Overland
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Chihuahuan Desert
I have a very straight 96 two door with a 3" lift... and 225/75/15s. It looks sharp on 17" ATs, but the 2.5 can hardly push them. I'd like to swap the 2.5/AX5/231 for a 4.0/AW4/242.
I have a YJ that needs an AX5, figured I'd just swap the whole mess as a complete assembly into it. This saves me from putting a perfectly good running engine on the ground to ruin. It also provides a home for the old harness, and to ditch the TBI in favor of Chrysler MPI, but that's another topic in itself.
I have an 86 two door with a 4.0/AW4/231 in place of a 2.8/AX5/207. It can't be as much work as that was. The firewall and core support are the same for the most part in later models. What I'd like to do is leave the dash harness alone. I know the engine harness will have to change, as well as the computer, and it'll need accommodation for the TCM too. I'd be pretty happy if I could just replace everything forward of the bulkhead connector and run the existing fuse panel without having to splice anything. I'd be really happy if it looks like it came that way from the factory.
I know a 96 donor would be ideal, even (or especially) a two wheel drive, but would any OBDII donor work just as well? I find donors all the time, but looking specifically for a worthless 96 two wheeler is taking longer than anticipated.
I have a YJ that needs an AX5, figured I'd just swap the whole mess as a complete assembly into it. This saves me from putting a perfectly good running engine on the ground to ruin. It also provides a home for the old harness, and to ditch the TBI in favor of Chrysler MPI, but that's another topic in itself.
I have an 86 two door with a 4.0/AW4/231 in place of a 2.8/AX5/207. It can't be as much work as that was. The firewall and core support are the same for the most part in later models. What I'd like to do is leave the dash harness alone. I know the engine harness will have to change, as well as the computer, and it'll need accommodation for the TCM too. I'd be pretty happy if I could just replace everything forward of the bulkhead connector and run the existing fuse panel without having to splice anything. I'd be really happy if it looks like it came that way from the factory.
I know a 96 donor would be ideal, even (or especially) a two wheel drive, but would any OBDII donor work just as well? I find donors all the time, but looking specifically for a worthless 96 two wheeler is taking longer than anticipated.