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Did the clutch and slave and master work? If all that's completely toast is the pilot bushing, have them put that in. Like you said, you want an ax5 anyways. Fix the pilot, and drive the trans into the ground.

Beyond that, it would make maintenance a pain if you tried to sell it to someone who just wants a driver. they wouldn't know what to do.

True. The problem with building them to sell with v8s is it's not stock, which takes it's appeal down to specific groups.

Thanks. I will definitely post a build thread of it up somewhere

So, This has been done, with no build threads or real tech. I'm having issues coming up with enough 3.7's to fix up the liberties that I'm selling. I'm keeping one, for myself, and will be towing with it. The 3.7 is the same block (more or less) as a 4.7, less cylinders 2 and 3. This means that Cylinders 1 and 4 become 1 and 2, if you're speaking theoretical nonsense. Basically, it bolts in. The 3.7 motor mounts bolt directly onto it, And my 02 45RFE trans is strong enough (if you could say that about a crapco trans) and bolts right up to it. The full core radiator with one electric pusher and one electric puller should be enough to cool it The exhaust manifolds can be swapped between certain ones to make it work/bolt-in, or I can make my own. I've got an 01 dodge durango or dakota 4.7L here. It's got a 16 tooth reluctor/tone ring (this acts as though it's the flywheel in our older beloved 4.0's, and gives the CPS the proper readings to run), same as my 02 3.7. Likewise the cam sensor is the same. I've gotten pinouts for the engine wiring to compare between the two ECU's. Basically, in order to "convert" it, I need to do a few things with the existing harness, but don't need to swap it altogether. I need to move the injector and coil plugs for the v6's cylinder "2" to the v8's "cylinder 2", and cylinder "3" on the v6 to cylinder "3" on the v8. Then add in two cylinders worth of wiring in the appropriate spots on the ECM connectors. There are a few other things to do, but aside from that, it's pretty straight forward electronically. What I'm going to have issues with is the ECM itself. It will communicate with everything just fine...except that the security key code stored in it is incorrect for my vehicle, the mileage is innacurate for my vehicle, and the vin doesn't match my vehicle's computers. All of that will be an issue, so it's going to have to get re-flashed. Has anyone got experience with having custom computer flashing for swaps done? And whether or not I can do it as needed?

Thanks Jake!

Anyone game for this? Figured there is some new blood around, we haven't gotten together in awhile, we all like girls in short skirts, and we all like crawling over cars/jeeps in junkyards. -Pat

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Not really. It would be a mini van mall crawler with poor handling

with all due respect, @#$% that idea. the @#$% i'm going to waste time putting a solid axle in one of these.

well, we could both have it worse. Today I just got the trans off the bad block, and slid it back under the jeep, put the motor on a stand, and slid the kmember and suspension back under the jeep. I had to remove the trans without the torque converter as the motor wouldn't turn far enough to get even 2 converter bolts out. I was able to get them out after the fact, and put the torque converter back in the trans. I had to drain the trans, first. here's the hole in the pan from the rod. up on the stand Everything kicked back under and out of the way. Now I'm done on the orange one for awhile. I won't be posting updates on it for a few weeks, but you will all like what I have in store. Let's just say it will have a build thread all of it's own. Back to the black one for now.

Got some more work done now. Pulled the orange KJ in as I needed the heads off of it. Got to looking, there is a rod through the oil pan on it. Removed everything, popped the valve covers, the cam bearing caps are new, the heads have been beaten up. looks as though it's had the same issue as the motor in the black one, and they fixed it without dropping the pan to clear out debris...I believe that it has to have sucked up some of whatever was left of the old cam bearing caps. I'll get this engine in a stand tomorrow, parts all out of the way. I'm going to locate and buy a good head, get the motor that's already apart fixed, get the black one back together.

Today's progress: Finished working on my other brother's 2002 Subaru WRX. Suspension check, new 02 sensor, aftermarket remote start/security system removal. Then went on to tear this thing apart. Removed Engine, Trans, Kmember, front suspension, Engine bay wiring, radiator. Then We; Removed engine/trans harness from the whole assembly Removed starter Removed mechanical fan hub split the trans from the engine, and drained it. Removed flex plate Removed intake manifold and fuel rail Removed other valve cover Put engine on stand threw front suspension and Kmember in scrap pile Removed timing cover Removed timing set Removed heads Removed Oil pan Removed pan gasket Removed oil pickup Removed oil pump Laid everything out how it came out. Tomorrow will be the day to finish teardown, organize parts, clean parts, order new parts. Then We will pull the Orange liberty in to get it's motor out. If the heads are good on it, I will need them for this motor. Pics. That's all for today.

lol. There are 3 KJ's here. My bro's/dad's, my orange one, and the black one. sold the blue one and finished stripping both green ones.

aaand one more. 02 Limited 3.7l auto 2x4 power windows power locks power heated mirrors power heated leather seats factory tow package power sunroof evic/otis cruise control radio controls texas jeep. Motor troubles (of course), but very fixable. From what I can tell, more than one rocker skipped at once, and they got wedged between the cam and head, pushing out on the cam and breaking two bridges (If that's what they're called) and wrecking the bearing surface of the cam. Still runs...turned it over with fuel pump relay out, fired right up. I shut it down immediately of course. Plans; convert to 4x4 clean in and out, with some paint work to fix scratches fix engine new tires and brakes sell.

I wondered when you'd finally get to posting more here. Nice MJS!

Some more pics of it. I'm picking up another one to sell today, so this one will be on the back burner while I fix the other one. Also have a subaru WRX to remove the aftermarket alarm in and replace all suspension bushings so a buddy can sell it, and an xj to lift and do some other work to (remove abs, etc.). So this one will be a couple weeks off from starting.

LOL, "familiar" might be an understatement. But I have got to have a professional looking vehicle. My xj is reliable with tons of new parts, great tires, awesome condition. But it needs outward work. The KJ, even with the flaws of a 3.7, will be reliable and issue free for me. I'm excited for it, it's the exact color combo I want, and a rare one. All the options I want, too.

So this is the replacement for my 99 XJ that is selling tomorrow afternoon. I'll follow up with more pics tomorrow. Details 02 Limited 3.7l/auto with NV242. 120k miles 4x4 sun roof (power) Evic/Otis charcoal/tan interior heated power leather seats cruise control power windows power locks power defrost mirrors rear defrost rear wiper a/c keyless entry Motor is seized up tight. oil in coolant, coolant in oil.

thanks man. you'll get to check them all out in the next couple of days!

no problem! Went and looked at another one the other day. too many variables and issues with trustworthiness of owners and condition of title. motor and trans are locked up. Have a guy who rear ended someone who needed some front end parts and subframe parts. Out comes the trusty miller spectrum 625 plasma cutter! front brake line assembly and wire harness shroud entire front subframe side to side crap pic, but the frame only has a few spots where it's 2 layers thick. easy to cut That's all I've really done lately, aside from clean shop and tending to my business. Will finish stripping this one this weekend.

Your dad needs to be fired. How does this appeal to a wider market? It's sooo ugly, that they HAD to put the name of the known reliable, legendary for it's sales and length of production, Cherokee. That is the only thing that will sell it. If they started making xj's again, they would have higher sales than they've had in 10 years. Your dad, if it's true he worked on it, has a depreciable lack of respect for Jeep, and obviously has no talent. And to the Mods, I will not aplogize for saying this.

I don't even recall what my 2.8 looked like. dumped that for the 3800 a.s.a.p.

Just an update on the blue one. Sold for $5200 I've finished building the 02 limited that I've been working on. It's a texas jeep, so damn near no rust. Was a 2x4, had a bad motor and the po sold the motor and trans. I have fully converted it to 4x4, everything works proper, even the indicator light. It has an nv231 as I did not have a 242 to put in it. 140k miles on the body. The motor, trans, tcase, front diff, front suspension, front k-member, rack and pinion all came out of a renegade with 111k miles on it. Runs beautiful. Drives great. has 4 brand new Nokian Vativa 235/70R16's on it on stock alloys, and the spare is same with about 70% tread left. brakes are damn near new, and have been completely gone through and checked. Fresh oil change and other fluid maintenance done, as well as tune-up with new plugs and air filter. New Serpentine belt, tensioner, idler pullies rebuilt rear driveshaft New factory upper a-arms 3.73 gears all around. For options, it has; Power windows Power locks Power heated mirrors Rear defrost Rear wiper Cruise control A/C Tilt Column Sunroof/moon roof (factory, pop-up and power slide) Leather/heated, though I believe the heating elements are bad. Leather is worn, but still pretty nice considering the mileage and age Overhead console Factory CD/Tape deck works great, all surround sound works great Steering wheel Radio controls Cargo area retractable cover Factory Fog lights Factory Alloy wheels Full Renegade skid plate package (front, Transfercase, gas tank) Class 3 rear hitch with factory tow package (7 pin trailer connector) Factory front tow hook brackets with aftermarket full stainless hooks and retainers The paint has some scuffing and blemishes. The fuel door doesn't match the vehicle (darker blue) but I have ordered the paint and another fuel door to paint and install once it dries. This thing is a very nice ride. I took it out for a 70 mile trip today to give her a shakedown run, without issues. . Pics

wtf is in it for a motor? look how the downpipe comes down under the pan, and look how big that starter is! that is just plain wierd