Vintage Smoke
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wantage, NJ
I have a 90 XJ two door with a bad motor/trans in storage I have been saving for a 1 ton swap.
I also have a 2002 2500HD Silverado fleet truck that has been my plow truck up until this year. It has: 6.0L, 4L80E, manual shift (not electric) transfer case, and 14 bolt with 4.11 gears and gov-lok. It has 220k miles on it, but I have known the truck since new and it has been meticulously maintained. All fluids changed religiously with synthetic, etc. It never saw any hard plowing mostly just my driveway. It has always been an excellent runner and last year I did a crap load of maintenance/repair work on it.
Well...this fall woodchucks got the better of the 2500 and chewed most of the wiring harness as well as the rubber fuel lines. They really made a mess. Because of the damage (list on an engine harness is $2300!!), the mileage, and a few dents insurance totaled it. I bought it back cheap and was going to fix it, but I really don't need to plow any longer and was thinking of selling it as is.
Since I have the entire truck I was considering stripping it for a donor swap into the XJ. The transfer case is drivers side drop although it does use slip yokes. Considering I would have the whole truck to strip for all kinds of various parts instead of just a junkyard drivetrain makes it attractive. I would have to have the computer flashed and buy a stand alone harness for the swap. I know that the gov-lok is a time bomb and I plan on tearing down the txfer case to do the upgrade for pump wear in the rear housing.
Before I commit to keeping the truck and not selling it, does anyone see any issues with using this engine/trans/transfer case/rear axle as a starting point for an LS/1 ton swap? Am I missing something with this combo that would make it a bad idea?
BTW....this Spring is open season on woodchucks at my house.:explosion Bill Murray is coming over to help me.
I also have a 2002 2500HD Silverado fleet truck that has been my plow truck up until this year. It has: 6.0L, 4L80E, manual shift (not electric) transfer case, and 14 bolt with 4.11 gears and gov-lok. It has 220k miles on it, but I have known the truck since new and it has been meticulously maintained. All fluids changed religiously with synthetic, etc. It never saw any hard plowing mostly just my driveway. It has always been an excellent runner and last year I did a crap load of maintenance/repair work on it.
Well...this fall woodchucks got the better of the 2500 and chewed most of the wiring harness as well as the rubber fuel lines. They really made a mess. Because of the damage (list on an engine harness is $2300!!), the mileage, and a few dents insurance totaled it. I bought it back cheap and was going to fix it, but I really don't need to plow any longer and was thinking of selling it as is.
Since I have the entire truck I was considering stripping it for a donor swap into the XJ. The transfer case is drivers side drop although it does use slip yokes. Considering I would have the whole truck to strip for all kinds of various parts instead of just a junkyard drivetrain makes it attractive. I would have to have the computer flashed and buy a stand alone harness for the swap. I know that the gov-lok is a time bomb and I plan on tearing down the txfer case to do the upgrade for pump wear in the rear housing.
Before I commit to keeping the truck and not selling it, does anyone see any issues with using this engine/trans/transfer case/rear axle as a starting point for an LS/1 ton swap? Am I missing something with this combo that would make it a bad idea?
BTW....this Spring is open season on woodchucks at my house.:explosion Bill Murray is coming over to help me.