woodkrawler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
So it's been a loooonnnggg time since I've posted on . Some of you may have remembered my previous XJs. The last one was a 2 door, black 99', 35s, etc... After stepping away from Jeeps for 2 years and having Land Rover's and Yota's I'm about to come back full force. If all goes to plan I should be picking up 90' MJ Eliminator tonight :roll:. Needless to say, I'm stoked!
The truck is bone stock, unmolested. Straight body, no rust, Renix 4.0L, AW4, NP231, HP30, D35, 190K. Eliminator interior = bucket seats, center console, floor shifter, full guage set.
I'm putting together preliminary plans now for a build. I need to brainstorm some ideas by you guys regarding the engine/tranny before any final decisons are made.
I have a access to a complete running 98 ZJ 5.9L that was wrecked in the front that I can buy for ~$700. I'm confident I could sell the body parts and interior pieces off to possibly break even.
My questions are how feasable would it be to swap the 5.9/46re from the ZJ to the MJ. I realize motor mounts would need to be made, but my main concern is the electrical. Since I have the complete jeep can I reuse the complete wiring harness from the ZJ or should I contact a company like Painless? The last thing I want to do is get the engine/tranny swaped and not be able to get it to run properly. If I'm correct the guages wouldn't work from the MJ with the ZJ engine? If not, I was thinking of running an autometer set up in place of the stock guage cluster. Is this possible?
Also, I'm 99.9% sure a 231 will mount to the 46re with an different input shaft?
Thanks for any help!
The truck is bone stock, unmolested. Straight body, no rust, Renix 4.0L, AW4, NP231, HP30, D35, 190K. Eliminator interior = bucket seats, center console, floor shifter, full guage set.
I'm putting together preliminary plans now for a build. I need to brainstorm some ideas by you guys regarding the engine/tranny before any final decisons are made.
I have a access to a complete running 98 ZJ 5.9L that was wrecked in the front that I can buy for ~$700. I'm confident I could sell the body parts and interior pieces off to possibly break even.
My questions are how feasable would it be to swap the 5.9/46re from the ZJ to the MJ. I realize motor mounts would need to be made, but my main concern is the electrical. Since I have the complete jeep can I reuse the complete wiring harness from the ZJ or should I contact a company like Painless? The last thing I want to do is get the engine/tranny swaped and not be able to get it to run properly. If I'm correct the guages wouldn't work from the MJ with the ZJ engine? If not, I was thinking of running an autometer set up in place of the stock guage cluster. Is this possible?
Also, I'm 99.9% sure a 231 will mount to the 46re with an different input shaft?
Thanks for any help!