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splumer
Location: Cleveland, Ohio Gender: Male Total Likes: 201 likes
| | | Jeep Engine Replacement < on 3/1/2013 4:45 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I dunno how many of you remember (or care), but back in November my son bought a 97 Jeep Wrangler. About 10 days later, he blew the head gasket. Then, while working on replacing it, I found a bent pushrod and shattered spark plug, so I assume that the piston bearing had failed, allowing said piston to contact the plug. An engine swap was called for. We lucked out a few weeks later. One of the dads from scouts (Bob) is a mechanic, and offered both his shop and his expertise, as well as his contacts in finding an engine. It turns out he wasn't able to find one, but my son found one in Wakarusa, IN, through Jeep Forum. We went and got it on Feb. 16th, putting in the back of my Liberty. We had been cautioned against it, but we had no other choice. A week later, we put it back in my Jeep and took it to Bob's shop. We pulled the old engine without too much trouble, except that we couldn't get the hoise back very far because of the aftermarket bumper. Then came putting in the new one. We put a new clutch on, then dropped it in. The trouble was, we couldn't get the engine and trans to mate up. We used a clutch alignment tool to make sure that was lined up, but for some reason we haven't been able to get the engine to slide back onto the shaft. And so it sits. Bob put a couple of calls in to mechanic buddies looking for advice, but so far, nothing. I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to take the trans out, put the engine in, then mate the trans to the engine, rather than the other way around. Opinions?
| “We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.” -Madeline Albright |
| splumer
Location: Cleveland, Ohio Gender: Male Total Likes: 201 likes
| | | Re: Jeep Engine Replacement < Reply # 9 on 3/8/2013 12:46 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | and... we're done! Finished last night. There were a couple of wires that we weren't really sure about, that might have been for AC, but they don't seem to be a problem. The exhaust wouldn't bolt up exactly, so next payday he's taking it to an exhaust shop to get that fixed. Otherwise everything's cool. It was funny, as my son was pulling out of the parking lot, it stalled and wouldn't restart, and was half in the street. We pushed it back in and lifted the hood. It smelled of gas, and we soon discovered the fuel line had popped off. That was a quick fix, and after that it ran a bit rough at first, but later perked up and (so far) is running fine. We also discovered a hole in the side of the block on the old engine. I was thinking of rebuilding it, but now decided just to scrap it, unless someone wants some parts off it.
| “We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.” -Madeline Albright |
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