im new to jeep i got my jeep this past october so bare with me

i got a 88 jeep cherokee 4.0 with a ba 10/5 tranny and i thinking about getting a 95 parts cherokee with the 4.0 ho motor and the 8.25 axle will it fit in or do i have to mod my jeep for it to fit in i want to keep the ba105 tranny cause the 95 is an auto tranny

 

axle will fit. engine though. your going from a standard 4.0 to an auto 4.0? im thinking there will be mods needing to be done. but will fit in the engine compartment. will need to mounts prob. but should be fine.

 

o would i be able to use the wiring harness from my jeep or do i have to use the 95 harness the donner jeep has the sport option and i already did the cluster swap on my jeep

 

im keeping the ba 10/5 tranny tho

 

I swaped a motor off of a manual wrangler into my automatic cherokee. The only mod i had to do is remove the spacer on the back of the crankshaft.



This spacer holds the pilot bearing for the clutch assmebly.and I drilled and taped screws into it so could remove it. You have to remove it cause the back/front(depends on how you look at it) has a centering dowel that does into the back of the crankshaft

 

yes. the harness shouldn't be a problem. but someone may contradict me on that. as for the guy with the spacer. u wont need to do that probally. because his is from a differnt model. yours are both cherokees if im correct... but mods may be necessary. since one is stick and one is auto.

 

oo so do i need to mod the h.o. motor to use the ba 10/5 tranny cause i want my cherokee to still be a stick tho

 

You will have to remove the spacer. I put a wrangler(manual) motor into a cherokee(automatic). Everything was identical on the block, but I had to remove the spacer on the back of the crankshaft cause the torque converter has a centering dowel that rests in there.