Gr8Dain's 4.0/aw4 swap from a 97 XJ

[gr8dain]

Decided to make some “brackets” for the trans cooler using aluminum bar.

Now to log into work. Will continue with this project in a bit.

 

[gr8dain]

I went out between work meetings today and mounted it all. There is a gap between the straps and the radiator. It sits higher on the radiator with the straps. I hope it does not interfere with the headlight. I will see. I would hate to have to undo all of this.

I also mounted the radiator inside of the frill like I used to have it with the 258 since the fan is a bit closer to the radiator than I wanted.

 

[gr8dain]

Test fit on the Jeep last night to find out that the trans cooler soft lines are too short now. Figured they would be and I got longer hose to cut new ones.

I hate working weekends. It eats into my daylight. And it is snowing again today, so ........

 

[gr8dain]

Slowly moving forward. Mounted the grill assembly and ran new trans cooler hoses. I could not wait for the snow to stop. I needed to do something.

 

[Belizeit]

Bring that Jeep inside the garage !

 

[gr8dain]

Bring that Jeep inside the garage !

I can’t. Maybe when I get it running, I can borrow my wife’s spot. But my side is taken up by the 3a

 

[Belizeit]

I can’t. Maybe when I get it running, I can borrow my wife’s spot. But my side is taken up by the 3a

Dude ! The Jeeps need to stay out of the weather. I only have a 1 Jeep garage and that's where the Jeep lives. My wife has had 3 cars since the Jeep has had the garage. Cars come and go but the Jeep stays. She understands the situation and hers and the rest are outside.

 

[jpnmaine]

Well trained. It would be a cold supper for me if I tried that.

 

[ag4ever]

My wonderful bride has been car shopping recently. I’ve been given notice that one of the Jeeps needs to find a new home because the ”new” car gets a garage spot.

But she has also been pushing me to build (really to hire someone to build) a shop for my hobbies. Might need to do that before we see the impending hyperinflation people are prediction. (Too late for a wood framed structure, might be too late for steel framed too.)

 

[Belizeit]

Straw and mud ? Adobe ?

 

[jpnmaine]

Prices of building materials are going through the roof around here..imagine it is universal everywhere. Glad I am done for now.

 

[gr8dain]

We have talked about adding a garage bay. But in reality, we just need to move somewhere with some land.

 

[ag4ever]

Prices of building materials are going through the roof around here..imagine it is universal everywhere. Glad I am done for now.

Globally. There is a wood shortage and steel shortage everywhere. Prices on steel are going up on a weekly and in some cases daily basis. Crazy times indeed!

 

[gr8dain]

Wanted to at least get the front O2 sensor in so I took a gamble and got a head pipe for a TJ to attach to the manifold. Hope this works and clears the bellhousing on its way back. Hopefully I can do some things on the Scrambler this weekend.

 

[gr8dain]

Somewhat productive day. I attached the head pipe so that I could install the O2 sensor. That is when I noticed that it routes the exhaust to the passenger side. I am not sure that I want it that way, but this will at least have the O2 sensor working.

Then I installed the Tom Woods drive shafts. Damn is it difficult to tighten the little drive shaft u-bolt style retainers. If anyone has helpful hints for that, let me know.

Then I started it up (still jumping the ASD circuit) and let it idle for a long time to get it up to temp and check for leaks. Yay. No leaks. So I moved on to running the lights harness and installing the lights. Some turned on. Yay. So that is better than last time. That is obviously grounds, so I will deal with that.

Anyway, here are some pics. I will focus on the ASD and install the winch and front bumper next.

Progress. At least it is looking like a Jeep again. And can move around if I need/want.

And I am curious as to the possible problems of running without the ASD relay.

 

[gr8dain]

So today was a couple steps forward, one step back. I remounted the winch and front bumper. Good to get them out of the garage. Then I started to work on cleaning up the wiring in the cab. I even removed the coax cable for the CB antenna. I left the antenna mounted because I may just keep it to run a flag. Who knows.

Anyway, I ran my USB/12v power ports and got them to power it up with the key. All was good. Then I went and tried to get the radio hooked up. No dice. Then while testing and I turn the key again, I heard a pop and sizzle. Now the power ports don’t have power. And they did not have an inline fuse. Grrr.

 

[gr8dain]

Does anyone know if tho IGN circuit in the fuse box has hot power when the key is not in? I am seeing 12v on the three fuses with arrows and wondering if it is normal to have power to all of them. The reason I ask is because my fuel and temp gauges are reading values even with the key out of the ignition, and I am trying to see if there is back-feeding going on that is causing my ASD relay to not play nice.

 

[Dave The Sparky]

You got me interested so i have just been out to the garage and bent over double underneath the dashboard with a multimeter and using my mobile phone as a flashlight i can tell you that my ign fuse is only on (hot) with the ignition switched on (i.e in the run position) and i would guess its also on when cranking.
That is one hard to get to place!.

 

[FLCJ8]

Does anyone know if tho IGN circuit in the fuse box has hot power when the key is not in? I am seeing 12v on the three fuses with arrows and wondering if it is normal to have power to all of them. The reason I ask is because my fuel and temp gauges are reading values even with the key out of the ignition, and I am trying to see if there is back-feeding going on that is causing my ASD relay to not play nice.

Per the FSM for an '83 the IGN is energized through the key switch, the dome/courtesy and park/tail are hot from the battery feed.
Also, while you are there you should really consider replacing the oversized fuses with the proper size.
It would be devastating to have an electrical fire destroy all your hard work.

 

[gr8dain]

You got me interested so i have just been out to the garage and bent over double underneath the dashboard with a multimeter and using my mobile phone as a flashlight i can tell you that my ign fuse is only on (hot) with the ignition switched on (i.e in the run position) and i would guess its also on when cranking.
That is one hard to get to place!.

Thanka.