3.9L to 5.2 engine swap
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3.9L to 5.2 engine swap
Good day y'all,
In bought a 1998 Dakota in a pretty miserable condition body wise BUT I do not care much because this guy has 125,000km.
I was planning to replace '' ALL '' the drive train ( transmission, transfer case and BOTH diff. I will also swap ALL electrical because it has A/C and All electric (windows, door lock and theft deterent ).
I will strip the Old one AND install every thing into mine.
Any difficulty that I should be aware BEFORE this merge of mine ??
In bought a 1998 Dakota in a pretty miserable condition body wise BUT I do not care much because this guy has 125,000km.
I was planning to replace '' ALL '' the drive train ( transmission, transfer case and BOTH diff. I will also swap ALL electrical because it has A/C and All electric (windows, door lock and theft deterent ).
I will strip the Old one AND install every thing into mine.
Any difficulty that I should be aware BEFORE this merge of mine ??
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The engine wire harness and pcm from the 5.2 will be needed for this swap. You didn't say if trans is the same or not. Year makes a difference also.
Not a bad idea!
Seems like it would be easier to swap the bodies.
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Since the boddy is SOOO rotten, i am kind of scared to just even think trying to unscrew all the boddy bolts specialy the ones for the cab.