pulled my motor..

[88swampedmj]

i pulled the old 4.0 wed. night, it looked like crap the crankshaft broke.. i could look at it through a huge hole in the block. i have to go pick up that 96 motor and ill throw it in, this thing is gettin to be a project haha

here's a few mods iam gonna do

 

96 motor.

d44 front with leafs

8.8 rear

i just gutted the entire wiring harness for the interior and engine bay, and my friend greg is gonna rewire the truck to have only the necesities, starter, fuel pump, headlights...etc.

ill have pics later on of the mods but i have to load em.

[Kenosha Warrior]

nice stuff man,m any pics?

[feerocknok]

How's the DD MJ?

[88swampedmj]

oh it runs great its my parts hauler/drive everywhere truck.

its been doing good and soon itll be haulin a new motor home for the black one

[JOMJ87]

Soo you want to come visit at Shaw AFB SC and pull mine for me????? :rotf: J/K so your buildin a harness for it or ordering one. I am sure you said building one but i wanted to check cause i might need to buy one for My 2.5. Great job and keep us informed

 

Cole

[88swampedmj]

well yea my friend greg is great with wiring he wired 3 of his cars, and so i trusted him with my truck before and again he is going to wire it,

 

we pretty much gutted the entire truck of wires and will make our own harness using parts needed from the old one and bits made from baught wires. its going to be simple since its a trail truck now,

 

that 96 motor was sold so iam looking for another i may have found one out of a tj ill keep you guys posted and try to get pics asap ... all the pics are on his camera

[JohnQ]

If you are still looking for a motor, there is a 93 LT1 for sale on Rubiconownersforum.com. It's located in Wichita Falls, Texas. :D

 

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http://www.rubiconownersforum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=46155

[88swampedmj]

oh lol no thanks iam just lookin for a bolt in swap

[feerocknok]

oh lol no thanks iam just lookin for a bolt in swap

You just need some unique bolts.

[88swampedmj]

haha thats more work than i wanna do for a trail truck i don't need that much power, just more gears. iam lookin at a few cherokees getting parted out locally so i hope ill have one soon

[88swampedmj]

here's a few pics of the manche i got today, all the others are still on my friends camera

here's the waggy 44 i got from the junkyard the other day, it has 3.31 gears.. kinda crappy but i may get those 4.10s for now till i can get 5.13s

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as it sits right now..

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the engine bay.....bare.. but got a new coat of paint..(it was red)

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for me interior is kind of stupid, i gutted the truck even the ignition crap on the column, itll be a push button start with a kill switch and other stuff..

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the heater core is gone as well...anything i don't need is gone, its a trail truck so to me useless interior is well......useless lol

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theres the ol' bench seat and other crap in the back..

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[Oizarod115]

that truly is a shell of a manche hahaha.

 

be sweet when you're done though

[88swampedmj]

haha yea its pretty empty but i think it looks cooler... its a trail truck and definitely looks like it haha

[feerocknok]

You @#$%ed that truck up, Cole, LMAO! It'll be cool once it's going. You probably dumped 100 pounds with all that BS you took out, eh? Take your doors off too and you'll start feeling it in the pedal.

[88swampedmj]

haha yea the doors are modded to pop off like a yj or tj, ill have em off on the trails but it rained lastnight

[feerocknok]

haha yea the doors are modded to pop off like a yj or tj, ill have em off on the trails but it rained lastnight

Yeah, my Toy seat turned into a pile of mold with all this rain.

What type of seat is that on your driverside?

[88swampedmj]

its some kind of race seat my friend was gonna let me use, but its a PITA to get it to work right so iam gonna throw the bench back in until i get some xj buckets or somethin for it