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Trying to get it mostly right the first time: A 5.9 Magnum and 46RE swapped, Tummy Tucked Daily Driven Jeep TJ
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan_Goodwin" data-source="post: 762951" data-attributes="member: 4960"><p>I have completed the wiring on the body side of the harness and have the rough shape of the engine harness completed. I'm waiting to trim wires down to length until the motor is in the TJ so I don't cut anything short. I've also started tearing the motor down to re-paint it, install the Hughes plenum plate and see what accessories, sensors, etc might need replacing while I'm here. </p><p></p><p>Getting the engine in my shop was a little bit of an adventure. It started with getting the motor off the trailer with the help of my Jeep co-dog Mitchell. He's a rescue that found us at Lake Mitchell (hence the name) when he was a 6 week old puppy and we couldn't stand to leave him. After 2 years I'm not sure who has trained who.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160672[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160671[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I then had to build a new ramp since my old one was a loaner from work and wasn't tall enough. Since I have gravel around my shop, I had to drag the motor up to the ramp with the new multi mount winch I built from leftover Rhino parts. To get it into the shop I lagged a D ring to a joist in the floor, rigged up my snatch block and started pulling. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160670[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The end result:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]160673[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With the motor torn down and an initial parts list ready to order, I'm bringing the 98 TJ home this Saturday to start mocking up the swap and see what else I might need to order in addition to the motor parts. The big ticket items I want to verify are:</p><p>• Will the stock Durango exhaust manifolds and y pipe fit the TJ?</p><p>• Inspect the transmission to see if it needs to be rebuilt. </p><p></p><p>My goal is to hear this run by April 1st. Here goes nothing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan_Goodwin, post: 762951, member: 4960"] I have completed the wiring on the body side of the harness and have the rough shape of the engine harness completed. I'm waiting to trim wires down to length until the motor is in the TJ so I don't cut anything short. I've also started tearing the motor down to re-paint it, install the Hughes plenum plate and see what accessories, sensors, etc might need replacing while I'm here. Getting the engine in my shop was a little bit of an adventure. It started with getting the motor off the trailer with the help of my Jeep co-dog Mitchell. He's a rescue that found us at Lake Mitchell (hence the name) when he was a 6 week old puppy and we couldn't stand to leave him. After 2 years I'm not sure who has trained who. [ATTACH type="full"]160672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]160671[/ATTACH] I then had to build a new ramp since my old one was a loaner from work and wasn't tall enough. Since I have gravel around my shop, I had to drag the motor up to the ramp with the new multi mount winch I built from leftover Rhino parts. To get it into the shop I lagged a D ring to a joist in the floor, rigged up my snatch block and started pulling. [ATTACH type="full"]160670[/ATTACH] The end result: [ATTACH type="full"]160673[/ATTACH] With the motor torn down and an initial parts list ready to order, I'm bringing the 98 TJ home this Saturday to start mocking up the swap and see what else I might need to order in addition to the motor parts. The big ticket items I want to verify are: • Will the stock Durango exhaust manifolds and y pipe fit the TJ? • Inspect the transmission to see if it needs to be rebuilt. My goal is to hear this run by April 1st. Here goes nothing. [/QUOTE]
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