[DadofThree]

Crap. This is the Jeep that keeps on giving....

Yes, the manifold bolt is broken, but it seemed that the Jeep was making A LOT more noise than from just the engine bay. So I crawled around and found that the exhaust pipe was connected to the Cat Convert with HANGER WIRE. One bolt was missing, and the only two that were in there were loose.

SO....I dropped the skid plate to get to the exhaust, and found out (THE HARD WAY) that the skid plate was THE ONLY THING supporting both the Transmission and the Exhaust!!

I was lucky that I had some Jack Stands handy. There is NO transmission mount cross bar under this Jeep. And the Exhaust hangers have dry rotted to broken.

So Now, I need to get a Cross Brace and I'm asking for Advice:

My plan is to Mount the brace (if there are actual mounting locations) and that will show me where my transmission is suppose to rest.

I need some expert knowledge about any FLAGS that I may have coming up that I don't know about. And some Knowledge of what steps you would take to put this back in right.

HELP!

Thank you,
Dave

I took the drive shaft out until transmission is put back in the right location.

The jack is on the dolly for additional height to the Jack. I've got Jack Stands supporting the transmission and exhaust right now.

 

[DadofThree]

CRAP again....

Just found out that it WAS the transmission support. NEWBIE FAIL! Both Relieved & Embarrassed!

So What Methods do you all do to get this back in?

Thanks again,
Dave

 

[DadofThree]

Thank you for the replies.

The skid plate / transmissions support is back on, and everything is in place. I put a gasket and new fasteners where the exhaust was not fastened correctly. I purchased a muffler rubber hanger so that the exhaust is supported properly.

Drove her yesterday and she does sound quieter, but now it's time to move on to the manifold replacement and donut gasket.

There are plenty of other issues, but I'll write those up in different posts.

Thanks again for the help. Dave