- City
- Richmond
- State
- TX
Well, I guess it is time to start documenting the engine swap and slow process of cleaning up and fixing issues on my ‘82.
We bought the Jeep for use on my deer lease and duck/goose lease. I have found myself hunting duck/geese less and less over the years, so it became a full time deer lease jeep. It sat there year round, and became more and more curmudgeonly about starting and running. I would need to either rebuild the carb, or replace the fuel pump every year, and sometimes both. Well, I finally had enough when rebuilding the carb and replacing the fuel pump would not cure the fuel issue.
So we have decided to change out the carb’d 232ci I6 and swap in a L59 V-8. I pulled the 5.3 from an ‘03 Suburban that was T-boned. I drove it from Pearland, TX to Richmond, TX before parking it and pulling the engine. It ran smooth and had good oil pressure and power. Hopefully, it will run just as good in the jeep as it did in the suburban.
This is the pulled engine waiting for its new home.
If I do have an issue with that engine, I have this one in the barn waiting for a rebuild.
We bought the Jeep for use on my deer lease and duck/goose lease. I have found myself hunting duck/geese less and less over the years, so it became a full time deer lease jeep. It sat there year round, and became more and more curmudgeonly about starting and running. I would need to either rebuild the carb, or replace the fuel pump every year, and sometimes both. Well, I finally had enough when rebuilding the carb and replacing the fuel pump would not cure the fuel issue.
So we have decided to change out the carb’d 232ci I6 and swap in a L59 V-8. I pulled the 5.3 from an ‘03 Suburban that was T-boned. I drove it from Pearland, TX to Richmond, TX before parking it and pulling the engine. It ran smooth and had good oil pressure and power. Hopefully, it will run just as good in the jeep as it did in the suburban.
This is the pulled engine waiting for its new home.
If I do have an issue with that engine, I have this one in the barn waiting for a rebuild.
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