@@onehourgarage I was looking to do a clearwater or the later model TUPY head swap on mine, the price difference is just a lot different between the two
@raleighsmith9838 yeah I couldn't find a tuppy head that didn't have a ton of miles or that was close. I would have had to have had it checked and rebuilt anyway and driven a couple hours to get one. It was alot more than i would typically spend but I think I'm going to keep this one for a while.
Cracked heads were sort of common on those in certain later model years. After 2000? I think you can tell which head they have by cast-in numbers which are visible at the rear of the head, under the cover back by the firewall. Look straight down from above onto the deck. I can't remember the numbers to stay away from, but the good heads are getting hard to get anymore. I had a 96 for 8 trouble free years. Haven't learned my lesson, and now have a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo.
Yeah the early99-2002.5 had the 0331 head had casting flaws. The later heads have the word "tupy" cast into it and had that flaw fixed. Atleast that's what my research has found. I couldn't find a tupy head local that wasn't going to need machine work so I just bought a whole head from clearwater cylinder head. Thanks for watching!
I have thee exact same one same wheels and paint and year and its also a classic I love it so far. I daily it and it has only 128K for now .
Got the head off, just waiting for gaskets, water pump and new radiator.
@@onehourgarage I was looking to do a clearwater or the later model TUPY head swap on mine, the price difference is just a lot different between the two
@raleighsmith9838 yeah I couldn't find a tuppy head that didn't have a ton of miles or that was close. I would have had to have had it checked and rebuilt anyway and driven a couple hours to get one. It was alot more than i would typically spend but I think I'm going to keep this one for a while.
Cracked heads were sort of common on those in certain later model years. After 2000? I think you can tell which head they have by cast-in numbers which are visible at the rear of the head, under the cover back by the firewall. Look straight down from above onto the deck. I can't remember the numbers to stay away from, but the good heads are getting hard to get anymore. I had a 96 for 8 trouble free years. Haven't learned my lesson, and now have a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo.
Yeah the early99-2002.5 had the 0331 head had casting flaws. The later heads have the word "tupy" cast into it and had that flaw fixed. Atleast that's what my research has found. I couldn't find a tupy head local that wasn't going to need machine work so I just bought a whole head from clearwater cylinder head. Thanks for watching!
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