2009 Jeep Wrangler with a Van engine? Swapping this Jeep's 3.8l with one from a 2008 Town & Country!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- 2009 Jeep Wrangler with a Van engine? Swapping this Jeep's high mileage, non preforming 3.8l with one from a 2008 Town & Country! This swap may be a little time consuming, but is saving thousands of dollars. Was looking for a replacement, but the cheapest used one I found was $2,500 with 160k miles!! So I did a little digging and consulted with a fellow youtuber and figured out that a 3.8L from a 2008-2010 Dodge Caravan / Chrysler Town & Country will work as a good replacement for the 3.8L in the 2007-2011 Wranglers, as the blocks are the same. The 3.8L I purchased, as a replacement, was at a local salvage yard and it only has 136k miles when pulled, and it only cost me $650! This video is for informational purposes only! I am not a professional by any means! Take my information at your own risk!
Fantastic video, B-Man! It's so weird you had to swap all the steering just for your engine. Jeep things, I guess. 😂
It was an old postal jeep
How many 3.6’s have that mileage?
Major job done really well. Thanks for the video. Did you have to do anything to the computer to recognize the engine?
Thank you sir! No reprogramming was necessary. Everything was recognized as oem.
How’s it holding up if you don’t mind me asking?
300k miles ? man that motor got its use.
Right! Was an old postal jeep out in southern Illinois, where the houses are miles in between. Definitely lasted a lot longer than I thought it would.
I am currently getting heads milled and compression tested on a mail jeep that I just bought, as it needed engine work. It has 405,000 miles on it
Did u ever dig into to old 300k mile engine to determine if the timing chain was the issue?
Unfortunately I did not. I turned it in as a core. I suspected that the chain and possibly #5 cylinder were going bad, as #5 had lower compression than the other cylinders.
Wonder if anyone can confirm if this will work for a 2007 3.8 as well?
The 2007 minivan block is the same but will require more light machine work to fit. I'm currently putting an '07 Caravan 3.8 into my 2007 Wrangler. From what I've noted so far, I will have to drill and tap four motor mount holes (bosses are cast in place), drill oil dipstick tube hole (the earlier vans use a cast boss more forward, both bosses are on the block), move the items already noted. What wasn't mentioned is that after installing upper oil pan mount, you need to check for clearance of the connecting rod/crankshaft to upper pan. With the earlier style forged rods used in the vans, you can get some minor interference that is easily taken care of with a dremel.