Bad, bad FLYJ

[JennyStar]

So, the beast has undergone a major facelift.  

First off, Clutch or Tranny??? Tranny!  yeah   :evil:

The seal between the tranny and transfer case went and on my drive to Calgary from Vancouver,  I cooked the whole thing.  Topped up the fluids too late.  It was so bad that I should have been topping it up every stop,  running so hot.    The drive up for thanksgiving was just the clincher.

So, I am the proud new owner of a rebuilt tranny, again. Absolutely everything inside that b&*#$ was changed. New seals, new bearings, two new shafts, etc.  The input shaft and chain in the transfer case have been replaced.  The chain was a bit loose so I just told him to do whatever had to be done while he was in there.  I'm so fumed it had to happen so far away from home 'cause it would have been so great to get in there and learn some things.  

Then, Wayne robbed the FLYJ of it's entertainment factor!  God bless him.  He went to town on ol Betsy.  Fixed all the signal lights, the door locks (welded the piece together), headlights, brake lights, door handles inside and out, the WORKS!! Ya in case you didn't know, nothing worked, nothing locked, nothing opened from the inside blah blah it's a jeep thing.  I had to say no more for now due to the shrinkage of the pocket book.  But he's going to look into the lack of functional gauges as well.  I don't care about the gas gauge, keeps me in the know, but the temp gauge woud be nice to have back.  It's all electrical and leaves me totally boggled.

Final Cost... ... ( i've got a large large angel on my shoulder and a horse shoe in my ars)



$1350.


My ticket to Peru!!  yeah  :evil:

I get it back Saturday.

Bag it on Sunday.

[midnightcowboy]

electrical is simple. most likely the printed circuit "board" behind the gauge cluster......flaky and mine failed too.

[DGenR8]

I agree w/ Cowboy, that circuit board is crap. I removed mine and hardwired it, took some time and patience but it will probably never break again.

[JennyStar]

hmph  interesting.  I just want my temp gauge i don't care about the rest. oh well we'll see how she goes

[Elsifer]

Yeah, its prolly the printed circuit board behind the gauges. With that plastic template that the bulbs sorta screw into and the contacts rest on the plastic sheet with the paths embedded in it. Spend a day, with some wires and a soldering gun, and make your own hookups and ditch that plastic sheet.

Or maybe buy a few beers for some of the elec-chickens on the forum, I'm sure they'll do it. (make sure you give them the beer after they finish the wiring/soldering!)

Sorry to hear about your tranny/tcase. My '89 YJ welded its tranny gears together. That cheap Peugot tranny! I shake my fist at thee! I know you feel, mine cooked coming up the last big hill westbound into Golden, on my way out houseboating. What a bummer that was.

[JennyStar]

Yeah, its prolly the printed circuit board behind the gauges. With that plastic template that the bulbs sorta screw into and the contacts rest on the plastic sheet with the paths embedded in it. Spend a day, with some wires and a soldering gun, and make your own hookups and ditch that plastic sheet.

Or maybe buy a few beers for some of the elec-chickens on the forum, I'm sure they'll do it. (make sure you give them the beer after they finish the wiring/soldering!)

Sorry to hear about your tranny/tcase. My '89 YJ welded its tranny gears together. That cheap Peugot tranny! I shake my fist at thee! I know you feel, mine cooked coming up the last big hill westbound into Golden, on my way out houseboating. What a bummer that was.

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The gas gauge could be the sending unit.

The temp gauge went after a large rock wall continued to say no to me and I just kept at it.  It was like the jarring or whatever shorted it out.  It very rarely works properly.  Other times it goes to the beat of the music or the rev of the engine.

[FiEND]

my 4wd lights aren't working.  i also bought some electrical stuffs i wanna put in (ie overhead light), as well as rewire a few things (CB, locker rockers) at the same time.  but it's tooooo darn cold!

very least i have to do is put my CB back in tomorrow during the last warm spell of the week.

[JennyStar]

ya i gotta get my cb hooked up to.

need to replace the mic and have to ge the mounting bracket for the antenna.  

oh no,   did I bring all the cables???  oh oh.  Damn I hate moving.