OK, subject Jeep is our '94 XJ with six and AW4/NP242. Decided just to put a Jasper reman in it instead of fooling with rebuilding myself, I think it's less hassle for us in the long run. Said engine for swap is sitting on a pallette in the garage, and I'll probably start this weekend. With the holiday, I'll have a week or so to do this, and I can swap mounts and other stuff while I'm in there. Sure beats trying to rush...
Looking at the FSM swap procedure, they claim that it should have the A/C evacuated and the condenser removed. I really don't want to do that if I can help it; obviously the radiator will come out, and I'll pull the other accessories before the swap. It doesn't imply that the grille/nosepiece needs to come off (if one was to take the engine/tranny out together, I'm sure that would be different; the transmission is fine, so I planned on just pulling the motor).
From casual obervation, it looks like I should be able to set the compressor aside without opening any lines, and I can't imagine that the condenser would be in the way. So it has me asking: Is this just a butt-covering step in the FSM, or is there really going to be an interference problem that I can't forsee?
The A/C works great and I don't want to mess with a good thing. If it really does need to be purged, I need to take it to an A/C shop with recovery equipment first.
Anybody tried this? Thanks...
Looking at the FSM swap procedure, they claim that it should have the A/C evacuated and the condenser removed. I really don't want to do that if I can help it; obviously the radiator will come out, and I'll pull the other accessories before the swap. It doesn't imply that the grille/nosepiece needs to come off (if one was to take the engine/tranny out together, I'm sure that would be different; the transmission is fine, so I planned on just pulling the motor).
From casual obervation, it looks like I should be able to set the compressor aside without opening any lines, and I can't imagine that the condenser would be in the way. So it has me asking: Is this just a butt-covering step in the FSM, or is there really going to be an interference problem that I can't forsee?
The A/C works great and I don't want to mess with a good thing. If it really does need to be purged, I need to take it to an A/C shop with recovery equipment first.
Anybody tried this? Thanks...