WJ to XJ Engine Swap
#21
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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
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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?
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?
#22
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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?
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?
#23
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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?
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?
#24
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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?
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?
#25
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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?
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?
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Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@***.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...
<----------@***.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...
#27
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Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@***.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...
<----------@***.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...
#28
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Re: WJ to XJ Engine Swap
On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:27:34 -0700, "L.W.(Bill) ------ III"
<----------@***.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...
<----------@***.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...
#29
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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
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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...
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...
#30
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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...
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...