Adding 4 wheel drive?
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Adding 4 wheel drive?
I have a 99 EB and the Wife just loves it. Ok, I do too but we have moved from Phoenix to Albuquerque and we get snow here! It would be nice if we had 4WD in the Expy! My Dodge 2500 is very capable but doesn't have the room.
What is involved with adding 4WD? Can a transfer case be added to the existing tranny or would I need to swap out the whole gearbox? Is it worth the effort or would I be ahead of the game to simply get another one that already has 4X4?
We have around 150K miles on it and it runs like a top. I really don't want to borrow anyone elses problems by buying another vehicle.
Anybody ever done this? I am fully capable of doing the work but if it is too much work I'll find another way to go.
What is involved with adding 4WD? Can a transfer case be added to the existing tranny or would I need to swap out the whole gearbox? Is it worth the effort or would I be ahead of the game to simply get another one that already has 4X4?
We have around 150K miles on it and it runs like a top. I really don't want to borrow anyone elses problems by buying another vehicle.
Anybody ever done this? I am fully capable of doing the work but if it is too much work I'll find another way to go.
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You'll be much better off to find a 4WD vehicle rather than trying to convert your 2WD.
You'd need the transfer case, front driveshaft, front axle, PCM, sensors, vacuum system, wiring and several other items I'm sure that I've forgotten in order to do the conversion.
You'd need the transfer case, front driveshaft, front axle, PCM, sensors, vacuum system, wiring and several other items I'm sure that I've forgotten in order to do the conversion.
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Nevermind! I traded the '99 EB 2WD in on an '03 EB 4WD today! Smokin' deal too! After trade in we financed 14K so the payments are under $300/mo.
The '99 had 147k miles on it and ran like a top so whoever gets it will really enjoy it. But I'll enjoy the '03 even more. Couldn't be happier!
And it's Christmas Red so the wife is covered for Christmas now too!
The '99 had 147k miles on it and ran like a top so whoever gets it will really enjoy it. But I'll enjoy the '03 even more. Couldn't be happier!
And it's Christmas Red so the wife is covered for Christmas now too!
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Originally Posted by NoMo
Congrats on the "new" Expedition!
Hope it serves you as well as your previous one.
Hope it serves you as well as your previous one.
If this "new" one is as good it will be very good indeed!
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