Project MJ CRD is born:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:56 pm

[QUOTE=MiguelXJ;868346]darn you work fast...

Good luck on the project! looks promising! :chug:[/QUOTE]

Not quick enough.

Got me a transfer case out of a 98 today, paid $100 also got the wheel skid plate, and power seat pedistal for a grand total of $130. Not too shabby, I should told him it was out of a 94 and then it would have been $75.

Lotsa junk in my garage:

All bolted together:

Slave mocked up:

A limited lace wheel and transfer skid:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:51 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Sir Sam wrote:

JJsKJ wrote:

:shock: you must Really like those head and tailights huh?

(lotsa pics of them and closeups to boot!) :lol:

This has got to be one of the coolest projects I have seen in a while. How much shipped to 93535?

BTW, How much did the whole China front end cost when it was all said and done?

Little over $300 shipped to my door.

What a steal! I am so tempted to just buy the setup in anticipation of finding an MJ or another XJ to convert.

There that cheap cause there made in china :wink:

.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:46 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

JJsKJ wrote:

Sir Sam wrote:

JJsKJ wrote:

:shock: you must Really like those head and tailights huh?

(lotsa pics of them and closeups to boot!) :lol:

This has got to be one of the coolest projects I have seen in a while. How much shipped to 93535?

BTW, How much did the whole China front end cost when it was all said and done?

Little over $300 shipped to my door.

What a steal! I am so tempted to just buy the setup in anticipation of finding an MJ or another XJ to convert.

There that cheap cause there made in china :wink:

.

Yeah but if they were sold through normal channels here they would be way more than $300 for all that.

UFO · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:21 am

I'm looking forward to hearing how the CRD engine operates with a manual trans.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:36 am

UFO wrote:

I'm looking forward to hearing how the CRD engine operates with a manual trans.

Me too

spencevans · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:52 pm

Looking good Sam, you may beat me, I still need to get a divorce TCase (I am open to ideas) and a front driveshaft. I love this project of yours. I like when people think outside the box.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:03 pm

spencevans wrote:

Looking good Sam, you may beat me, I still need to get a divorce TCase (I am open to ideas) and a front driveshaft. I love this project of yours. I like when people think outside the box.

Like a NP242 with a manual trans? I don't think I've ever seen someone do that before........I wonder how it will work out.

spencevans · **Posted:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:01 am

any progress Sam?

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:28 pm

spencevans wrote:

any progress Sam?

Nope, school and a few other projects have kept me from even touching the MJ.

the good news is I have cash to play with right now since other projects have kept me busy and I was able to sell a few cars.

course, like the fool I am I am already looking at buying up to 2 vehicles monday.

spencevans · **Posted:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:17 pm

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:07 pm

Not sure if my pedals in the 88 are going to work right for me(at least not without some work), so I grabbed these pedals from a 96 (96 pedals will bolt to the dual diaphragm booster, and my master without issue, and at $10 its hard to complain)

Now I had already grabbed a clutch master/slave setup, but I found one at the junkyard that is a new replacement, so I decided it was a slightly better part, so once again for $10 I got something that should be a little better:

(the original one)

(and the nice "new" one I grabbed today)

The dual diaphragm booster out of the 01:

This is the 8.25 that will be going in there at some point:

And of course the heated leather seats of out a 01 XJ limited that will be installed:

Ok so these are the engine mounts for a diesel XJ,

then here you can see that while the mounts are similar in design, they do not bolt in the same place, rather they set slighter further back in the engine bay, and utilize some different bolts.

Now from what I can see in the pictures of those mounts and from looking at my engine it looks like these mounts might share the engine side bolt pattern, if this is the case then I might be able to get real lucky and just have the motor boltin to the engine bay, boltup to the factory tranny support, and not have to build either of those.

If I am not so lucky(which history would seem to indicate that I am not), then I will not be able to use the engine side bracket, in which case using the XJ diesel motor mounts will probably still be better, they set further back and are almost necessary. It appears that trying to use the gasser XJ mounts will actually interfere with things like the AC compressor, Injection Pump, and Power steering. So right now the plan is to use diesel XJ mounts, and probably have to build my own engine side brackets.

Now something else has come up, if my ECU came from a vehicle with a SKIM(sentry key immobilizer module) then I will either need to get the calibration reset from my ECU, or get a SKIM and transponder key and have both the SKIM and the ECU reprogrammed via the DRBIII to match.

butcher_block · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:47 am

ooooo i want to hear all about how that CRD+nv3500+NV242 works out cause that sounds like a match made in heaven for what i want

i had always heard that the CRD Tq shock load would kill a nv3500 and that the nv242 didnt like the shock of the nv3500 as the clutches in the transfer would not hold up

if this combo works i have to hunt some parts jeeps to strip

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:16 am

butcher_block wrote:

ooooo i want to hear all about how that CRD+nv3500+NV242 works out cause that sounds like a match made in heaven for what i want

i had always heard that the CRD Tq shock load would kill a nv3500 and that the nv242 didnt like the shock of the nv3500 as the clutches in the transfer would not hold up

if this combo works i have to hunt some parts jeeps to strip

The NV3550 was mated from the factory to the older VM2.5 in the 2000/2001 XJ turbo diesel, the NV3550 was also mated from the factory to the VM2.5 turbo diesel found in the 2002-2004 KJ.

No reason the NV3550 wont work with the CRD engine. While the 242 is an uncommon transfer case to run with a manual, I know a few people have done it before, I never heard any problems from them.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:48 am

Ok, did a little bit of teardown and started looking at what it would take to get this 2500 header panel to fit.

So as you can see the 2500 header fits back in a little bit:

I measure 3.25" deep:

And I measure 3.25" back from the leading edge of the hood. So basically the header is supposed to sit back flush against the front face of the "headlight bucket" so it looks like I will be trimming off that whole side piece where the fender bracket ties the fender to the "headlight bucket" with the ~.25" gap between the header panel and the hood I think that will be just about right.

And semi naked:

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:18 pm

Hey, at least you got the MJ in the garage, that's a start.....................

widowmaker · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:40 pm

Sam, I look forward to seeing the finished product.
In the mean time I found you a new project car you might be interested in refurbing.

http://gs65.photobucket.com/groups/h237/BESYB0C28Q/?action=view&current=CheapcarfromChina.flv

UFO · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:05 pm

widowmaker wrote:

Sam, I look forward to seeing the finished product.
In the mean time I found you a new project car you might be interested in refurbing.

http://gs65.photobucket.com/groups/h237/BESYB0C28Q/?action=view&current=CheapcarfromChina.flv

I love it!

spencevans · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:10 am

So, how much do you want for it.

spencevans · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:10 am

So, how much do you want for it.

spencevans · **Posted:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:12 am

So, how much do you want for it.

Project MJ CRD is born:

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