Re: [AMC-list] 86 camanche info

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ah, wheres our sense of adventure gone.
The days when we tossed the book and just did it.

That's the story I remember most, guy took a 258 engine trans. and transfer case.
He lined it up to the cross member out back, bolted on the shafts and hit the road.

He used hood pins.

Kind of funny how things work out when no one told you it would not work.

just like Chewies replacement, who in the hell thought to breed Standard poodles and labs?

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 1:02:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 86 camanche info
> 
> Never saw a 3 speed auto with the Dakota V6. The XJ/MJs saw the good
> 2.8 in the last month or so of production. They came with zero
> balanced flexplates and Jeep used to have the plate part number to go
> with crate motors swapped in.
> 
> Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10
> 
> From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 86 camanche info
> Message-ID: <201101311740.p0VHe0d27562@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  
> " From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " ok. i did check out the firewall on this one. it has a wide notch
> in
> " the middle of it just like my 2 sx4's do where the back end of the
> " head fits. the radiator sits way back also, could be reworked and
> " moved forward. i DISPISE anything generic motors. LOL. if i go
> ahead
> " and get this, and go with a 4.0 set up, i would be going for a
> 93-95
> " i think. entire wiring harness and all. the autos for those years
> " still shift with a linkage/cable dont they? this pickemup would be
> " for my mom. she needs something for winter supply trips for their
> " c-store. they live 90 (one way)miles from the small town they get
> some
> " stuff at, then alot of times, have to go 150 miles (one way) for
> the
> " bigger bulk of stuff. she has a little escort sedan now. dont work
> so
> " well. 
>  
> i think you need to compare this firewall to a later xj/mj to see if
> you do indeed have the 4.0 notch, before going ahead with a 4.0 swap.
>  
> as joe says, just putting another 60* v6 in would be easiest.  nb. gm
> redesigned the 2.8 for '87, with fixes for many of its ills, and also
> making it internally balanced instead of externally, so you can't use
> the existing flexplate without first removing its balance weights.
> all 3.1 and 3.4 also are internal balance.  going with a tbi or mpi
> version should pick some mileage up and probably be more trouble
> free.
>  
> i also think an xj 2.5 would be perfectly adequate for your parent's
> grocery runs, and definitely an easier swap than a 4.0 if you don't
> have the firewall notch - maybe easier even if you do, since it also
> used a tf904/30rh/30re [except on '87-'93 xj, aw4] and you wouldn't
> have to disturb the t/c.  better mileage than a 4.0, by an mpg or 2.
>  
> just for grins, another engine swap possibility is a dakota 3.9 v6,
> preferably mpi as i hear the carbed are gas hogs.  it's wide but they
> put 318s and 360s in zjs...  and its tf999 should slip right into the
> place of your tf904.
>  
> and also, if they're really packing the groceries in, i agree an xj
> would suit them better than this mj.
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