2WD to 4X4
so what you're saying is it wont crank? or when you put it in drive it wont go?
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From: Fort Collins, CO
Make a 2x4 into a 4x4 without doing anything electrical? LOL.
I thought The D40 that you would probably be installing(off a 4x4 2nd gen ram) uses a CAD on the axle itself to engage. Oh yeah, what about the T-Case, driveshaft, ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION and mounts, cutting the floorboards to install levers, ELECTRICAL for CAD on/off, new vacume lines, etc.
Just needs the front axle? EEeeeh....
Sell your truck, and get the same one in a 4x4. I know, everyone says they like their vehicle... But after I changed my 98 for an 02, never wanted to go back. After I changed my last V6 camaro for a camaro SS with an LS1, never would go back. Etc.
I thought The D40 that you would probably be installing(off a 4x4 2nd gen ram) uses a CAD on the axle itself to engage. Oh yeah, what about the T-Case, driveshaft, ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION and mounts, cutting the floorboards to install levers, ELECTRICAL for CAD on/off, new vacume lines, etc.
Just needs the front axle? EEeeeh....
Sell your truck, and get the same one in a 4x4. I know, everyone says they like their vehicle... But after I changed my 98 for an 02, never wanted to go back. After I changed my last V6 camaro for a camaro SS with an LS1, never would go back. Etc.
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From: Death to the CSA!
How do you swap the 4x4 components without swapping the suspension? The 4x4's are solid axle, whereas the 4x2's have arms...
I sense inbreeding is at play here..
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From: Alabama
I've thought about doing the same to mine. I've done 2wd to 4wd conversion on two toyotas and a v8 swap 2wd to 4wd swap on a toy and a ranger. I didn't spend a lot, but I have access to a junk yard at little to no cost for parts. And, except for the ranger these were all off road only rides that I built for other people. I'll probably just do the swap on a toyota I have out back and use my Dodge to tow it!
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From: Western NY,
you would have no 4 wheel drive? you need to at least hook up the vacum system to it....
Champion
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From: Western NY,
thats just an ignorant thing to say man. You could have told him that without making fun of him .....and not come off like a tool to others...
Last edited by Augiedoggy; Dec 12, 2009 at 09:04 PM.
and i've been reading a few 2wd-->4wd threads so i had pretty much written off the project. but a friend of mine(who has owned a chevy truck for 8yrs) keeps trying to convenience me that all i had to do was throw the mech parts on. so i thought i'd ask
Last edited by RonRacer; Dec 13, 2009 at 06:29 PM.
