so i was supposed to go pick up a 99 engine today to swap into my 01 with a cracked head. but my parents decided to go crazy this morning saying its to much work for me, i wont be able to get it done blah blah blah. they are really trying to push me to sell it or trade it in but a Cherokee with a cracked head will be greatly reduced in value correct? They keep telling me to cut my losses and start over but that seems like a lot of work to. i need some help here as I'm out of ideas to argue my case other than i can do it and its good experience. Help!

 

Tell them it's a good learning expierience, you wanna be able to do stuff on your own, it's gonna save u a ton of money. I would just do it.

 

they don't listen to the its good experience argument to much. there not mechanically inclined so they don't understand all the work I've put into it so at this point there just being difficult

 

Dang. Idk then, good luck any friends houses you could do it at

 

You could do it at my garage! Lol. Just did one took me about a day and a half. Working at a medium pace! Lol

 

If you dont have tools and a cherry picker it wont be a quick job for you tho.

 

Why are you replacing the entire engine? THe head is cracked not the block... Swap the head out. It make take one good afternoon.

Did you buy the Jeep? Tell em to STFU it's your Jeep.

 

But how long did he run the engine with the cracked head? How much damage to the lower end happened?

 

I want to swap because the engines had the cracked head for a while while I replaced everything else trying to figure out the problem. I bought the jeep and pay for it but it's registered to my parents because I wasn't 18 when I got it and it was a **** ton cheaper that way

 

Just show them this and prove you're not going to be an English major in college, you need to learn a trade and an engine swap would be a good place to start.

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lol @ asking parents to do an engine swap

 

explain its cheaper to fix it then buy a new vehicle. if that fails do it behind their back. its not like your doing drugs or anything how mad will they get

 

put some rocks in the engine bay and start it up and say "look you hear that awful rattle?! I need a new engine my flux capacitor is bad."

 

Got friends? Do it at their house.

 

If you knew my parents you would understand