Topic: 22rte swap... need help piror to starting...

[lone walker]

i am putting in a 86 22rte engine into my 83 22r 4x4. anything i need to know piror to starting? will the mounts bolt right up? what about the 22r tranny, will that bolt to the 22rte?

thanks for all the help.

[ccolby3]

I just pulled an 22 RTE out of my 82 4wd. I can provide some tech reference for you if you want. Shoot me a pm and give me your phone #. Carl.

[ccolby3]

The engine will bolt up to mounts and the transmission. That engine looks awesome in the engine bay.

[ccolby3]

The easiest way to make the engine work is to piggy back the engine wiring harness to the truck wiring harness. I had the complete chassis harness from the Donner truck, then used a FSM to figure out what wires that I needed and what I could get rid of. I used a separate fuse block for the engine, so that way, if any problems came up. Trouble shooting would be easier. The engine harness will need 12 volt battery power, 2- 12 volt switched power and all the grounds hooked up.  That's all I can think of off the top of my head. If I can think of anything else I'll post it.  Good luck, it's actually pretty easy to pull off the swap. Carl