i've got a 99 dakota sport 3.9 V6 and was wondering if the neighbours 3.9 in his 94 dakota would bolt up and plug in

 

Not sure, but might want to post this in the 1st gen section as well, they can give you a hand too.

 

Yes it will bolt in. Same exact engine. Just use your electronics because the connectors are different.

 

Yes, but stealing an engine is kind of hard to accomplish.

 

Wait for company to ask to fly him somewhere for a week (say, training?), offer to take him to the airport, And pull a 100 hour week. He won't know the difference....hahaah

 

i getting it for free but ya it would be hard to steal an engine

 

Put both motors side-by-side on your shop floor. Strip the 94 down to the long block, and then swap everything over from your engine.

A neighbor of mine just swapped engines in his grand am from a same-year lumina in my shop. He didn't listen to me. I ended up with 6 quarts of tranny fluid, a bunch of power steering fluid, a couple gallons of coolant, and some brake fluid all over my garage floor, and the thing wouldn't run.


I made him go back and swap all of the sensors off the grand am motor - since we knew it ran (baaad rod knock). It was much harder after it was all bolted in the car.