So my new tail lights came in today. If everyone remembers I am going to be taking my steel armor off my TJ and will be putting it on my daughters TJ. So I wanted to change my lights. I like the look. I'm going to be putting aluminum armor on mine.
If you can't use that air hat I could make a good home for it! Doing the Magnum swap now and the owner of the doner didn't include anything intake related besides the air hat. Send me a PM if it needs a home.And then a little bling for the valve covers. Becasue of the 6pack intake I can't use the Jeep logo air cleaner.
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Nice swap...looks factory...What's it like driving a TJ with that under the hood??Something I don't think I have talked about is the wiring for the engine swap that was done on my TJ. The shop that did the swap is no longer in business but that part doesn't matter. When I started asking about this swap and what it would look like he had sent me pictures of a finished swap on a TJ. Looked really great.
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Now my TJ didn't have a factory air box so I wasn't worried about that. But when I got it home the wiring really didn't look anything like what I had been shown pictures of. On top of which as I got into putting my TJ together some of the wires weren't hooked up or in the proper spot in the PCM plugs.
Here were the in progress pictures he sent me.
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This is what I came home with. And mind you it was 6 weeks past the promised delivery date also. When I got to the shop to pick it up he and his helper were still working on it because it wouldn't stay running. They had swapped out the crank position sensor and then threw in a different PCM. Now I've been in town since the day before and he wanted cash payment for the final delivery. I didn't have a CC with that much credit so I didn't have a choice. I honestly don't remember if I even looked at all the wiring the day I picked it up since I was just happy to finally be getting it back. So yes it was part my fault but I wanted to get started on my build back then. Plus I was dazzled by the V-8 and STaK's transfer case.
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Nice swap...looks factory...What's it like driving a TJ with that under the hood??
Great bit of into about the wiring harnesses!
Why didn't you go with GenRight highlines as oppose to the Metalcloak. That's what I would have done in your situation, since the highline would be a must in my mind.
I wanted the removeable flares for tight trails and Metal Cloak is the only ones who offer that without having something CUSTOM made. $$$$
I am going to try to document what I do with this wiring harness to try and help other people who want to make their own. There are a TON of threads on the net about doing the magnum swap into a TJ but NO ONE has ever done a write-up on which pins to change. The closest I have found is a youtube video's about how one guy did it but he was cutting and splicing in the connectors needed for the V-8 instead of pulling the plugs apart and installing the wires.
Ahh, I didn't even think about that, but it makes sense.
If you do document that wiring harness information, be sure to put it in a new thread (so it doesn't get lost in this build thread) and then I can move it to the TJ Resources section so it's easily found.
I have a feeling this information probably exists out there, but it's buried deep in some long thread that no one wants to bother to take the time to read through. Anyways, this would be a great resource to have for current and future TJ owners who are considering this swap
I thought LONG & HARD about this because I know all the reasons NOT to use Metal Cloak but I wanted the removable flares so I will try them out. Worst case someone will end up with some MC stuff for 10-20% off.
I hear you. I suppose in the forest like we have up here in the PNW, removable flares are probably more desirable than they would be down in the desert. Maybe I'm wrong, but we do have a lot of trees and tight trails.
With the stretch corners MC says I can move the rear axle back 4" but I'm going to push it back as much as I can. And I plan to push the front forward 2-3" so it should get me to that 100" WB I hope.
What are you doing about the fuel tank? I assume you must have a GenRight tank for the stretch?
Would be cool if you could get that magic 103" wheelbase
Actually I have a 25 gallon GenRight tank in there right now and am going to install it into my daughters TJ when I swap out to either a stretch tank or a cell. I haven't decided yet which I am going to do.
Dang Nab it 100"WB is that MAGIC number...…. I don't want to go comp cut on the rear so it would be either push the front WAY out there of stretch the frame/body.
Yep, then you'll end up like @pcoplin with his TJ, which at first I mistook for a LJ being as how long it was. He's stretched his far enough that I'm not even sure where he's at now.
Of course I'm not even sure how much "Jeep" his is anymore either
Either way, your daughter will like that 25 gallon tank I'm sure!