Rjcinelli

Well, got caught up with the swap and forgot about the build thread I had here, been posting to a local jeep page. I finished the swap and lift back the first month of August, and have been wheeling the Comanche a few times, didn't have too many issues with the swap it was pretty straight forward. First I swapped in the new front axle from a 97 TJ with 4.10s and installed the lift kit while I was at it. 6.5" lift springs, Bilstein 5100 shocks, RE CAD brackets, adjustable front track bar, stupidly I also installed a drop pitman arm which screwed up my steering angle so I still need to put the stock pitman arm back in but I'll get to that, next was the rear end, I got a rear axle from a YJ with 4.11 gearing, did the spring over axle lift, I have Bilstein 5100 rear shocks waiting to go in, but for now running stock rear shocks, I moved the rear shock mounts to on top of the axle so they are out of the way of the rocks when wheeling. Had a rear driveshaft made up because the stock 2wd one is way too long. tranny and tcase came from a 2000 XJ, 5 speed with a np231 tcase. Put some 33x12.5 BFG mud terrains on. First run offroad I damaged my front fenders because I had not trimmed or setup bumpstops so I cut the front fenders, still need to sand and paint so it doesn't rust, I want to try and mount the stock front flares on, if anyone has ideas of how to remount them I'm all ears! Made a front bumper from some Square stock I picked up. Unfortunately my motor blew this morning, I'm on a tight budget as I'm in college and can't afford to go 4.0 or v8 swap so I'm picking up another 2.5l I can't find a TBI one anywhere so I'm going to be swapping the MPI motor I'm getting over to TBI, I have an idea of what needs to be swapped to make it work but not sure if I'm thinking of everything. So far what I've gathered from various searching is that I need to swap over.. the intake, distributor, alternator and pulleys/ V belt (Z belt)? I forget what it is called, MPI has serpentine belt. Is there anything I'm forgetting? *Who can tell me how to post pictures so this build thread isn't so boring?*

Trans and tcase came from a 2.5 5 speed (same as mine) just wondering if there are any issues with my Comanche clutch bolting up, I thought I heard they were different? And some wiring things, but that may just be for the aw4, I've read too much I'm getting confused

Hey guys I picked up an 89 Comanche absolutely rust free, 2.5l 5 speed about a month or so ago. I have plans to swap it to 4wd and lift it at the same time, going for a 6" lift all around and 33's. I have all my parts for the lift (going soa in the rear and 6" springs up front with CAD brackets. I got a 5speed transmission and transfer case from a wrecked 2000 XJ, can anybody shed some light on what issues I may run into with this swap? I know I will probably have to shorten my drive shaft, but may not have to due to the lift? And I believe I read something about a CPU not fitting correctly because of a different bolt pattern, although I'm not quite sure what the CPU is. Any help info is greatly appreciated, I'm starting the swap today. I've researched quite a bit but haven't found anything specific to what issues I may have with the 2000 trans and tcase. Thanks guys, no pics yet as this is my first post and I don't have enough post count yet.