Pete M Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 So I find out that my Uncle has finally given up all hope of fixing his early 90s S-10. It took a mild sideways hit to the front corner, just enough to destroy the suspension on that side and tweak the frame. He asked me if I could part it out for him. Apparently 2wd + 100k miles = not a whole lot. My research has shown that whole trucks that *haven't* been hit but otherwise don't run right for some reason or another go for $300 or less, high mileage engines don't exceed $200. I haven't seen the truck for a couple years now so I don't remember exactly what condition everything is in, so I gotta go check it out and help my cousin revive the poor thing before I make any final decisions. But if everything checks out, I think I can convince my dad to buy it so I can put the driveline in my 86 MJ (technically speaking it's *his* MJ since he bought it off me so I had a down payment for the Dakota). The swap won't happen till after the Dakota is sold and that 351M is sold and the 88 MJ is fixed again, but someday. The 86 is a 4x4, but that particular feature hasn't been used since I bought it 5 years ago (3 years ago I stole the shifter from it for use in the 88). The 180k+ mile 2.8L is most definitely on it's last legs and I was thinking of a 3.4L until this came up. The 86 is missing the dash, the wire harness was removed by the previous owner because of a wire fire, and overall there's barely anything I need to remove to make way for the 4.3L stuff. And I'm talking about swapping in ALL of the stuff. Dash included if I can. That should make my life easier since I don't have to splice two harnesses together or two drivetrains together. So far I've determined that I'll need to solve these issues: -Radiator. The old one is, well, old. I'll be trying a new stock Jeep one before I try a custom one. -Motor mounts. Advance adapters wants $170 for theirs. =:-o I don't think so. I'll be attempting to fab my own before I fork over that much loot. -tranny mount and crossmember. Shouldn't be too hard to fab something up. -exhaust manifold. AA says to use 78 MonteCarlo parts but I've read that an Astro manifold works too. -rear drive shaft. As long as a 4x4/longbed rear shaft is, taking the t-case out of the picture means I need an even loooonger one. -Wiring. I'm hoping to use the steering column and dash from the s-10 because I think fabbing it into the truck would be easier than splicing all those wires. Of course, the fact that I don't have any wires to splice *in* to makes the decision easier. Hmmm, anything else? Basically at this stage I'm looking for the questions that I should be asking, so if you can think of them, let me have 'em. Anyone know of a good writeup for swapping a 4.3 into the MJ/XJ? Jeep on! --Pete P.S. I love this stage of a project! Where absolutely *anything* is possible 'cause not a cent has gone into it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheon33 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 there are a couple posts on this on naxja. I know for it has been done. Might wanna check that out. Swapping steering coulmns shouldnt be a big because jeep used GM coulmns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 I found the one I bet you're thinking of just a few minutes ago. Dropping that engine into a 4wd truck sounds pretty expensive. I'm betting I can do this pretty darn cheap since it'll just be 2wd and I don't really care what the end result looks like. There's a ton of time between now and when I finally have time to do it so there's a chance I may find another decent bodied MJ to do this to. All I need is a reasonably rust free MJ with like a blown engine or something for dirt cheap. Oh, and near enough that I can go fetch it. :D Jeep on! --Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekaz1 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 raising the dead! anything ever turn out about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 nope. never got my hands on the chevy. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I've got a 99 blazer 4.3/4x4 with 80k on it , it was a roll over and It was given to me and I need it gone for room purposes . Come take it off my hands !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 I no longer have the MJ it was going into either. :( (nor the room to store it, the time to build it, or the cash to transport it, etc, etc) :( :( :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 On 9/28/2015 at 9:17 PM, Pete M said: I no longer have the MJ it was going into either. :( (nor the room to store it, the time to build it, or the cash to transport it, etc, etc) :( :( :( Rodger that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsmith Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 On 9/28/2015 at 9:17 PM, Pete M said: I no longer have the MJ it was going into either. :( (nor the room to store it, the time to build it, or the cash to transport it, etc, etc) :( :( :( That sounds like a country music song. At least your dog didn't die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Wow I didn't realize this was a 10 YEAR old thread , my apologies . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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