Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

I have seen too many 'soon to be dead' engines from wrecks to really
want one. The thrust bearing on the crank can be mush. You mentioned a
barrier... I would check the end play and drain the oil through a
screen to see.... If you see any shavings, then think that all the rod
journals had that side shear too...

I think the V8 will be too wide, but anything can be made to fit with a
sawsall and a torch.... I would be tempted. ;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> As I mentioned earlier, Grace's WJ was involved in a rollover and it
> looks like it's probably totalled... The engine was still running
> after the rollover and my examination of the vehicle on Sunday made me
> start to wonder if perhaps the engine could be salvaged... So, how
> much trouble would it be to take the V8 engine from a 2001 WJ
> (Limited) and put it in a 1995 XJ? Will it even physically fit?

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

I have seen too many 'soon to be dead' engines from wrecks to really
want one. The thrust bearing on the crank can be mush. You mentioned a
barrier... I would check the end play and drain the oil through a
screen to see.... If you see any shavings, then think that all the rod
journals had that side shear too...

I think the V8 will be too wide, but anything can be made to fit with a
sawsall and a torch.... I would be tempted. ;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> As I mentioned earlier, Grace's WJ was involved in a rollover and it
> looks like it's probably totalled... The engine was still running
> after the rollover and my examination of the vehicle on Sunday made me
> start to wonder if perhaps the engine could be salvaged... So, how
> much trouble would it be to take the V8 engine from a 2001 WJ
> (Limited) and put it in a 1995 XJ? Will it even physically fit?

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

An XJ was built for a V6, so a small V8 would probably fit OK. They did
some coercion to get the I6 in there, initially.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________


Mike Romain wrote:
> I have seen too many 'soon to be dead' engines from wrecks to really
> want one. The thrust bearing on the crank can be mush. You mentioned a
> barrier... I would check the end play and drain the oil through a
> screen to see.... If you see any shavings, then think that all the rod
> journals had that side shear too...
>
> I think the V8 will be too wide, but anything can be made to fit with a
> sawsall and a torch.... I would be tempted. ;-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
>
>>As I mentioned earlier, Grace's WJ was involved in a rollover and it
>>looks like it's probably totalled... The engine was still running
>>after the rollover and my examination of the vehicle on Sunday made me
>>start to wonder if perhaps the engine could be salvaged... So, how
>>much trouble would it be to take the V8 engine from a 2001 WJ
>>(Limited) and put it in a 1995 XJ? Will it even physically fit?

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

An XJ was built for a V6, so a small V8 would probably fit OK. They did
some coercion to get the I6 in there, initially.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________


Mike Romain wrote:
> I have seen too many 'soon to be dead' engines from wrecks to really
> want one. The thrust bearing on the crank can be mush. You mentioned a
> barrier... I would check the end play and drain the oil through a
> screen to see.... If you see any shavings, then think that all the rod
> journals had that side shear too...
>
> I think the V8 will be too wide, but anything can be made to fit with a
> sawsall and a torch.... I would be tempted. ;-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
>
>>As I mentioned earlier, Grace's WJ was involved in a rollover and it
>>looks like it's probably totalled... The engine was still running
>>after the rollover and my examination of the vehicle on Sunday made me
>>start to wonder if perhaps the engine could be salvaged... So, how
>>much trouble would it be to take the V8 engine from a 2001 WJ
>>(Limited) and put it in a 1995 XJ? Will it even physically fit?

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

An XJ was built for a V6, so a small V8 would probably fit OK. They did
some coercion to get the I6 in there, initially.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________


Mike Romain wrote:
> I have seen too many 'soon to be dead' engines from wrecks to really
> want one. The thrust bearing on the crank can be mush. You mentioned a
> barrier... I would check the end play and drain the oil through a
> screen to see.... If you see any shavings, then think that all the rod
> journals had that side shear too...
>
> I think the V8 will be too wide, but anything can be made to fit with a
> sawsall and a torch.... I would be tempted. ;-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>
> Grumman-581 wrote:
>
>>As I mentioned earlier, Grace's WJ was involved in a rollover and it
>>looks like it's probably totalled... The engine was still running
>>after the rollover and my examination of the vehicle on Sunday made me
>>start to wonder if perhaps the engine could be salvaged... So, how
>>much trouble would it be to take the V8 engine from a 2001 WJ
>>(Limited) and put it in a 1995 XJ? Will it even physically fit?

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@cox.net> wrote:
> Any modification must be certified. Just passing the dynamometer
> tests are not enough. Jeff Strickland (Crawler) here, must jump though
> hoops every couple of years with his electronic fuel injected CJ.

Maybe in CA, but I doubt that is the case here in TX... In some of the
major metro areas, they have smog tests, but those are basically
something that they hookup to the exhaust...

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@cox.net> wrote:
> Any modification must be certified. Just passing the dynamometer
> tests are not enough. Jeff Strickland (Crawler) here, must jump though
> hoops every couple of years with his electronic fuel injected CJ.

Maybe in CA, but I doubt that is the case here in TX... In some of the
major metro areas, they have smog tests, but those are basically
something that they hookup to the exhaust...

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@cox.net> wrote:
> Any modification must be certified. Just passing the dynamometer
> tests are not enough. Jeff Strickland (Crawler) here, must jump though
> hoops every couple of years with his electronic fuel injected CJ.

Maybe in CA, but I doubt that is the case here in TX... In some of the
major metro areas, they have smog tests, but those are basically
something that they hookup to the exhaust...

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

It looks like something you have to pass every year:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/Misc/rerf/emis.asp Do you have a test
handy, and can see what they test? Like half the Kalifornia's tread mill
is visual, where they input the size of the engine, I can hear the bells
a whistles alarming if I tried to sneak in my 429"
http://www.----------.com/ford429.jpg What my SMOG test looks like:
http://www.----------.com/smog.jpg expand it so may read the categories.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> Maybe in CA, but I doubt that is the case here in TX... In some of the
> major metro areas, they have smog tests, but those are basically
> something that they hookup to the exhaust...

Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
 

It looks like something you have to pass every year:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/Misc/rerf/emis.asp Do you have a test
handy, and can see what they test? Like half the Kalifornia's tread mill
is visual, where they input the size of the engine, I can hear the bells
a whistles alarming if I tried to sneak in my 429"
http://www.----------.com/ford429.jpg What my SMOG test looks like:
http://www.----------.com/smog.jpg expand it so may read the categories.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> Maybe in CA, but I doubt that is the case here in TX... In some of the
> major metro areas, they have smog tests, but those are basically
> something that they hookup to the exhaust...