My Case for the 5.9L Grand Cherokee (ZJ)

  • HTML tutorial
Anak

Anak

Rank V
Launch Member

Member III

2,741
Sandy Eggo
ZJ GRIZZLY said:
There is a YouTube video where a guy made his zj into a manual and from the looks of it it runs fantastic . just search on YouTube manual transmission ZJ, I think the conversion has to be done but I don't think they come that way check it out. If they do they are a unicorn
Click to expand...
The official claim is that they were indeed manufactured with a manual transmission. From the Wikipedia page:

Transmission choices included a four-speed automatic transmission (early production ZJs used the AW4 - the A500SE (later 42RE) replaced the AW4 during the latter half of the 1993 model year) or an Aisin AX15 manual transmission. Low demand for the manual transmission resulted in its discontinuation after the 1994 model year for North America but it remained on the option list for European ZJs (ZGs sold in Europe with the diesel powertrain retained the AX15).
Click to expand...
I have heard this from other sources too, but have yet to come across one. So yes, a unicorn.

Being in Kali, I suspect that if I were to convert one then the smog techs would throw a fit. It is simpler to be happy with my XJ.
 
  • Like
Reactions: KTM GRIZZLY
KTM GRIZZLY

KTM GRIZZLY

Rank VI
Launch Member

Influencer I

3,616
Apache Junction, AZ, USA
First Name
Charles
Last Name
Girard
Member #

5987

Anak said:
The official claim is that they were indeed manufactured with a manual transmission. From the Wikipedia page:



I have heard this from other sources too, but have yet to come across one. So yes, a unicorn.

Being in Kali, I suspect that if I were to convert one then the smog techs would throw a fit. It is simpler to be happy with my XJ.
Click to expand...
Lol your probably right on the smog. Cool info though. I only knew of one guy on YouTube doing the conversion himself. Stupid California laws
 
KTM GRIZZLY

KTM GRIZZLY

Rank VI
Launch Member

Influencer I

3,616
Apache Junction, AZ, USA
First Name
Charles
Last Name
Girard
Member #

5987

Anak said:
The official claim is that they were indeed manufactured with a manual transmission. From the Wikipedia page:



I have heard this from other sources too, but have yet to come across one. So yes, a unicorn.

Being in Kali, I suspect that if I were to convert one then the smog techs would throw a fit. It is simpler to be happy with my XJ.
Click to expand...
They're probably sitting in somebody's Barn somewhere in the Midwest collecting dust or they already hit the junkyard
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom