hello from a converted jeep dude

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:24 pm

hey there name is Chris my sig name is said OAKman but spelled okeman like my last name, I have owned 4wd jeep YJ's and TJ's and grand cherokee's and Wagoneers, so I thought I would get an astro van in AWD only problem is there is no AWD's in my area so I had to settle with a 2wd as I have my 3rd child on the way, so I have decided to convert my van to 4 wheel drive by way of all my extra jeep parts. such as a shortened D44 front and matching rear D44, now I have to decide on what t-case and trans I wanna use, my van is an 01 and in great shape I can get a few pics of her in the light

Rileysowner · Post by **Rileysowner** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:36 pm

Welcome. I can't help you with the transfer case or anything like that, but there are people here who can. Lifte4x4Astro is the first one who comes to mind as he has done SAS and 4X4 conversions. Some others have as well. So where abouts are you from?

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:40 pm

here In sunny Windsor Ontario.

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:46 pm

Jeeps seem to be a popular other vehicle on this site.

Here's my wife's lifted Liberty.

Grumpy plays too.

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:51 pm

ya my wife had one too.

and here are my old ones.

Rileysowner · Post by **Rileysowner** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:16 pm

Windsor ON! Wonderful! Another Ontario member. I asked because we have a bunch of people with the same last name up our way (Exeter ON).

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:27 pm

you have other Oke's in your area. thats cool there is only my family down here.

kings-x59 · Post by **kings-x59** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:15 pm

Welcome to the site! I have two '96 Cherokees. Both 2WD

And my work horse, my '89 Astro...and another wreck I won't mention. 187,000 miles on the black one, 130,000 miles on the green one. I'm torn, when the v6 in the astro gives up, I'm either putting a gm 350 in it, or a jeep inline 6 with an AW4 transmission.
You have come to the right place.

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:48 pm

well I'll tell ya that the AW4 will not take power of any type. I blew 6 with my wagoneer I had a build 4.6 stroker motor, and trannys and spider gears were not my friend, the inline 6 is the bomb motor one of my favs of all time will the 4.0 fit in the van its 2x longer then the 4.3 but if you can shoe horn that puppy in there slap in a stroker kit and you'll never regret it I sold mine to a guy who had a 350 in his jeep and he needed more torque so he put my stroker in at the crank It had 429 ft. lbs crazy power I miss it really but the van will be cool

Someone · Post by **Someone** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:46 am

Nice rigs, and welcome from cloudy smoggy toronto... can't wait to see how the astro turns out... are you on jeepkings aswell?

phr1$k37 · Post by **phr1$k37** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:19 am

Hey welcome to ASV!!!

T.Low · Post by **T.Low** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:33 am

Welcome to Astro World! Looking forward to seeing you van take shape. I may do a SAS this winter, too.

okeman · Post by **okeman** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:38 am

Someone wrote:Nice rigs, and welcome from cloudy smoggy toronto... can't wait to see how the astro turns out... are you on jeepkings aswell?

I am on JK lol

kings-x59 · Post by **kings-x59** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:13 pm

okeman wrote:well I'll tell ya that the AW4 will not take power of any type. l

No argument there. My jeep engines are both stock to the bone. I've gotten 180K plus miles out of the engine and transmission without a rebuild. I just like the gear ratios and smooth shifting for a daily driver. Sticking a Jeep I-6 in my van is just a pipe dream. I don't think it would fit.

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