Re: FW: Jeep 4.0 in an American?

[farna@xxxxxxx]

The only thing is, if you used the Comanche as a TRUCK and actually hauled/towed/etc. with it, the trans wouldn't last to long. Everyone I know with a "street truck" that didn't do any of the above, mainly drove it back and forth to work with occasional light hauling duties, had no problems with one. I don't think the BA10/5 was ever used in 4x4 vehicles. It was a commercial trans in France, but in small four cylinder gas and diesel trucks that just don't deliver the "shock" to the trans that a 4.0L does (or can). But for street use it's fine -- I just wouldn't have used it in a TRUCK! 

I used a T-96 behind a 4.0L for a while too. It was rebuilt when I put it in, new gear clusters and all. The synchro crunched in about 100 miles, and taking it easy! Okay, a little double clutching never hurt anyone not in a big hurry (and knows how!). Drove it like that about two years before dropping the AW4 in. Looked at the gears in the T-96. You wouldn't think that 10-15K would leave any obvious wear on a new gear cluster, right? The insides look like a 30-40K trans at least! Obvious wear on the gears, though everything (except the synchro!) looked fine otherwise. That was a T-96J -- the "heavy duty" version only used by AMC (behind 232s in Hornets and Gremlins for 2-3 years). I've got a sneaky suspicion I know why it was only used 2-3 years -- it took only that long to wear the first ones out (with 15-20K a year on them...)!! ;>


On April 22, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The BA trans is not as bad as people say it is. the Comanche I sold had 216,000 miles on it.
> with the original BA 10 still in it. I bought it off the original owner and he swore he had never even replaced the clutch disc!!! The reason the BA 10 has a bad name is the people you hear form on it are people that performance drive their vehicles. A BA 10 won't take any abuse. Drive with care and don't power shift it, It will last for ever. My buddy put a 350 small block in a Monza in front of the original weak kneed 4 speed trans and drove it for 4 years, no problem at all. He sold it to a kid. the tranny went out in a week. First thing the kid said was. You sold me a piece of junk. I was there when the car was sold and the kid was warned not to abuse the tranny. Go figure. My cousins also put a 302 in front of the four cylinder 4 speed in a 70's Mustang II and drove it back and forth to the steel mills an twop hour drive daily for two years. It was fine, He sold it to his brother, Trans was gone in a day! Same deal.
>   If you are driving the vehicle as a driver not a race car. You can get a way with a lot of stuff that others ay, "don't use that part"
> YMMV!
> Mark Price
> mpriceAtwestco.net
> Morgantown, WV
> 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed
> 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
> 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4
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> From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
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> Date:  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:31:58 -0400 (EDT)
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> >" A: And then again, you could go with the Peugeot BA 10/5 which is car geared
> >" and mine is surprisingly strong! (it was rebuilt by Jeep at the cost of
> >" $1800 by the PO of the truck I pulled it from)
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> >maybe it was 'rebuilt' by replacing it with an ax15.  iirc this was a
> >common dealer fix for broken peugeots.
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> >Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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> >adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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