ScottLehew

I’m in Eastern NC

Thank you sir, I was pretty surprised at the condition it was in when I picked it up. Almost looked as if it had set in the garage for 20 years. No rust, good paint and all new/refurbished interior.140k miles on the original Renix

Hello all, I’m new to the forum and while I’ve had a couple XJ’s I recently purchased an 88 long bed MJ long bed automatic. I am in the process of converting to 4x4 right now, but am looking to go Diesel aswel. I currently daily drive a 2000 vw TDI, that is a potential donor vehicle for the swap, but also have a lead on a Mercedes 300 with the OM617 TD motor for very cheap. I’ve looked around for some write ups if people who have done swaps, and it seems that there is a lot more people doing OM617’s than VW TDI’s but I haven’t been able to find anyone whose kept the automatic. My question is would it be worth keeping the aitomatic, and is it do able? And what would be the more preferred/economical swap? Should I just grab an AX-15 while I’m at it? I’d really like to keep it automatic, and I’m not looking for a rock crawler, just more somthing reliable to travel between camps sights and down light trails that is efficient, while potentially town a small trailer with my four wheeler or pop up. Thank you for any input or guidance yall might have, I really appreciate it. Here’s a few pictures of my new to me MJ