The third rear main seal seems to have slowed the leak down to what the original seal's leak was... great. Going to dump some seal sweller juice in and call that done for now. Thinking it's going to take some machine work to 100% solve this. Get around to that when I drop in a 440 source stroker kit further down the road.
Got to install the sniper kit when I get a free weekend later this month. Trim and install the new motobilt trans tunnel cover (factory one has been hacked but is still in and covering most of the holes). New speedo gear for better calibration with the 40's and it's hopefully good for this phase.
Next phase is the ecobox and 205 project. Even with the xj leaf stretch and rear shackles hanging off the rear bumper I don't know that the rear drive shaft can handle the extra drivetrain length. Is it 4 link time? Pretty satisfied with the leaf spring ride and flex, never been in a full linked coilover rig, is it light years ahead? I suspect it would float like a sxs right? But can you daily drive a coil overed rig on the hwy at 75mph with 40's? Would I need sway bars? Lots of questions...
Y'all master fab money bags need to educate me on the realities of daily driver + cripple Creek conquering, boat hauling, muscle car era powered, CJ7 possibilities. Should I just keep if leaf sprung and figure out the rear shaft length with the ecobox and keep sending it or is 4 link and coils the legit next step? If so is it simply 4 link fab, oris or ??? air bumps and sway bars? What am I missing?