dfreeman616
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- grand rapids mi
i've got 2 xj's now. one is an 87 and has 175k miles and needs at least a head gasket, possibly more work. the other is an 89 with a remanufactured jasper 4.0 with 60k miles and a remanufactured aw4 with 61k miles on it. the 89 has a smashed unibody and a major rust problem (as in i couldn't find a place to use my floor jack on the driver's side 'frame'), so i'm switching the engine and tranny over, possibly the t-case also. both came with a 4.0 and an aw4. my question is, what issues might i run into with this? i'm aware that the 4.0 was introduced in 87, and they made some changes to it for 88. for example, some of the wiring is ran slightly differant. has anyone done a similiar swap? my goal is to do this right the first time with as little headache as possible.