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would a ZJ grand cherokee be a good donor


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I'm sure some of the needed interior pieces like the center console and possibly the tcase shift linkage will be different.

 

It would be much easier to buy a dirt cheap Cherokee to use for the swap. You can find them pretty often for a few hundred bucks for one with accident damage or severe rust.

 

Plus lots of other Cherokee parts are direct swaps into an MJ.

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well i guess that i can scrap that idea what i wanted was the 5.2 v8 and the axels but i think that i am going to look for a 91 92- 96 xj

 

Its been done. Someone had a 5.2 ZJ'ed MJ for sale on CL awhile back...

 

 

 

 

Rob L.

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I wouldnt use the drivetrain other then engine and maybe trans.

 

the 249 t-case is junk but you should be able to adapt a 242.

 

the front axle is a low pinion dana 30 that uses CVs making it weaker then an XJ dana 30 and the rear is a 44A which has an aluminum diff housing and breaks easily its also coil sprung so it would take some work to get it under your MJ.

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