Re: FW: Jeep 4.0 in an American?

[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)
> 
> 
> From: farna@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: FW: Jeep 4.0 in an American?
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> 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...)!! ;>
> 
> 
> 
> .


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