gauge swap?

[mancheman]

how hard is it to swap the gauges of an xj to an mj the one with rpm. has anyone done that and what years fit..thanks in advance for any info...

[JeepcoMJ]

do you have the one with the big fuel pump gauge and the dummy lights, if so, it's easy. the main thing is that you have to get a oil pressure sending unit for your engine size with the gauges, and a temp. sending unit for your engine with gauges as well. other than that it will bolt up.

 

if you have the fuel pump cluster with the temperature and/or the oil gauge, you will not have to switch the sending units (most likely). then it's complete bolt up, switching the sending units respectively to their corresponding gauge.

 

if you have a cable driven speedo, then get an xj cluster from one with cable drive. one from the same year or relatively close to your year would work, but you HAVE TO switch out those sending units, or your oil pressure gauge won't work and your temperature gauge won't work.

[dfreeman616]

is your truck auto, and if so does it have a column shifter? don't forget about the PRND2-1 indicator. it will still bolt up, but you have to modify the tach faceplate & the gauge cluster housing, as well as swap the indicator. it's not hard to do, i have some pics of when i did it if you want.

[comancheman]

could we get those pics? I'm doing it also and have the same issue

[mancheman]

awsome doesn't seem to hard to do ...and yes if you could post up pics that would be great..thanks guy's... :cheers: