I want to take every thing from my 88 w/4.0l auto and put in my 86 w/2.8 auto the 88 body is toast. Is there anything i need to know? The one thing i noticed so far is the diffrance in the radiators. Any suggestions will help. thanx

 

Yeah get ready for a whole lot of work. Make sure you swap all the wiring as well and just keep the shell.

 

is it a DD or what? got any pics of the body? if its just for off road chop that baby up into a chop top withno doors and a roll cage!

 

Also fire walls are different..

 

Not a dd but still want to use to drive were i want to go and i have a title for the 86. Looks like everything should line up put the radiator will be a issue.

 

The firewalls are not diff..... The radiator support is. As long as you have both xjs complete you will be good! Most everything will be bolt in with a few things requiring some minor mods. It will require ALL OF THE WIRING HARNESS and a little bit of common skills. I went from 2.5/4 speed to ho 4.0 5 speed

 

He's going a V6 to a 4.0L

And YES the fire walls are different.

 

I know what he has, and i have owned a 1986 2.8 litre v6 jeep cherokee. AMC did not set up a separate firewall press just to install the Chevrolet sourced bad crank having POS V6

 

Do i modify the opening for the larger radiator or try to use the smaller one? The one that has cap on it is the one that came out of the 86.Thanx for the input so far.

 

Use everything that belongs with the 4.0. As you unbolt them it will be clear what needs to be swapped. I'll look at my pics tomorrow as i don't recall what the radiator support ends look like.