90 XJ gasoline conversion to diesel. Possible?

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11-16-2018, 04:48 PM

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TRCM

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Year: 96 & 88 4 dr Cherokees

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Someone actually did that....I saw the pics of it and it was awesome, but I have no idea where I saw the pics......

I think it was at some Jeep jamboree

Found the pics......pretty sure this is a cherokee body on a shortbed dodge truck frame

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02-17-2019, 08:06 PM

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Year: 1998

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Here you go. This is in my 95’ Cherokee Sport! 5 cylinder, Mercedes Benz 617 diesel motor. All Jeep from the flywheel back. Benz.

Holy crap! This is EXACTLY what I want to do with my 98 XJ when the motor finally dies (I've got a while at only 160K miles on the 4.0). Do you have a build thread for this? More pictures? What models and years of Mercedes did these engine come in, and what else did you have to do to make it work?

Kev