Hi all. Sorry for the gaper question, but until I really do start getting my knuckles dirty I'll have a lot of them.
New owner of a '71 J-2500 and have been reading up on them lately and trying to plan out the rebuild. Today's question is on the tranny...
Currently, I have the 360 mated to the 3-spd manual. Right off the bat I realized I'm not good at diagnosing what's good and what's bad since I've never driven a "good" J-2500! I'm comparing this thing to my WJ, TJ, and XJ and I know that's dumb. (ie the clutch seems to be very very worn, but I'm used to an '06 TJ clutch and an '05 Subie clutch).
ANYWAY....since I think I may need to do some work to clutch/tranny, I was wondering how easy is a 700R4 swap? A search led me to believe its doable (BJ's has the adapters for relatively cheap) and has been done a lot...but no real instructions.
If it's possible:
1) How easy/cost effective is it?
2) What are the best donor vehicles (gear ratios etc - I assume I'll have a tranny shop do the final install, but I figure not having to regear would save $)?
3) Would I need a shorter drive shaft? If so...how do I acquire/fabricate one?
4) Should I swap T-Case too?
5) Do most folks keep a shifter on the floor (ie a Hurst) or do you go stock column? Is the rest of the interior work pretty easy? Hopefully the shifter wouldn't affect my planned center console etc..
I think that's it for now. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help. In a few years I'll be embarrassed looking back at threads like this, but for now, I'm a total FSJ noob.
New owner of a '71 J-2500 and have been reading up on them lately and trying to plan out the rebuild. Today's question is on the tranny...
Currently, I have the 360 mated to the 3-spd manual. Right off the bat I realized I'm not good at diagnosing what's good and what's bad since I've never driven a "good" J-2500! I'm comparing this thing to my WJ, TJ, and XJ and I know that's dumb. (ie the clutch seems to be very very worn, but I'm used to an '06 TJ clutch and an '05 Subie clutch).
ANYWAY....since I think I may need to do some work to clutch/tranny, I was wondering how easy is a 700R4 swap? A search led me to believe its doable (BJ's has the adapters for relatively cheap) and has been done a lot...but no real instructions.
If it's possible:
1) How easy/cost effective is it?
2) What are the best donor vehicles (gear ratios etc - I assume I'll have a tranny shop do the final install, but I figure not having to regear would save $)?
3) Would I need a shorter drive shaft? If so...how do I acquire/fabricate one?
4) Should I swap T-Case too?
5) Do most folks keep a shifter on the floor (ie a Hurst) or do you go stock column? Is the rest of the interior work pretty easy? Hopefully the shifter wouldn't affect my planned center console etc..
I think that's it for now. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help. In a few years I'll be embarrassed looking back at threads like this, but for now, I'm a total FSJ noob.
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