VIN questions

[Kenosha Warrior]

ok, my mj's VIN is as follows

 

1j7ft26e4kl623622

 

using Rob L's vin decoder on his website. It matches something in the list until I get to the '7' in my VIN.

 

there is no '7' option, its a letter, not a number. There is no 'F' option for engines, T option gives me an AW-4 floor shift, Slectrac t-case, Body type reads as 26 (its a 6x number) the E option for payload package doesn't exist and for plant location I get an L. I have a K for the year.

 

truck specs are in my sig. Id appreciate whats going on haha.

[Eagle]

ok, my mj's VIN is as follows

 

1j7ft26e4kl623622

 

using Rob L's vin decoder on his website. It matches something in the list until I get to the '7' in my VIN.

Chrysler may have changed things in 1989. The following is from the original '86 MJ shop manual, and it doesn't match up with your VIN at all.

 

First digit is country of manufacture. All MJs should be 1 = U.S.

 

Second digit is company. All MJs should be J = Jeep

 

Third digit is vehicle type. All MJs should be T = Truck

 

Fourth digit is engine type. 2.5L TBI should be code H

 

However, looking at the '94 XJ/YJ shop manual, things seem to fit a little better:

 

First digit is country of manufacture. All MJs should be 1 = U.S.

 

Second digit is company. All MJs should be J = Jeep

 

Third digit is vehicle type. No MJs in '94, so the XJ FSM shows only 4, for MPV

 

Fourth digit is gross vehicle weight. F is 4001 - 5000 pounds

 

Fifth digit is "Line" (series). For '94 T was a 2WD Cherokee (LHD)

 

Sixth digit was trim level. 2 was Base

 

Seventh digit was body type. '94 doesn't show a 6 (no MJ)

 

Eighth digit was engine. They show P for the 2.5L and S for the 4.0L, but the 2.5L in '94 was multi-port, so it may have had a different code.

 

Ninth digit was a "check digit" -- could be anything.

 

Tenth digit was year. '94 was R, '86 was G. They must have skipped a couple in the sequence.

 

Eleventh digit was plant location. L = Toledo #1, P = Toledo #2

 

The last six digits are the actual serial number.

 

Remember, the actual takeover by Chrysler was in the middle of the 1988 model year. Through 1988 the VINs would follow the old AMC sequence and coding. I would have thought this might still be the case for 1989, but apparently Chrysler changed the coding in the first year under their control.

[Kenosha Warrior]

ah, ok. Thanks Eagle.

[GirsMJ86]

i have the info for 91s if you want me to post it. not sure how help it will be though since in 91 cdx did change stuff.

 

Alex

[mjeff87]

Try this one....it seems to work a little better for pre-'90 stuff. Yours checks out good on it, according to your sig.

 

Jeff

 

http://jeep.avtograd.ru/VIN/vin_en.asp