Recent content by BackBone

I sold it... We will see what the future holds..

Thanks for the replies! I have also been thinking of just finding another lower miles mounty and swapping the t-case and tires over. Might be less of a head ache!

Hey guys. Been a while since I started a thread. Reason being is that my Mountaineer blew a freeze plug on me and overheated. It has been sitting in my driveway for about a year because I lacked the room to work on it. - single car garage. So anywho, I was going to get rid of it - on craiglist...

Not mine but this might help: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/convert-v8-awd-to-bw-4406-manual-shift-a-how-to-thread.166726/#post-1513058

I got 270K on mine. Blew a freeze plug and overheated due to steel plugs and using water! This motor still fires up first crank but I know it is done. It's a 5.0.

Here's MountaineerGreen's write-up which I used to do the manual swap. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/convert-v8-awd-to-bw-4406-manual-shift-a-how-to-thread.166726/

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/how-to-2nd-gen-bodylift-pa-883-bodylift-instructions.240957/ Also, I have a functioning AWD case in my garage for sale if you want it. Down in Redlands.

Hey guys, I have a double cardon front drive shaft laying around that I pulled from my mounty years ago when I replace my trans and tcase. The original shaft is a 4 bolt set up with double cardon on the case side. In the swap I ended up with a cv style. Anyways, is the double cardon shaft the...

Mileage? Engine price?

I was going to say that I clearanced the floor after I installed the tcase. It was harder but showed me right where to bash! You will love the swap!! !!

Why not the 4406?

:roll: Blew a freeze plug.:thumbdwn: Overheated.:eek: Stalled.:fire: Cooled down.;) Started up.:burnout: Got me home.:bounce: Now it is sitting in the driveway looking sad. :( Plans?: New engine (good used) and keep on running!! :):hammer::chug::burnout:

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$50 for the pair?

Sounds right. But isn't one of the first shortcomings that arise - after curing the "newbie driver syndrome" - is the need for lockers? So then learning to drive better will give me a better idea as to why I need lockers and how they will help?