4.0L in CJ2A

I have a '47 CJ2A with a Buick 198 engine. I wanted to go to a hydraulic clutch, but no one makes a kit for that combination. I also have a '96 Jeep Cherokee that is a rust bucket but has a 4.0L inline 6. Has anyone made that swap? Would it require a hefter tranny, like a 4 or 5 speed?

That 4.0 is pretty long you may have to drive from the back seat. It's a good motor though, I have one with about 275 k and never been apart and I use it to plow snow.

I simply can't find a hydraulic clutch kit for it, I'm thinking of going to a Buick 225 V6 which has kits available.

The linkage assembly I have now is a Joke, looks like something off of an old screen door. I am sick of having to crawl under it to readjust everytime I drive it. There has to be a better way.

We are already looking at fabricating a linkage, I'm just starting to think it might be easier to go with something that already has a kit for it, like a Buick 225. I was just wondering if what I already have, the 4.0L might do the job. But it sounds like it's not a reasonable fit. I'm some 15K into this Willys, I want it to be drivable.

Willys stock, probably need to change that too

The reason I was asking was if some cobbled up version of the stock linkage is what you have then you can make that right a WHOLE lot easier than another engine swap.

If you paid someone to do it I'd make them fix it, that's a lot of money to have in a with a lousy clutch.

I'm paying some one to try to make a hydraulic clutch