EJ22 from a manual Liberty into an Auto Liberty

dree · Post by **dree** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:02 am

Just a quick question.

I am looking at buying an EJ22 from a manual Liberty to go into an auto Liberty, they are both series one, 91/92.

What is the difference apart from the flywheel? What else will I need to swap?

Post by **Alex** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:40 pm

absolutely no difference. youll need to swap over flywheel tho.

alex

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:49 pm

are they both FWD or AWD's

dree · Post by **dree** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:55 pm

I'm not sure about the donor car, I'll need to ask, the recipient is AWD. What is the difference in the engines?

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:04 pm

mechanically they are the same

but i beleive there "CAN" be slight differences between wiring ...but im not 100% sure anymore

dree · Post by **dree** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:29 pm

OK thanks everyone, sounds like it's not much of an issue whatever the difference.

Cheers

Andreas

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:41 pm

1992 was the changeover year to series two and these have slightly different wiring. 2 grey engine loom plugs instead of 3 or vice versa, cant remember which. can still be made to work tho.

tex · Post by **tex** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:29 pm

Check the spigot bearing also as most of the time they are slightly different (A bearing at the end of the crankshaft where the input shaft sits!) Would you beleive some car manufacturers went to the trouble of two different crankshafts for autos and manuals.

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:01 am

Wiring are different... I am not sure about the connectors & sensors on series 1 & 2..
Engine itself is same all you need is to change over the gearbox and rear diff to suit (if its AWD) since automatic is 4.11 and manual is either 3.7 or 3.9
Cheers
AP

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:14 am

read his post!

I am looking at buying an EJ22 from a manual Liberty to go into an auto Liberty

the only engine difference is there is a shield to prevent the timing belt skipping on the manual engine. Wont bother you when using it with your auto.

why would he change gearbox or diff?

dree: try and buy a Series1 engine for your series1 car and you wont have any wiring issues

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:36 am

He won't have wiring issues anyway. He has S1 wiring in his car already, just use that.
- Buy your S2 auto or manual or whatever engine - does not matter
- Remove the engine harness from your new motor
- Remove the existing engine harness from your existing buggered motor
- Put your existing wiring harness onto your new motor
- Bolt in your new motor
It takes like 10 minutes to swap an engine harness.