97 plus swap

[Callmehickross]

I understand that this subject has been beat to death but...

 

I have a 86 with. 2.5 and I plan to put a 5.3 in her , as of right now I have a 97 Cherokee donor I was going to do the interior swap...

 

My question is what do I need to get the lights turn signals and heat working, I don't care about the dash cluster as I plan to make my own

 

I understand people say you need the "whole" harness but I'm not doing a 4.0 swap and not sure what exactly I would need for lights, fuel and heat

[gogmorgo]

You can probably do all those wires as standalone, but given the fact you're planning on putting a commonly-swapped engine that came with OBD2 into a vehicle where everything will be set up for OBD2, it may be much easier than you think to get the '97+ gauges to play nice with whatever engine management system you're planning on using,At least that would be my goal if I was planning said swap.

[Callmehickross]

You can probably do all those wires as standalone, but given the fact you're planning on putting a commonly-swapped engine that came with OBD2 into a vehicle where everything will be set up for OBD2, it may be much easier than you think to get the '97+ gauges to play nice with whatever engine management system you're planning on using,At least that would be my goal if I was planning said swap.

I understand I just saw a YouTube vid where the guy made a cluster and it had all led digital gauges and I really like the idea of that , I also wanted to get the 97 interior swap done before I got the 5.3 so I didn't have to do em both at once , I know there will be fabrication involved with the dash mounting and I'm really not trying to have to deal with that when I'm trying to put a new drive train in , I feel like it would make everything go smoother if I already had the interior all sorted out not to mention the garage/parking area where I will be doing the work is small so I need to get the donor xj out before I can bring the donor 5.3 in