"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/06/2019 at 21:58 • Filed to: jeep thing, jeep truck, MJ
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"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/06/2019 at 21:58 • Filed to: jeep thing, jeep truck, MJ | 1
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Picked up two supposedly good running AMC 2.5's today. The one came out of the seller’s ‘92 YJ during a 350 swap, and the other was his spare engine. One of them will address this problem:
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And I guess the other is... Well more horde really. They’re currently weighing down the back of my other Comanche, which currently I guess is just a self-propelled shed, given it’ s neither licensed nor insured. Yay rust... But it still starts and runs good, even sitting since August, on gas that’s at least 16 months old.
Admittedly it was pretty warm out today, above -5°C, so I really didn’t expect problems with it. Now I just need it to quit snowing for long enough some weekend that I can clear out enough space to be able to wheel my engine crane around.
And again, before people start ripping on me for keeping the 2.5, I’ve got a full 4.0 swap sitting in the shed with the choice of either an ax15 or aw4 if I’d wanted a 4.0 which I don’t, and I’m not interested in any other engine swaps, either. This 4-banger 2wd ‘91 MJ is staying stock. Those tragic wheels will be going away soon, too. I’ve already got the other ‘91 MJ to build, and this is just supposed to be a cheap little errand runner while that's happening.
99XJSport
> gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
01/07/2019 at 07:40 |
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The 2.5s are neat, I’ve always wondered what they were like to live with.
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gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> 99XJSport
01/07/2019 at 10:25 |
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I really don’t have an accurate picture. So far my experience has been poor compression, cross-contaminated fluids, blowing out all the oily coolant, and massive overheating. Definitely a maintenance issue on the part of the last owner, and I bought it like that. I've maybe driven it a total of five miles. Despite the hole in piston #4, it doesn't seem as sluggish as people suggest it is, but then I also haven't tried to do more than about 35mph either.