vetteboy
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- morganville, nj
OK, I searched, and didn't find anything...but please, if you have any links to buildup threads involving this install, let me know.
I've got a Dodge NV4500 from a '94 3500 CTD, 2WD dually. I got it for free, so as part of my impending build I'd like to use this in my XJ. I'll probably be bolting it to a flipped D300, so I know I have to get the new tailhousing and mainshaft, which will take care of the existing 2WD problem, and I know how to mate it to the 4.0 already (which will be a 4.6 in my XJ).
What I'm wondering is, I've heard people say that the tranny tunnel will need to be cut out, etc. I'm not opposed to doing this at all. I'd just like to see if anyone has done it, and if so, what kind of modification of the tunnel was required, and if it has been worth the hassle. The way I figure it, my passenger side floor pan is all ate up with rust anyway, so if I'm gonna be doing sheetmetal reconstruction it's not that big a deal to redo the tunnel. Compared to the other things involved in this build, that's minor.
I also have an SM465 and an NP435 available to me, but those both seem like the shifter is much further towards the bellhousing, which would make installation in something like an XJ very problematic.
TIA for whatever y'all can give me.
I've got a Dodge NV4500 from a '94 3500 CTD, 2WD dually. I got it for free, so as part of my impending build I'd like to use this in my XJ. I'll probably be bolting it to a flipped D300, so I know I have to get the new tailhousing and mainshaft, which will take care of the existing 2WD problem, and I know how to mate it to the 4.0 already (which will be a 4.6 in my XJ).
What I'm wondering is, I've heard people say that the tranny tunnel will need to be cut out, etc. I'm not opposed to doing this at all. I'd just like to see if anyone has done it, and if so, what kind of modification of the tunnel was required, and if it has been worth the hassle. The way I figure it, my passenger side floor pan is all ate up with rust anyway, so if I'm gonna be doing sheetmetal reconstruction it's not that big a deal to redo the tunnel. Compared to the other things involved in this build, that's minor.
I also have an SM465 and an NP435 available to me, but those both seem like the shifter is much further towards the bellhousing, which would make installation in something like an XJ very problematic.
TIA for whatever y'all can give me.