Originally posted by Dan Galusha:
It's a lot cheaper to get a 4wd truck then it will be to do the conversion unless you are going to be doing a straight conversion to SAS.
Not figuring in my personal "time" or any of the additonal extras I added at the same time (cralwer gears, lift, Calmini steering, Alcan springs, SS brake lines, etc), the conversion cost me a tad under $2K. $900 for front end, $600 for trans/t-case, $200 for driveshaft, $200 for interior bits, some minor extra $$ for miscellaneous bolts and etc.
I think that's the first time I posted up the actual cost to me. Mind y'all it took me nearly a year to find all the different parts I needed to make my project happen. With SASs being more common now and other parts prices can be found cheaper, I think it can now be done for ~$1500 easy.
Cyclemut:
The issue with the adapter housing is with the output shaft on the transmission. The 2wd is a long-shaft trans for the slip yoke, the 4wd of course is a short-shaft. The housing should bolt up no problem, but the output shaft is too long. On the manual trans it seems that you can have the shaft cut down (I believe I have seen a notch on the shaft where it needs to be cut), but I have not seen the Auto output long-shaft to tell if that is the same scenario.