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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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ok so i have a jeep grand cherokee 4.0 and i have the 249 pos tc. i just was on cl and found a 242 out of a 97 grand cherokee with a 4.0. is this a direst bolt in with out changing the input shafts?
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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It should be, as long as it's from a ZJ.
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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or if it was mounted up to the same tranny
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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or if it was mounted up to the same tranny
The Grands never shared a trans with the rest of the Jeep line.. with the exception of the very early 93's with an AW4 or AX15.

The rest were 42re's behind the 4.0L and necessitated a longer input.
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The Grands never shared a trans with the rest of the Jeep line.. with the exception of the very early 93's with an AW4 or AX15.

The rest were 42re's behind the 4.0L and necessitated a longer input.
so a 95 4.o with a 249 will be ok with a 242 out of a 97 4.0
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so a 95 4.o with a 249 will be ok with a 242 out of a 97 4.0
As long as they are both from a Grand they are a direct swap.

Both the 95 and 97 had a 42re behind the 4.0L, so both require the same input gear length.
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As long as they are both from a Grand they are a direct swap.

Both the 95 and 97 had a 42re behind the 4.0L, so both require the same input gear length.
freaking sweet. i hope that guy doesnt sell his tomorrow! i can pick it up for 200$
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Yeah, ZJ 242's can be tough to find locally at times.

If for some reason you miss this you can use an XJ 242.. but you'll need to strip down both cases to swap the input gears.
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Ya that's what I dnt wanna do. Because I may have to do this myself in my driveway with little tools. How hard is this to do
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Six nuts hold it to the transmission, two drive shafts, a vent hose, a couple of electrical connectors, and the linkage. The hardest part is the top nuts that hold the TC to the tranny.
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Six nuts hold it to the transmission, two drive shafts, a vent hose, a couple of electrical connectors, and the linkage. The hardest part is the top nuts that hold the TC to the tranny.
And why is that? I've never dne anytranny or tc work so this is new to me.
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Looks like I'm going to have to keep searching for a tc. He sold it this morning. The guy that bought it was happier then a pig in well u know.
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does anyone know if the 4.0 zj has the same trans as the 4.0 xj?
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anyone?
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NO XJ run the AW4 trans and the ZJ run either a 42RE or 42RH
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