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Hi all,<br/>Dodgyjack, thanks for sharing. Between a few people having different experiences this process can only get better!<br/>Didn't quite understand what you did with the bolts, but I purposely went to that trouble with the drilling and tapping from an engineering standpoint, because that ...

Around 12 months ago I bought a 2000 Jackaroo (Bighorn, Trooper) with 4JX1 3.0 diesel. The engine had typical issues and with some help from this forum I ended up fitting a 4JB1 2.8 turbo diesel engine.<br/>I have now documented the job and am making it available to anyone else who has found ...

Here's a few pics of the job. I will post again when I have put the whole thing together.<br/>Engine bay of donor Jack:<br/><!-- ia2 -->jack engine bay.jpg<!-- ia2 --><br/>Dust cover I had lasercut:<br/><!-- ia3 -->dust cover.jpg<!-- ia3 --><br/>Mods to the spacer plate:<br/><!-- ia0 -->spacer plate ...

Conversion is finished now, although I'm having our fuel pump rebuilt and tweaked next week, and I might consider plumbing the 4JX1 intercooler in one day.<br/>Thanks to those who helped with comments.<br/>I'm planning to document the 4JB1 into Jackaroo 4JX1 conversion, in the hope I might be able ...

Update -
Have got all wiring, SOTF, everything working except tacho. Just some tidying up to do. need a short piece of pipe made up to match the exhaust together. it sounds like you're standing next to a spitfire at the moment!

Yeah Bazza,
Have discovered the spacer plate works as you said. I bought a 16mm tap and new larger bolts. Tapped the top two holes, then drilled out the top two on the bellhousing so I get to keep them. Engine is all bolted up as of yesterday, now got to get it running.

Trans in the donor has done 303,000km and just starting to make some noise. Running gear in the MY is like new, so I'll persevere if I can. See how we go.

I can say my bit about the 4JB1 T now.<br/>I picked one up this week in a UBS55, to use as a donor vehicle. It's not intercooled (a few were here in Aus from what I can tell). I picked it up interstate and drove it straight home - nothing like a 1500km journey to see how it goes! Just over 9km/litre ...

OK, here goes. I'm now looking for a donor vehicle.
When I'm done I'll post some pics.

Thanks Bazza and Geeves,<br/>I'd be happy to use 4BJ1. They're easier to find here anyway.<br/>Bazza, what wre the issues you had with the gearbox loom? Mine has the 4WD on-the-fly. I traced the loom around and something is linked to the 4JX1 engine computer. Would that be the speedo?<br/>So I've ...