79 Cherokee CTD swap AKA. Flagstaff

[Eugene 1]

here is my build i purchased my 79 Cherokee in Flagstaff, Arizona from the previous owners at Vintage Salvage, they were very nice people and easy to deal with. after some negotiation i was able to get it for a little less than the asking price $650.

I used http://www.uship.com to find a shipper who could get it to Kansas for the best price, as luck would have it i found a Shipper we made the deal and it arrived here on the November 23rd here are some photos.

[Road Trip]

Great start. Have you decided what you are going to do with it?

[Eugene 1]

It is getting a 12v cummins with trans and axles

[lobie]

It is getting a 12v cummins with trans and axles

Nice to see you made it over here. You going to transfer the rest of the build?

[Eugene 1]

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Yes i pulled the pics.. here are few more this the way it arrived it has a little rust here and there,but not as much some i have seen

[Eugene 1]

The plan is to use a donor (which i did ) for a Cummins swap..I notcied when you try to buy some of the parts individually it can get super expensive! so a donor was located in northern Wisconsin.. it was a rust bucket, but the trans was new and it had less than 200,000 on the clock. The 12V has dennys fuel pin and trans controller form DNR. the Trans is the auto OD D60f/D70R Np205

[Eugene 1]

here are some photos of the disassembly of the cherokee and the donor some of the pics are outta sync ,but you get the idea

[letank]

Very nice project... what kind of antifreeze are you using?

[Eugene 1]

Autozone 50/50

[j20owner]

I think he's talking about the jug in your hand.

[Eugene 1]

Lol its late here.. The captain

[ross80truck]

Subscribed again! Don't want to miss anything.

[Resbum]

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[ross80truck]

Eugene, Contact the moderator and see if he can move your build thread over to the diesel section with the rest of us oil burners.

[Eugene 1]

Oh ok will do !
the first order of business was to remove the old drive train :







After removing the front clip MWEATH and I used the pressure washer to get rid of 30 something years of oil and grime







With the engine Clean as well as the frame and the donor truck we moved on to the next thing which was how are we going to get this in here ?

[fulsizjeep]

Moved to FSJ Diesel Conversions

[Eugene 1]

Thanks Flint! as mentioned in the previous posts the big question is how does this all fit?? were taking a break and I was standing between both frames The donor and Cherokee and we noticed that they were similar in width hmmm out comes the tape measure !!! about a1/2 inch off !! so we cut Xs in the rivet heads and removed the cross member from the Dodge..


We then made up spacers from the Flatbed of the Dodge and drilled holes to fit the Frame and we used a couple of the original holes when removed the Cherokee crossmember

[ross80truck]

Now lets see some updates!

[Eugene 1]

You will this April got some parts and a few plans so we will see what happens i need to take a peek inside here to see what is going on with :everyone



The frame need to be welded back look like it just popped loose from time so that was adressed

[Eugene 1]

The Dodge Cross member in the Jeep chassis





and after couple of tries




WaH LAH!!! shes in there