Sweet success
1989 Grand Wagoneer 4BT
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Yes it is, thanks.
Read back through some old posts and found out that I had bought this engine in August of 2014 (5 years ago). Refreshed some gaskets at the time and it's been sitting since then. I did occasionally turn the crank over by hand at least once a year.
The plan for the Wagoneer is:
Keep the 3.31 geared D44's.
Upgrade the p235/75R15 to LT's slightly bigger. Wife wants to keep the alloy rims.
Use a Diesel A518/46RH trans.
Use the Atlas Tcase 3:1 we bought 5 years ago.
Probably will have to do a 4" spring lift to clear front diff.
Other wise keep it looking stock as we can.
Heres the wagoneer the day I bought it;
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Update on the Wagoneer 4BT Swap:
The wife has decided that the Wagoneer (with the 4BT) is not for her! That means that I get to do what I want with the Wagoneer. That means there is no Land Cruiser in my immediate future, sorry GLTHFJ60. The wife found her a 2005 Jeep Liberty Sport, auto, 4x4, already lifted (3") with winch bumper and a winch installed.
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The wife likes it and that's what counts.
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Did I mention it's a Common Rail Diesel?
We did the research on the engine, a 2.8L I4 VM Diesel and found no faults other than its electronicly controlled. The bugs have been worked out on it and the engine is use world wide except in the US, prior to 2020. I've been spending some time getting it road worthy, new brake pads and rotors etc.
The wife has decided that the Wagoneer (with the 4BT) is not for her! That means that I get to do what I want with the Wagoneer. That means there is no Land Cruiser in my immediate future, sorry GLTHFJ60. The wife found her a 2005 Jeep Liberty Sport, auto, 4x4, already lifted (3") with winch bumper and a winch installed.
The wife likes it and that's what counts.
Did I mention it's a Common Rail Diesel?
We did the research on the engine, a 2.8L I4 VM Diesel and found no faults other than its electronicly controlled. The bugs have been worked out on it and the engine is use world wide except in the US, prior to 2020. I've been spending some time getting it road worthy, new brake pads and rotors etc.
In order to put a class 3 hitch on the Wagoneer I need to do this before I relocated the fuel tank to where the spare tire was located. The length of the 46RH pushes the Tcase into the factory gas tank so can't use the factory gas tank, which is inside the frame rails on the drivers side, it has to go.
Picked up a Cherokee hitch for the price of the metal.
The Cherokee hitch ended up being a inch short on both sides plus the flanges went to the outside, So the only thing that I was able to salvage from the Cherokee hitch were the end pieces. Since I couldn't weld on the top area of the tube, reinforced all the other welds with 4 stringers and added a reinforcement on the inside.
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Picked up a Cherokee hitch for the price of the metal.
The Cherokee hitch ended up being a inch short on both sides plus the flanges went to the outside, So the only thing that I was able to salvage from the Cherokee hitch were the end pieces. Since I couldn't weld on the top area of the tube, reinforced all the other welds with 4 stringers and added a reinforcement on the inside.
Scout: I have to intervene here. You absolutely must put a Gladiator Front End on that Jeep! I have this picture of a Black Waggy with that Front End on it and it was one of the coolest Jeeps I've ever seen and it even had a 4BT in it as well. It is a strait up bolt on conversion as the Gladiator Pickups were the same body as the Waggy's were.
Randy
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Randy
Not to further hijack this thread, but, that grill is termed the Rhino grill within the FSJ crowd and was indeed installed in the Wagoneers until the 1966 model year. So, it wasn't just installed on the Gladiator J-Trucks. Definitely becoming few and far between. I found a Rhino grill set up and installed on my 82 J10. Simple bolt on conversion.
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