Yawn.Another 5.3 Jeep Swap...
10-31-2016, 09:59 PM
#1
Yawn.Another 5.3 Jeep Swap... Not only have I been lazy all year getting this thing done,been pretty lazy about uploading pics too.Just another Wrangler/TJ 5.3 4L60E swap,as usual I try to do these things with the cheapest parts I can find and scrounging whatever possible from the scrap pile,craigslist and hacking,gouging and welding up whatever it takes...
Yay! 1998 Jeep TJ (Wrangler) picked up for $900 with a seized 2.5 4 cylinder automatic,didn't feel like making the 3.5 hour round trip to get my trailer and return,so rented a U-Haul trailer.Sold the cracked hardtop with the bubbaized acrylic back window for $150,the 2.5/auto for another $100,wheels and tires for another $100.I was originally going to swap a 4.3/4L60E from a low mile but paperless 2005 Blazer I had,but remembered how gutless those V6's could be,and after all,the LS really isn't that much more effort.
Isn't that little 4 banger cute? Uuughh,out it must go.
2005 5.3 and 4L60E,bought it of a logger who rolled his Sierra,but stashed away the drivetrain,harness and accessories for $1100,expensive for those south of the border,but a fair price on an island in the Pacific Ocean.
Yay! 1998 Jeep TJ (Wrangler) picked up for $900 with a seized 2.5 4 cylinder automatic,didn't feel like making the 3.5 hour round trip to get my trailer and return,so rented a U-Haul trailer.Sold the cracked hardtop with the bubbaized acrylic back window for $150,the 2.5/auto for another $100,wheels and tires for another $100.I was originally going to swap a 4.3/4L60E from a low mile but paperless 2005 Blazer I had,but remembered how gutless those V6's could be,and after all,the LS really isn't that much more effort.
Isn't that little 4 banger cute? Uuughh,out it must go.
2005 5.3 and 4L60E,bought it of a logger who rolled his Sierra,but stashed away the drivetrain,harness and accessories for $1100,expensive for those south of the border,but a fair price on an island in the Pacific Ocean.
01-23-2017, 02:02 AM
#2
Grab some scrap out of the pile and butcher out some frame mounts,also cut up some plate to adapt old solid sbc mounts from a race car long gone to the LS pattern.
Front half of a GM 231 case mated to a Jeep 231 back half along with a Terraflex SYE kit,ain't never had a transfer case apart before,what's the worse that can happen?
Dirty,crusty mock up 5.3 I have laying around,will open it up one day to see if it is usuable.
Front half of a GM 231 case mated to a Jeep 231 back half along with a Terraflex SYE kit,ain't never had a transfer case apart before,what's the worse that can happen?
Dirty,crusty mock up 5.3 I have laying around,will open it up one day to see if it is usuable.
01-23-2017, 02:13 AM
#3
Wonderful world of wireless? Not around one of these things,just ignore that 6.0 sitting in the 53 GMC in the background,next month's project...
Needed a break from futzing around with stupid wires,time to fab up some fenders.
These things work great as a bar,wonder how they will do on the trail?
Found some cute little LED's for run/turn indicators and side markers,now back to the archives to load up pics of things swappers really want to see.
Needed a break from futzing around with stupid wires,time to fab up some fenders.
These things work great as a bar,wonder how they will do on the trail?
Found some cute little LED's for run/turn indicators and side markers,now back to the archives to load up pics of things swappers really want to see.
02-13-2017, 01:54 PM
#4
Sheet metal panel for guages,keeping it cheap and simple with water,fuel and speedo,idiot lights for oil pressure,turn signals,hi-beam and MIL.
Used a S10 Blazer PCM mount from a 2005 I had laying around,some trimming and a simple metal bracket puts it between the washer reservoir and master cylinder,TAC module is bolted to the tray under the M/C.
T-stat housing from 3.8 Windstar,cut down hose from parts store,cheapo fleabay YJ radiator from the scratch and dent bargain pile.
Too cheap to buy a L99 water pump,so cobbled up some hoses from the parts pile,discount bin K&N marine filter just squeezes in.
A bit of tidying up on some of the details still to come but pretty much how it will turn out.
Used a S10 Blazer PCM mount from a 2005 I had laying around,some trimming and a simple metal bracket puts it between the washer reservoir and master cylinder,TAC module is bolted to the tray under the M/C.
T-stat housing from 3.8 Windstar,cut down hose from parts store,cheapo fleabay YJ radiator from the scratch and dent bargain pile.
Too cheap to buy a L99 water pump,so cobbled up some hoses from the parts pile,discount bin K&N marine filter just squeezes in.
A bit of tidying up on some of the details still to come but pretty much how it will turn out.
