bubbarules1958

Found this at pick n pull today. It is an 86 two door in really decent shape. Had a 201 transfer case mated to a five speed. Hate to see it go. Hopefully somebody finds what they need off of it.

jbsjunk

Mine came with the 2.8. Thank God it was broke when I got it. Made room for my swap.

bubbarules1958

Is it an AMC motor? I didn't have much time to look closely at it.

jbsjunk

Chevy 2.8 from the S-Series trucks.

SeriousOffroad

And they eat bearings like a ****!

Brandonrcm

Go check out EmptyPockets 2.8 of doom build thread..

bubbarules1958

I will do that. They should've went with the Chevy 4.3.

thatXJguy

I hear that motor sucks.

bubbarules1958

I think I had a 2.3 in a chevette at some point in the 90s. Not sure if it was the 2.3 but whatever was in it locked up. Might have something to do with the fact that I powerbraked through probably 4 sets of tires. Man. I wish we had cell phones with cameras back then.

andrewmp6

GM put the 2.8 in everything they made in the late 80s early 90s,From the f body to even the fwd cars used it.

cruiser54

Ever look at the parts catalog for that motor, Frank?

They list shims for using under the main bearing caps!! No foolin.

jon with the jeep

My first Cherokee was an 86 I bought it for 250 back in 2002, it was my second or third vehicle I believe. When I brought it home it couldn't do more than 30 mph without sputtering and acting up. Brought it to my mechanic at the time and re rebuilt the carb and did a basic tune up and the thing ran great, although it had zero ***** and leaked about a quart of oil a day ha. I made several 3 1/2 hour round trips from Pennsylvania to the east end of long island, travelling through the city. It held up for me, oh yea it overheated once and I had to pull over on the highway and let it cool down. I had some water in my jeep at the time so it worked out. Then one day I was doing 40 going through a green light and some jerk turned in front of me. The only good part about it was he was driving a brand new blazer or jimmy and my jeep totalled it haha! Went out in a blaze of glory. But ever since then I knew I had to buy another Cherokee they are just so fun to drive. Even with all the problems my86 had, I still had a blast. Oh yea it had that crappy 2.8 v6 btw

black label

I'm pretty sure that's what was in my dads POS Cadillac cimarron (aka the caddy cavalier).

bubbarules1958

Those eighties cars were a joke. They all had the sane body with different bumpers, interiors and badges.

emptypockets

Thanks for the mention Brandon.

The 2.8L gets a lot of hate. Honestly, I've had my 2.8L powered XJ made fun off so many times. Those who wheel with me the first time, shut up fast. Those who've wheeled with me, will tell you some epic wheeling tale of the 2.8L of Doom! It's got mad respect in my club and with those I've wheeled with outside of my club.

FYI, 85.5+ went to a large journal crank. The majority of the failures happened with the small journal crank.

Was the grille still there?