Slava's '01 WJ build
 

My 1st attemp on a build thread...

Sold my XJ about 6 months ago, couldn't with out it, so bought a WJ...

Piston slap...so gonna pull the motor and rebuild it...my first motor rebuild

the xj
 

:cool2:

today
 

progress...

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slowly but surely :yawn:

Oct 13 update
 

Motor is out :gun smilie:
like expected #5 piston skirt

15th Oct
 

Today just teared down the block...

Cant wait to build a diesel for my WJ will be watching this thread ..

Thx...we have here in town a shop who put Mercedes e300t w210 om606 into xj's...plus have to extend 2" the front...I don't know about wj...what were you thinking to plant in there?

slow but an update...26th oct

took the head and block to machine shop...cant wait

Nov 27...
Got some goodies...block is done .030 bored, crank done, working on cyl. head, took the cam to Delta camshaft for cam upgrade...

Update 12/2/16
 

Yes it's been awhile...but it's going back together

So ran into a lil dilemma tonight, got all the freeze plugs and caps put in, and started on main bearings...and forgot about the location of the thrust bearing...now found 2 different places where it says on no.2 cap (jeep wj manual) and no.3 cap ( jeep 4.0 engines: how to rebuild and modify)...well gonna have to do more research...gonna call my buddy Bill he knows for sure...

So got the crankshaft and camshaft in...the thrust bearing sits in cap #3...crank has a grove for it, so it sits only there, I did not take the crankshaft off the block, I took the block with it in the machine shop, so I didn't see how mains were sitted in..

Progress
 

Lil by lil but getting...

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Sux won't be able to see it...looks cool