alright.

I'm converting my '87 comanche with a '95 H.O. conversion to a '99 cherokee.

it's a 4.0/auto/np231

obviously I'll have to swap the...
throttle body sensors
intake sensors
distributor
coil
alternator
temp sensor (and block off rear sensor hole)
wiring harness (which will require a few different holes cut in the firewall, and some blocked off)
heater box


the neutral safety switch will be swapped because of 2 reasons...different connector, and mine is bypassed as it is bad.

my question is this...

I have a '95 AW4 in the truck right now. there is nothing wrong with it. I don't want to pull it out, because it has fresh fluid in it. there's no reason to unless rumors are true and there is, in fact, an added sensor on the '97+ aw4.

I also don't want to swap the flexplate. for the same reasons. I THINK that the timing windows are the same (based off the fact that geonovast's brother has a '91 flywheel in his '99 xj).


my plan is to take a junk engine harness I have, cut the '95 aw4 connector out of it, and cut the connector off of a junk '97 aw4 I have here, splice them together to make a jumper, and put it in so I don't have any permanent hack job wiring.


any thoughts?

 

I do beleive that you are right with the 97 and up having an extra sensor.In all sense your wire job should work fine.Could you compare the wire harness from the 95 to the 97 to see if there is an extra sensor on 1997 an up for the aw4 or is it a seprate harness all together.I know I've heard of it I just haven't ever had to screw around with that yet.I'll try to locate the article where I read about this.Good luck.

 

yeah, I have 2 of each year trans...one of each year sitting on a bench lol.

 

what you figure out?? i found a deal on a black 4x4 97 for $750 (asking) with a bad tranny... i know there a dime a dozen... unless the 97+ is different... car-part.com only brings up other 97's for a tranny... they normally list other years if there compatable...