4x2 to 4x4 conversion question

[2013_Exploder]

Silly question for you guys. I may have the opportunity to pick up a '98 Sport 4x2 on the cheap. From what I've been told it's really clean and has 90k on it.

I've been looking to replace my extremely tired XJ trail rig with a 2nd gen Exploder. The plan would be to ditch the IFS and do a SAS. I'm not worried about that part, but was curious as to what I'd need to do swap in a t-case. Would it be as simple as replacing the output shaft/tail shaft on the trans? The Explorer is an auto and I believe it is an XLT. Thanks for the help!

 

[LONO100]

I've been looking into performing a similar project and I'm sure you will have a lot of electrical messes ahead of you as well. It might be wise to find a similar 4x4 and then the SAS will be much simpler to do. Good luck, I hope someone else with more knowledge on the topic will chime in

 

[delexploder]

Or if your planning to sas it anyway either swap in a 4wd trans or mod the 2wd tranny ( I would do the swap) and use a earlyer man shift t-case from a ranger or bronco 2 . That would be the most straight forward way to do it and be a better setup in the long run.