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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 straight 6
would the ax-15 hook up to my 1997 4wd 4.0 straight 6 (xj) sport fairly easily or at all?
im not a mechanic and i want to convert my automatic to a 5 speed manual sooo bad. i cant stand the automatic any more!
im not a mechanic and i want to convert my automatic to a 5 speed manual sooo bad. i cant stand the automatic any more!
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Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
It will bolt right up simplest way is donor vechicle of same year .Then part outt what you dont use that way it pays for itself .
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Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
in no way shape or form did jeep ever put an ax15 behind a 4 cylinder. dodge did, because they wanted overkill.
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you could not have a worse year xj to do this swap on. the entire electrical system is one year only. the ECU is one year only, and is going to throw a check engine code once you put the ax15 in.
you're pretty much **** out of luck. that thing is going to be bastardized and never quite right, unless you can find all the year specific parts for it.
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you could not have a worse year xj to do this swap on. the entire electrical system is one year only. the ECU is one year only, and is going to throw a check engine code once you put the ax15 in.
you're pretty much **** out of luck. that thing is going to be bastardized and never quite right, unless you can find all the year specific parts for it.
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 straight 6
are there any big issues in the 1997 as far as ecu or whatever goes? i dont really know much about this. as well as, as far as a donar vehicle goes im having a hard time finding a 1997 with a manual in it already, would i be able to use a different year cherokee or wrangler or what?
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 straight 6
so i just saw a list of vehicles with the ax15s in them, including cherokees from 89-99.
so would that still work with all of the parts-wise as far as a donar vehicle would go? even if its not the same year as my jeep? i have a 97
so would that still work with all of the parts-wise as far as a donar vehicle would go? even if its not the same year as my jeep? i have a 97
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Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
lol. nope. you need the harness, pedal assembly, ecu, clutch master and slave from a 97 to 99. no other year will work, period.
the trans would but you're better off getting a 94 or newer so you have the proper size pilot bushing and an external slave bell
the trans would but you're better off getting a 94 or newer so you have the proper size pilot bushing and an external slave bell
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Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
1992 and up ax 15 take same spline count transfer as yours if you can get the tc with the tranny it a plus for example i just installed a 2000 nv 3550 and transfer from a tj no guess work just used my speedo set up in tj case ...mines a 89 different spline count on tc ...
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 straight 6
Alright, what about the 4wd set up. With my automatic it has the 4wd shifter right next to the main shifter. Well when I put the ax15 in will I have to run a new 4wd set up as well? Or will the same 4wd wiring/ puting into gear be the same?