Re: FW: Jeep 4.0 in an American?

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: farna@xxxxxxx
" 
" Maybe the BA 10/5 was a "heavy duty" option on the four cylinder
" models? Standard five speed for the fours was an AX-5. I've never
" seen/heard of a BA 10/5 being installed behind a four from the
" factory either. Would have been a reasonable HD model for the four
" though! I guess it's just a matter of how much abuse the Peugeot
" trans will take. Drive it like a sports car (they were used in the
" "Eliminator" Comanche 2WD sport trucks) and it won't last long! Not
" good for the abuse of rock crawling or mud bogging either. Should be
" fine for normal street driving/hauling, as evidenced by your
" experience. 
" 
" On April 24, 2005 Jim B wrote:
" 
" > A: Trust me when I say my COmanche gets a real workout! I just hauled an
" > "average" load to the scrapyard of 1800lbs. The BA 10/5 was indeed used in
" > Cherokees and Comanches '87 to part way into '90. Also used in Wranglers
" > with the 4.2L. (rumours of AMC 2.5L usage with this trans seem to be
" > exagerated so far)

afaik no fours with ba 10/5s.  they got t5s in cjs and eagles, and
early xj/mj 2.5/2.8 could have either t5 or ax5; i imagine it took a
while to ramp ax5 usage up.

there are rumors of 2.5s with ax15s in late-'90s jeeps; they were
teamed that way in dakotas...

the ax5 is also pretty weak and marginal, but perhaps later ones are
better; i understand toyota's version of the mid '80s was called the
g52.  but the g54 that replaced it is stronger, and the '90s w56/w59
in an identical case is about 50% stronger.

according to marlin crawler, the g52 can be rebuilt into a g54, but i
don't know if g and w parts interchange.  in toyotas the complete
trannies can, but toy and jeep inputs and outputs are different.
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