5.2 Magnum Swap Part 22: Brakes and Wiring

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Welcome to part 22 of our 5.2 magnum swap, follow along as we swap a 5.2 magnum from a 1993 ZJ into our 2004 4.0 TTB WJ. With the long Thanksgiving weekend quickly approaching we have been spending some long nights in the shop getting it ready to finally go out. Read The Rest Part […]

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5.2 Magnum Swap Part 18: Starting Final Assembly

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Welcome to part 18 of our 5.2 magnum swap, follow along as we swap a 5.2 Magnum from a 1993 ZJ into our 2004 4.0 TTB WJ. This week we started final assembly! With everything coming together we broke out the paint, heat shielding and bolted the motor in place for the last time. Read […]

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5.2 Magnum Swap Part 5: Pulling the 5.2

With the TTB WJ still without brakes and steering it stood still in the garage this weekend and we set up to pull the 5.2 outside. Conveniently, we had better lighting outside and were able to do a timelapse of the day. Check out 6.5 hours of work compressed into 35 seconds.

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5.2 Magnum Swap Part 4: All About Brakes

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This has been a big week for the parts department. We finally have all of the tools and parts to rebuild our overdrive and hopefully fix reverse in the 46RH. We ordered a new Grant 414 wheel and Grant quick release, because why not. Also our new CNC dual master cylinder pedal assembly is finally in. We are ditching the stock brake booster to eventually make room for more shocks...

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