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@Casey250
https://www.cummins.com/engines/remanufactured-cummins-turbo-diesel
I'm not sure what the laws are like in Utah, but in Texas you could totally get away with doing this.
If you type in "5.9L Cummins Wrangler" into the Google search bar, you can get quite a few videos and a little bit of information of people swapping these into the slightly smaller JK engine bays.
I'm not even sure what the cost in this would be, all the videos I've seen people doing it themselves on their farms. I have a friend with a 2009 Ram 1500 who took out the 4.7L V8 that came with it and swapped in a this same Cummins 5.9L Diesel. His was from his father's old truck. He had a buddy of his who owns a diesel repair shop do the work for him, I know for a fact the guy charged him $14,000 and that was the friends and family discount. Also help that the guy worked on it in his free time under no timeline, I believe it took him 6 months to complete it.
All this being said, it's definitely doable. Honestly it's something I plan on doing when my 3.0 EcoDiesel dies. I'm just hoping that Cummins is still selling the rebuilt 5.9L whenever that does happen.
Best of luck, and yeah it's totally doable. It just really matters how much effort you willing to put into it, and how likely your state is to care that you did it. Just don't go posting about it when you do it.
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