Engine spacer

[Cushdaddy]

Just put the engine back in a 2002 jeep liberty, and forgot to put the steel spacer in between the engine and transmission. It starts and runs fine. I think I can separate the engine and transmission to slide it in, but is it necessary to do that?? I shoved it in a Rubbermaid container with the accessories and forgot about it. Thanks, cushdaddy

3.7 with auto.

 

[tommudd]

Just put the engine back in a 2002 jeep liberty, and forgot to put the steel spacer in between the engine and transmission. It starts and runs fine. I think I can separate the engine and transmission to slide it in, but is it necessary to do that?? I shoved it in a Rubbermaid container with the accessories and forgot about it. Thanks, cushdaddy

3.7 with auto.

Picture ????

 

[Cushdaddy]

How to attach?

 

[Cushdaddy]

pic attached i think

That pic is worthless

 

[Cushdaddy]

PIc attached again i think

 

[Leeann]

You have to use the IMG tags around the photo - click the little yellow icon with a drawing of what looks like mountains. That gives you the IMG tags, now paste the link to the photo between them.

 

[Cushdaddy]

So nobody knows if this spacer is required? Someone has to know. Thanks.

 

[tommudd]

It " should " be in there

 

[JasonJ]

So nobody knows if this spacer is required? Someone has to know. Thanks.

If it wasn't required, trust that Chrysler would have saved the money by simply not using it...

It may work "fine" without it... for a time. Hard to say how long that'll be. Might be life of the vehicle, might be a few weeks.. no idea.

I'd go through the effort myself, of separate just far enough to slip it in.

 

[RenKJ]

without that im pretty sure impacts to the drive train will go into the crankshaft and flywheel rather than being distributed to the engine and transmission mounts, not sure how long you can drive it like that but if you offroaded like that you would probably do permanent damage

 

[JasonJ]

without that im pretty sure impacts to the drive train will go into the crankshaft and flywheel rather than being distributed to the engine and transmission mounts, not sure how long you can drive it like that but if you offroaded like that you would probably do permanent damage

I was also thinking about the spacing between transmission input shaft and torque converter... there is probably some amount of head space that is designed into that; now they are that much closer together.. could contact in ways it was not designed.

Plus the starter is now closer to the flywheel ring gear by the thickness of that spacer plate; which might be fine, but it might also cause the starter gear to clash against the ring gear, bottom out, could damage the bendix or internal bearings of the starter over time, or cause the starter to become mis-matched and not mesh properly.

Short term, I don't see an issue.. but over a longer period of time, could be weeks, could be months or even years... I would not feel comfortable knowing I "did the job wrong" and left a part out.