Re: [AMC-List] Jeep Cherokee (Was Hot Rodding Is Dead)

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "Jamie Smith" <oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
" 
" >" From: "Jamie Smith" <oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
" >" 
" >" I've added a new vehicle to the flock. I have just acquired a 1985
" >" Jeep Cherokee Pioneer. I got it to use as parts for the Comanche but
" >" it is in such good condition I am not sure I want to part it out so
" >" I may just put a motor in it and keep it. 
" >
" >idle curiosity - what motor does it have - the v6?  what tranny?
" 
" 
" It has the v6 and auto tranny (don't know what tranny that would be).

that would be the chevy 2.8 and tf904.

you were looking for a tranny for your comanche, right?  iirc they
were all made in the aw4 years.

" The previous owner said it runs but leaks oil real bad and has no power. 

you have a golden opportunity to replace the 2.8 with the gm 3.4 crate
motor.  it's made to replace 2.8s in s10s and takes all the
accessories and manifolds [carb included], but i don't recall if it
has a fuel pump or not...  you also can't use the flexplate since it's
for a 700r4, but you can remove the balance weights from your original
and use it.  this is 50-state smog legal but even if it wasn't it runs
clean enough and passes visual [duh!]

or if you want more power, you could take the 3.9 v6 and tf999/32rh
from a dakota and swap them both in.  i think novak has mounts for the
3.9 if you don't want to fab your own.  this should also be legal as
long as the donor is newer than your jeep, and iirc all daks are.
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