Allan, 5 speeds do fit in Scout 2s .......

["Allan Ericson" <lowvolt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Ericson" <lowvolt@domain.elided>
To: "John Fleck" <john@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Allan, 5 speeds do fit in Scout 2s .......


> John-
>
> A 2 inch body lift and a spring over in order to fab up the mounts for the
5
> speed and install the divorced t-case is not a lot of surgery?
>
> For whom? It would take me weeks in my driveway. It would take you days in
> the shop.
>
> Now think in terms of a 100" wheelbase scout, and re-do the equation. Can
> you still make the rear driveline work, even using a CV joint instead of
the
> primary drive shaft (feeding the t-case)?
>
> The fact that you "can"do something, have the skills, parts, and tools
does
> not change the fact that it's still not a bolt in swap, nor is it even
> close. It's a lot of surgery.
>
> -Allan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Fleck" <john@domain.elided>
> To: <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:19 PM
> Subject: Allan, 5 speeds do fit in Scout 2s .......
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 16:07:11 -0700
> > From: "Allan Ericson" <lowvolt@domain.elided>
> > The 5 speed won't fit in a scout without a whole lot of surgery.
> >
> > Allan,
> > I am searching for one now to do the same conversion Jeff Ismail has
done.
> > He has a Traveler with the OD 5 speed in it. A  2" body lift and a
spring
> > over is all it took to fit it under the tranny hump. He is using a
> divorced
> > mounted NP-205 and running 35" tires.
> >
> > I want the same thing if i dont go diesel.
> >
> > John
> > "Overbuilding may be dumb, sometimes; but never as dumb as
> > underbuilding." John Hofstetter 2002
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