Jeep Wrangler LS Swap (Part 2)

In this video, we address part 2 of our Chevy 5.3l LM7 swap in to my dad's 1998 Jeep Wrangler TJ. We install our kit from Advanced Adapters, and share some news at the end...
please stay tuned for Part 3

[@dogbounty6399]

Keeping it real by working out of a temporary/permanent garage....much respect.

[@jackperry9369]

Love this build

[@Nakedguy36]

Hearing that rain would make me want to just lay down and take a nap

[@Joester1908]

You’d never get anything done in WA state if you didn’t work in the rain! Lol

[@Nakedguy36]

My hats off to you, great follow thru with a lot of work. I wanted to put a sb in my 91 yj someday but not now !!! Lol kidding

[@arayalynn03]

Nice work! You have a mile of clearance between motor and radiator. In my JK the motor only has 1/8 clearance between motor and Camaro SS fan. This makes me want to swap my TJ.

[@RD1138]

So this is what I want to do to my YJ so Im really excited about your vids. So I have to ask wont that 5.3 grenade the hell out of the Ax15 transmission? I've never seen those survive a V8

[@chasebannar927]

what does the spacer look like?! where does it go?? I have the same advance adapters kit and they aren't being specific in my emails about it. Any chance you can help? thanks!

[@chuckhales3629]

I'm trying to find out if a 3.7lv6 out of a 2006 jeep liberty will fit into my 2008 3.7lv6 jeep comander.can anyone tell me how to go about doing this thank you

[@cannoncarpetcleaning]

I'm a take a guess that y'all stay in Oregon or Washington

[@Joester1908]

Mill Stacka yep western wa

[@Bigtoe7272]

Great vid man! How long did the full swap take? And how is your transmission feel? I am looking for a 6.0 right now to do a swap in my 2001 TJ and have the same transmission.

[@Joester1908]

thanks, the trans is holding up just fine. We are 6 months in to this project and its still not 100% complete. We are working on a few issues here and there, and will be doing a followup video. My dad said he does have some occasional issues with his clutch releasing, its a kit from Advanced Adapters. He is going to troubleshoot that and we will be including it in the next video

[@Bigtoe7272]

@@Joester1908 we are almost done with my swap. How is your transmission holding up?

[@Joester1908]

@@Bigtoe7272 the trans AX15 is holding up fine. We went to Moab last summer and it is still working good. It is worn out and 2-3 shift is hard but that has nothing to do with the 5.3. My next upgrade will likely be a TH400 with manual shift body. We'll see. Send a link to pictures, you will be happy with it. So much more power and fun to drive. I had to relearn wheeling in it b/c it is a totally different rig now.

[@Thewaldo12345]

Can’t tell if he was trolling when he torqued the spark plug

[@lscbdormantgod5793]

what type of press you used also what clutch because i want to use stock jeep transmission

[@Joester1908]

The Advance Adaptor kit comes with everything to install the LS, Clutch, mounts, radiator etc..

[@scottydoesntknow254]

I would have took a 1 inch ball ping hammer and made a modification to that fire wall lol

[@Joester1908]

Scotty doesn'tKNOW we actually did do exactly that

[@scottydoesntknow254]

@@Joester1908 haha nice

[@juechter]

Never put yourself between the hilift jack and the arm. Good way to get knocked the fuck out if shit doesnt workput perfectly. It happens.

[@chevrock22]

How did you modify the firewall?

[@Joester1908]

chevrock22 we installed the engine, marked where it hit and beat it with a hammer

[@jorgezuni2818]

Joester1908 😅 🔨 🔨 . Some TLC . Excellent improvise ! Good sir

[@FranknMila]

How did it turn out??

[@Joester1908]

Francisco Betancourt pretty good! We are still ironing out some stuff but we will do an update video here soon

[@nickmartin7024]

Stock tj trans ?

[@Joester1908]

nick martin yes, AX15

[@tonytouchzz]

Kinda suck you ended up not being able to fit it in :(

[@bungcheese5901]

That your son's XJ at 5:50? Good work guys

[@Joester1908]

bung cheese yea, it’s a my Comanche. My dads truck is down in California so we have to use it for all the “truck” stuff. And installing an engine apparently hahah

[@bungcheese5901]

@@Joester1908 oh a comanche even better lol. I'm probably about your age and got into Jeeps with my first XJ, just got a TJ and found your channel, thanks for posting the videos and keep it up

[@Joester1908]

bung cheese oh yea? Good stuff. I am 21. I love my TJ. I was wheeling my Comanche. Locked front and rear on 35s. My dad bought his TJ with open diffs, 3.07s and 33s and it did better than the Comanche. After that I was sold on the TJ. Now both of ours are decently built up and real capable. Of course I love the old XJs/MJs but the TJ is definitely more capable