Take me to school please....

[Hotsam]

Hey ! I still haven’t got to take off full blast on my project with the jeep, but I did pick up a great running takeout AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l with a Weber carb already swapped on ready to sit in and go recently. My other engine is stuck from sitting so I’m gonna build it while I run this one for a while. The engine I bought is out of an 89 Wrangler. It is ready to go carb to oil pan even got the starter, radiator and a/c compressor so should be a quick easy swap. I have 2 questions.. First, will the 89 distributor work with my nutter bypass and a factory style ignition module ? It looks like it should but I didn’t know what changes were made between 86-89 distributors... Second , I also got the 89 auto Transmission still mated with the engine.. everything I researched seemed to point that it should still be a TF999 ?? Is this correct ? And if so will my Dana 300 bolt up to it with no adaptation ? I know the cases in the wranglers dropped different sides but I have no knowing of my original 999 and would love to be able to sit this in as a unit. Many thanks in advance!!

 

[caveman]

Very little changed with the engine between. 86 and 89 other than maybe the starter. I don't remember when they changed it to the newer style. Either distributor should work and the Dana 300 should bolt right up. Check spline count before you try to bolt it up and you might have to clock it.

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[Hotsam]

Awesome ! Thank you ! That being the case , I will be able to move this thing under its own power soon !!!