Transfer Case woes.
Man. When we were driving home from Colorado last year I thought I detected a viscous coupling issue. Turns out I was right. However, I didn't know what I was in for when I decided to replace the 249 with a 242. Here they are side by side:
The only issues I had was getting to new case back in. I had some help holding it up, but we couldn't seem to fit it back in. The splines were aligned as well as the bolt holes, but the bearing retainer was not sliding in. Good thing it didn't fit. I realized that I had put a seal in backwards. Oops. After taking it the seal out and re installing it I tried it the next day. Along with some help we were able to use the bolts to pull it in. At this point I have a little bit of tranny fluid leaking, but I'm not sure how much and if the new rear output seal was damaged in the install.
After that I had to get the front drive shaft shortened. I dropped it off and thankfully called them before picking it up the next day. The driveline guy said he had no knowledge of my shaft being dropped off. Turns out the front counter guy had placed it on the guy's desk after hours and that is where the driveline guy stores the old one to recycle....Really?? Anyways, they banged it out pretty quickly and had it done before I got there. The paint was still tacky to the touch!
I prefer the internal lip yoke of the 249. I wonder if the housing would attach to the 242?
After getting everything put together I tested all the options on the t case and it is good to go. It is louder than the 249, which to me is strange. However, I have asked around and it seems to be the consensus that the noise is normal.
I wanted to buy an oem visor sticker / decal for the np242 Selec-Trac transfer case options so that my wife would know which one to use at what time. Instead, I used excel and made my own. I then printed and laminated it, then attached it to the pass side visor. Anyone can have
View attachment NP242 Selec-Trac Visor Sticker.xls if they want it.
I then took the zjeep to Cottman's transmission because it looked like the motor mounts installed last year had broken. They said the rubber ripping from the main support portion was normal. They also said the rpm drop that I have been experiencing was the torque converter stalling. HOwever, they made it seem like it was ok. I'm not sold on that yet. While I was out I dropped by Budget Muffler because my sister had decided to take the jeep out on the farm and broke something in the muffler. Apparently I had a 2 year warranty so, voila! Shiny new muffler.
I have some stuff on order that I will be adding soon.