Curiosity about a swap.

[thorsranger91]

I have a 91 2.9l a4ld 4x4. Found a 2000 explorer xls for 600 with no title. Pretty sure it is a 4.0 would the drive train basically be drop in with some wiring mods?

 

[franklin2]

Yes, but the wiring tends to be the problem. The EFI engines wont run without it. Do some research in the tech library, it should have the info you need. I get confused on the PATS anti-theft system, but some years had that and it can cause swap problems also.

 

[thorsranger91]

So basically I would think if I used the column from the explorer that would allow the use of the pats system

 

[HadASplash/XLTSC]

I would guess that if you use the column AND swap the entire wiring/computers over you'd avoid all the issues. Dash swap it even-
but I'm not sure as I have no practical experience with this. (Doing an 88 STX project now.) There are Plenty of threads w/ PATS issues to research here.

 

[SenorNoob]

2000 will have the ECU in a different location. It'll get complicated real fast. Maybe easier to make new mount for newer computer?

 

[DRanger024]

Which 4.0 is in the explorer?

 

[thorsranger91]

I have another option to get a 4.0 mo5 combo from a 95 ranger. However the ranger 4.0 was overheating so needs a rebuild