PA Jeeps
The Garage => Technical Advice and Questions => Topic started by: Davester on November 02, 2007, 10:53:14 pm
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Is it possible to convert from 2wd to 4wd??? I'm thinking about buying a postal jeep.
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Certainly
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how hard and does it just bolt on? I know there is cutting involved for the stick shift.
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how hard and does it just bolt on? I know there is cutting involved for the stick shift.
heh ... nothing ever just bolts on ... that's just the nature of "projects" - I
know a guy who did the conversion - it took him a couple months of weekends and
evenings. He was pretty handy with a cutting torch and welding stick and did
the fabrication himself (cross member, some changes to the floors and some other
stuff the came up) - it was pretty neat when he was done -
I should note - he had the "donor" in the garage next to his mail jeep (a very well
rusted CJ5 with a rusted through frame rail) - he took very careful measurements and
didn't try to rush -
That was probably 25 years ago - not sure how long his Jeep stayed together - I got
relocated to Kansas and lost touch - but that's another story ...
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IMHO, it's not worth it. You would have to almost buy two Jeeps, one as a parts donor. Unless you have a good shop and weld/fab skills it is way more work than it seems. All projects seem to turn out that way. DAMHIK
Just my two cents.
And then there is the right hand drive thing.
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If you're willing to do that much work, come to my house! ;D really, just find yourself a project jeep w 4wd and fix it - you will be happier in the end....