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258 in line 6's will get lifter tap around 175K. You can drive em usually another 50-75K though.
T 150 3 speed is OK. Model 20 T case OK too.
Liked my T 176 (4 speed) w 300 better.
The little clip that holds the shifter in T 176 breaks pretty easily LOL
'77 CJ should be narrow track axle IIRC.
Think 77 the first year of boxed in frame too.
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I beat the hell out of an 82 CJ5 for a long while, and salvaged a 79 CJ5 from a frontal rollover.
Had a couple XJ, and ZJ, WJ too.
Too old for leaf springs now (bad back).
4 doors, coils and a heater that actually works.........kinda nice.
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I think it was E P Barnum who said,(theres one born every minit) lol.
By the time your finished with that thing you will be broke and still not have a good Jeep.
Go into debt and buy a newer Rubicon and have a much better vehicle you can enjoy right now instead of working on and throwing money at for the entire time you own it.
Ask me how I know that. I paid $600 just for a T 18 trans 15 years ago, and spent lots of hours scraping the grease off and cleaning it, then paid to have it installed. Just one of the many many items I wasted my money on. New Rubicons are close to $60k!!! At least that's what was on the one I looked at at the dealer last Saturday. Instead, I bought a super clean 2006 Rubicon for $14k. Nice part about it, after I got it home and begun crawling around underneath it, I found it has a Dynatrack 44 front axle which (according to the Dynatrack website) start at $5100 and go up from there depending on options. It was nice to find that jackpot lurking underneath! As for swapping in a T-18 into my '78 CJ5...I took the easy way out and had a 4WD shop do it. All up it was $900 out the door...of course, this was back in 1990!! JEEP = Just Empty Every Pocket!!! While non Rubicon Jeeps could be ordered w 44 rear, I thought Rubicons were all 44 front/rear.
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I can't afford a Rubicon, or to wheel anymore.
But I have driven them and they are pretty sweet.
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I think it was E P Barnum who said,(theres one born every minit) lol.
By the time your finished with that thing you will be broke and still not have a good Jeep.
Go into debt and buy a newer Rubicon and have a much better vehicle you can enjoy right now instead of working on and throwing money at for the entire time you own it.
Ask me how I know that. I paid $600 just for a T 18 trans 15 years ago, and spent lots of hours scraping the grease off and cleaning it, then paid to have it installed. Just one of the many many items I wasted my money on. New Rubicons are close to $60k!!! At least that's what was on the one I looked at at the dealer last Saturday. Instead, I bought a super clean 2006 Rubicon for $14k. Nice part about it, after I got it home and begun crawling around underneath it, I found it has a Dynatrack 44 front axle which (according to the Dynatrack website) start at $5100 and go up from there depending on options. It was nice to find that jackpot lurking underneath! As for swapping in a T-18 into my '78 CJ5...I took the easy way out and had a 4WD shop do it. All up it was $900 out the door...of course, this was back in 1990!! JEEP = Just Empty Every Pocket!!! While non Rubicon Jeeps could be ordered w 44 rear, I thought Rubicons were all 44 front/rear. Yes, all Rubicons have 44 front and rear, I have no idea why the previous owner installed a Dynatrac 44 front, although I do know the housings are much stronger than the stock 44 fronts. Another nice feature of the Rubicons is the 4:1 ratio NP241 transfer case, which is a MUCH better case than a stock Jeep's 231 case.
Ken
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Too old for leaf springs now (bad back).
4 doors, coils and a heater that actually works.........kinda nice.
I will be using Alcan Custom Springs on my CJ6 as soft a ride as you want. Ridden in a couple of cj7 with these springs, not that bad of a ride.
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