In the same way that Godzilla is a lizard or the Grand Canyon is a hole in the ground.tgreese wrote:Aftermarket listings for Jeeps are rife with errors.
Gladiator69 wrote:Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely have some digging to do. Most of the interior i am going to do myself and customize. I just want to do upkeep on the original motor for now until i can get an upgraded one that has more support for parts etc.
We might have something you can use.Gladiator69 wrote:Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely have some digging to do. Most of the interior i am going to do myself and customize. I just want to do upkeep on the original motor for now until i can get an upgraded one that has more support for parts etc.
A '69 should have the 232 six or the 350 Buick. The Buick has some value, both in the truck and as a replacement or swap engine. If you have the 350, many owners would prize it for what it is.Gladiator69 wrote:Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely have some digging to do. Most of the interior i am going to do myself and customize. I just want to do upkeep on the original motor for now until i can get an upgraded one that has more support for parts etc.
I think you are correct. The owner said he wasnt the most involved with the mechanics of the truck. I would like to upgrade to the 350 Buick at some point. Thanks for the information. I am new to a lot of this stuff and i am trying to research as much as possible.tgreese wrote:A '69 should have the 232 six or the 350 Buick. The Buick has some value, both in the truck and as a replacement or swap engine. If you have the 350, many owners would prize it for what it is.Gladiator69 wrote:Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely have some digging to do. Most of the interior i am going to do myself and customize. I just want to do upkeep on the original motor for now until i can get an upgraded one that has more support for parts etc.
Looking at your earlier posts, it should be a 232, not the OHC 230 cid Tornado. If I actually had a Tornado in a truck titled as a '69, I'd be suspicious of the title. Last year for the Tornado was 1965. Jeep switched to the outsourced AMC 232 in '65-66 and offered that as the base engine until 1971.
Wow! Thanks for all that! Its a real eye opener. Im learning something new every day. I will attach some pictures of the compartment.tgreese wrote:You'd think that you could swap in a V8 in place of a six easily, but it's not so straightforward. The V8s used a much longer transmission input shaft and bellhousing or engine adapter to move the V8 forward in the engine compartment. The AMC 232 and Buick V8 have different bell housing patterns, so the 350 won't bolt up to the 232 transmission without a new bellhousing and input shaft.
There's no easy swap for the 232. It has a different bolt pattern from both the earlier (327) and later AMC engines (304/360 etc) and again, the transmission from the sixes won't work with the V8s. If you were able to bolt up the V8 to the bellhousing, it would interfere with the firewall, or you could move the engine forward and the shifter would be under the dash. There is a lot about this in old posts here and on ifsja.org if you search.
I'd think your easiest swaps would be either a Jeep 4.0L HO engine and transmission from an XJ (manual or automatic) or a modern small block Chevy (SBC) with an automatic and passenger drop transfer case. The 4.0L HO has power comparable to the V8s of the era, and comes with the excellent Mopar/Bosch multiport fuel injection. When swapping for the later sixes, the 4.0L HO will just drop in - same bell and mounts as the '71 and newer AMC six - but the earlier 232 is different. Certainly it will not bolt up to your transmission, and I believe Jeep changed the engine mounts for the sixes in 1971 as well.
So it's not straightforward... you have a bit of homework to do before you start looking for parts.
You have a picture of the engine compartment? That would be interesting.