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The '98 Jetta with 350k is being retired. It's been replaced with a '16 TSI (a few months before they started selling the fixed TDI's 
) and is taking up space and insurance money.
Body has some deer damage to the right front and needs paint, interior is pretty worn, seat bolsters sagging, trans is getting balky going into first but engine is still strong and mileage is still where it's always been.
So the AHU is going into the Jeep. I was going to wait for the 01M in the '02 to quit and use the ALH but it's still working fine at 175k.
The CJ only has about 20k on the rebuilt 4.2 with Mopar fuel injection but the trans is noisy and it and the TC LEAK. The only problems are the gas mileage and the super touchy throttle. Very difficult to drive off road. Lotsa fun seeing someone drive it for the first time. It's like they've never driven a stick before.
Rather than rebuild the trans and TC I'm thinking of using a Toy trans with dual TC's. This will let me set up the drivetrain completely before the swap keeping the Jeep driveable during that work. Would also make it easier to sell the Jeep parts since they can be shown as functional to prospective buyers.
The CJ and Toy are within a few hundred pounds of each other so I'm not concerned with the strength of the Toy parts in the Jeep. Since I'll be making driveshafts I may as well install the splitter up front rather than waiting and finding I need it later. Swapping a 1.9l four with aluminum head for a 4.2l all cast iron six will save some weight and the iron D300 probably weighs as much as the dual aluminum Toy TC's
This will put the Wagoneer on the back burner again for a while but It'll let me get rid of the Jetta without giving it away for peanuts and make the Jeep more practical. Heck, a year's insurance will probably pay for the adapter.
What do you guys think?
) and is taking up space and insurance money.Body has some deer damage to the right front and needs paint, interior is pretty worn, seat bolsters sagging, trans is getting balky going into first but engine is still strong and mileage is still where it's always been.
So the AHU is going into the Jeep. I was going to wait for the 01M in the '02 to quit and use the ALH but it's still working fine at 175k.
The CJ only has about 20k on the rebuilt 4.2 with Mopar fuel injection but the trans is noisy and it and the TC LEAK. The only problems are the gas mileage and the super touchy throttle. Very difficult to drive off road. Lotsa fun seeing someone drive it for the first time. It's like they've never driven a stick before.
Rather than rebuild the trans and TC I'm thinking of using a Toy trans with dual TC's. This will let me set up the drivetrain completely before the swap keeping the Jeep driveable during that work. Would also make it easier to sell the Jeep parts since they can be shown as functional to prospective buyers.
The CJ and Toy are within a few hundred pounds of each other so I'm not concerned with the strength of the Toy parts in the Jeep. Since I'll be making driveshafts I may as well install the splitter up front rather than waiting and finding I need it later. Swapping a 1.9l four with aluminum head for a 4.2l all cast iron six will save some weight and the iron D300 probably weighs as much as the dual aluminum Toy TC's
This will put the Wagoneer on the back burner again for a while but It'll let me get rid of the Jetta without giving it away for peanuts and make the Jeep more practical. Heck, a year's insurance will probably pay for the adapter.
What do you guys think?
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