2.5 Starter?

[nicholasdances]

it doesn't look like I can pull another one of these out of any 4.0 or even the 2.5 yj's (according to part numbers on autozone) anyone know if there is another jeep with a compatible starter?

[mnkyboy]

I don't know why any Jeep 2.5l starter wouldn't work.

 

Most likely the 2.8l starter would work too.

[nicholasdances]

ya that's what I thought originally but the part numbers don't match up. it might fit anyways I guess. I agree with the 2.8 but those things are IMPOSSIBLE to find.

[jimoshel]

Take the two. Set them side by side and compare.
 

 I agree with the 2.8 but those things are IMPOSSIBLE to find.

 

How many do ya need?

[Geonovast]

I don't see why you couldn't use any 2.5 Starter.  There may be differences with different part numbers, but that doesn't mean they're not swappable.

 

The 2.8 starter might not, can't say for sure, I've never worked with one.  It's feasible it mounts to the block differently.

[jimoshel]

Well Dern. I sit a 2.8 and a 2.5 starter side by side and was going to take pics and compare. Got started doing something else and for got all about them. Have it tomorrow. Promise.

[jimoshel]

The Jeep 2.5 and Chevy 2.8 will not interchange. The 2.8 mounting bolts are vertical, bolts into the block. The 2.5 are horizontal, bolts into the bell housing. As many of them things as I have replaced, i should have remembered it without having to go look. The Jeep 2.5 and 4.0 starters are physically similar and will interchange. Electrically the 4.0 will probably have heavier windings. Going to tear a couple apart and compare later today. We'll see.

[nicholasdances]

thank you!!

[Geonovast]

The Jeep 2.5 starter does not bolt into the bellhousing.  It bolts into the block.  If you look at an AX-4/5 bellhousing, you can see there's no bolt holes for starter.

[mnkyboy]

The Jeep 2.5 starter does not bolt into the bellhousing.  It bolts into the block.  If you look at an AX-4/5 bellhousing, you can see there's no bolt holes for starter.

This is correct, the bolts on mine go straight up like a GM.

[jimoshel]

Dog gone it Corry. I had to go out and look. The bottom bolt goes thru the starter into the bell housing. The top bolt goes thru the bell housing into the starter.

[mnkyboy]

This is a 2.5l starter.

[jimoshel]

It's to dark now to see anything. Going to take another look tomorrow.

[jimoshel]

Well, I looked. The 2.5 starter does mount with two bolts going up into the block. Wondering where I went wrong there. I looked at a 2.5 block I had on the ground and didn't believe a bolt that small could hold a starter. Solved one problem but created another one. I have 11 starters on the shelf all marked 2.5. So how did they get marked that way and what are they off? The 2.5 and 2.8 still will not interchange. The Jeep is inline bolt pattern and smaller than the Chevy staggered pattern.

Note to self. When Corry says something. take his word for it. LOL

[mvusse]

Thought I was losing my mind here, as I've had the transmission off my 2.5 a number of times now, and have never had to take the starter off. Glad we at least have that all cleared up.