Oh man this thread is awesome..just what i needed...big ups op

guys,
let me tell ya i became a cherokee fan by accident believe it or not...
I owned a '02 bmw 330i and my sis owned a '98 jeep cherokee 5spd 2dr 2wd 130k mi. She moved to portland and gave me the jeep...
Now i want to turn it to a 4wd...
It has backfees tho so i want to just buy a used cherokee and have an extra eng and trans...

Good luck man

 

Well I have a question somebody told me that a 4x4 gets worse gas milage then a 4x2

 

your pulling a bit more weight around withe the extra parts, and your engine has to power 4 wheel instead of one, so it does use more gas for obvious reasons, in my exsperience it doesn't make a huge diference.... and having 4x4 is def worth it for the couple bucks more at the pump imo

 

O ok thank

 

nice

 

Complete bs. On a really big truck maybe, but my jeep is 2wd and I know its not even enough to notice. Maybe its because those with 4wd jeeps most always put on oversized tires.

 

Yea I got a 2wd also but I also want to lift it and put lights and stuff I want it to look cool but I want it to be worth a purpose Im thinking about converting it

 

I also have a 93 2wd that i picked up for super cheap and want to convert.

It has a stock rear axle and a dana 30 up front. Are these compatible to slap the tranny and transfer case on? I found a donor jeep down at the JY that I want to use.

 

i like the rhino

 

yea man as long as they (being front and rear axle) have the same gear ratio

 

thanks everyone

 

finally finally finally got my trans and tc in i know i promised a bunch of pic and stuff im sorry but due to work and a family death i have been pinch real hard for time once again im but its so straight forward if you can take yours out u can do the swapall the plugs were the same i reused my starter, flex plate,cps,block plate,cooler lines,shift cable,cross member feel free to ask any questions about it im so glad to have done this swap it wasn't that hard and i learned alot about the driveline on our jeeps

 

now the finishing touch

 

Congrats! Hey, as far as the tranny goes, do you definitely have to swap it out or are you able to remove the tailshaft and bolt up the tc? Because I noticed my tranny has a removeable tailshaft on it. Also, do you have to get a different driveshaft or are they the same lengths?

I too became a cherokee fan by accident after my brother-in-law bought a CJ, convinced me to sell my pickup truck, and then wound up with a 2wd 92 cherokee laredo at a stolen price for 1500 bucks (the guy wanted 2500, the blue book says it's worth about 2100). At the price I got it at, and the condition it's in, it's totally worth it for me to convert it over.

- Justin <><

 

far as i know you can't use the 2wd trans i heard at one time there was a adapter to convert a 2wd trans but it was like 300 bucks and i didn't spend 300 on my 4wd aw4 and 231tc lol so yea i would look to get a 4wd trans and tc together to make it easy there is to different trans out put spline counts (21-23) so i would if you could get the trans and tc together
and yes the rear drive shafts are different between 2wd and 4wd