the
T-5 and
T-4 , the
T-176 is a more desirable
Transmission . Why do you want to change..... I will guess..... you want better gas mileage thus the 5th gear.... or you have issues with the 4 speed and waht to change the
Transmission .
I / we can help you get better mileage... usualy about 25-30% depengin on how you are set up now. The Jeep
Transmission are having issues because many of us are doing our part and changing the
Transmission /gear lube......... BUT..... the only gear lube you will find on the auto shelves is GL5 and the Jeeps
Transmission need GL4... its a shame....
I got my
CJ7 4-5 yrs ago and doing my resto and fix work..... I was looking for GL4 and could not find it. I looked at 20 stores and online too. The GL5 is for pumpkins and the GL4 is not approved for pumpkins because they are different. The GL4 is approved for
Transmission work and has less corrosive properties for yellow metals and has different lubrication properties. I put GL5 in my
T-18 and it started to fail..... 1st/2nd and 2nd/3rd stated to fail going in gear from stop and up / down shifts too. I thought my
Transmission was toast and saw a small glimmer of info on GL4 at NAPA .... I put the GL4 in and corrected my issues in days and two years latter you would never know the
Transmission was not perfect. Use the same fluid in
Transmission and transfere. The
Dana 20 Transfere CAse shares fluid with the
Transmission so should be the same. The
Dana 300 transfere case is sealed but no reason not to use the same GL4 and I would recommend it.
Put the correct lube in and see if you like you
T-176 better..
I recommend
Napa has a GL4 but the price has doubled.. $25 for gallon
AMSOIL has a MTF that lists all these Jeep Trimic
Transmission right on the container. Did wonders for my toyota manual. $11/qt
I found the last few days...Bomgaars Farm Stores sell GL4 in two weights and it was $20 for 2 gal so half of napas price.
Valvoline GL5 std Gear Lube passed Amsoil corrosion tests... but it is still GL5 and lubrication properities are different. Many have/do use this but there are better options.
Mobil 1 has a synthetic GL5 that also passed the same corrosion test... but it is still a GL5... and GL4 would be a better choice.
RIDE....
I have 2.5 lift and still springs. It is a CJ but mine is very still tooo and not even sure if my rear spings even move sometimes. Lower your air pressure to 28 front and 26 rear and see if you like that better. Softens ride and still supportive in turns and moving in lane etc. That is what I run. Most running larger tires... 31 or 33 will find this works pretty well. The owners manual suggested lower press than the above.
