Well, after much sweat, much work, and many lessons learned, it's finished !!!!! Only one little minor issue to fix. A little binding in the shifting of the xfer case. I'll check tomorrow, but we're betting the the bell crank and/or the rod that connects the bell crank to the shifting lever on the xfer case is different between the 5 speed and the auto. The bracket that bolts to the xfer case for the linkage was.
Anyway, I have to shorten the front driveshaft and lengthen the rear (I love a longer rear driveshaft ), and that's it. We have the rear driveshaft in and it's fine to drive, just can't wheel with it that short.
Everything works that we had to wire !!!!!! Backup lights, torque converter lockup, tranny fluid temp guage, etc. !!!!!!
IT'S GREAT !!!!
I can't believe I drove it home today, and even put in to highway miles (I-10). This is the end of a year long project (well, thinking about it for that long).
The only real damage was that I broke the first joint of my right index finger, and have to wear a split on it for 6 weeks, but, hey, I'm more than happy.
I can't thank Dan (DanB98TJ)enough. Without his help (especially since I was half crippled with the broken finger), knowledge, tools, and just general skills, this would not have happened....
I'm ready to wheel, well as soon as I get the driveshafts down, which should be this week. I'm also thinking that I'll be ditching the Tera 4:1..

Pictures to follow in a few days.

:)
Fred

um...what tranny did you swap in?
and what leassons did you learn about the kickdown linkages?

Hmm... he went from an AX15 to an auto. the auto has to be a 3 speed to net a longer rear driveline.


My vote is a TF999 since he had to wire it up.