i know, i know, i was just saying that in a cj7 or a wrangler the long input shaft will work fine. yes i would agree that it could be considered better to have the short input shaft and the longer rear drive shaft. either will work.

brian wilson
80 cj5 "high 5"
stretched to 100" wb
351w/np435/d300/d44/d60/detroits/4.56/35ss/bdlocks

Just to give you guys a little optimism....listen to this:
Alec78CJ and I were at work, doing our usual nothing, looking through the "Truck Trader." In the back they have lots of miscellaneous goodies, including vehicles being parted out. There was a guy parting out a J-truck, so Alec went to investigate. He noticed that the crossmember was not factory and that the original one had been torched off. To his amazement, someone had actually swapped a COMPLETE CJ drivetrain into it, including a CJ T-18. A couple new bearing and seals and a few quarts of new fluid later, a friend and I were bench pressing it into place with the dana 20 bolted up as Alec lined it all up...Keep looking, sometime you find treasures in odd places...by the way, the guy had no idea what he had....i think alec paid him like $200 for it...

98 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 Sport Plus, 5.9L 360, auto, Locked, 3.92s, BFG A/T KOs, RS9000s, RS5000 stabilizer, BedRug, tows my CJ-7!

i have the bellhousing and 5" adapter from a J-truck if anyone is interested email me offlist at: [email protected]

thanks



Boston Mangler
CJ7, T18, Dana20, Scout Dana44's F&R, Detroits F&R, 4:56 Gears, SOA (Custom YJ Springs), Weber 32/36, York OBA.
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Actually here is a list of all the stuff i am looking to sell or trade:

http://ct-web.unh.edu/yankeetoys/kspeicher/4sale.htm

Thanks

Boston Mangler
CJ7, T18, Dana20, Scout Dana44's F&R, Detroits F&R, 4:56 Gears, SOA (Custom YJ Springs), Weber 32/36, York OBA.
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