Jomanche88

Nice job I'll be doing this soon!

Alrighty. Does that mean I wouldn't be able to use the dash/gauges out of the 2001 if I decided to make the conversion?

I wouldnt doubt it :P Haha well its a good thing I got it for the axles, lift, and undercarriage. What do you guys think get a new block or give the 89 4.0 some love and drop it in there?

Well I've picked up a 2001 XJ 4.0 with a blown head gasket. But it has a nice interior, ford 88 rear end, fresh rebuilt stock up front, on top of a six inch lift. So my plans are to take the undercarriage/interior out of this one. What would you guys advise; repairing this newer motor/auto tranny setup and swapping that or use the running 4.0 in my 1989 XJ with the 5speed which hates gears 3 & 4.. And beyond that, where should I start? I'm literally going to strip everything I can down on the Comanche to get rid of any cancer I can of course but where should I start after that? Motor/tranny swap or axles/lift? Just trying to save myself some time :) Thank you for your time!

As stated above I got an 88 comanche 2wd 2.5 4cyl with just about no rust on it.. I alaska no less. I bought the cherokee because I want to take the 4wd/ax15/6cyl and drop it into the comanche. I'm sure it's been done numerous times just looking for tips/ideas/links/guides anything you can offer really :)