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    Excellent advice.
    Thank you.
    Passing on this one.
    I've seen about 4 pop up within a 300 mile radius of Vegas within the last 3 months... Some over priced. Some great priced.

    How hard do you think it would be to piece-meal it?
    I think between You/Buffy and BigMeat(?) there is enough of a parts list to go off of.
    SilverBullet75
    Formerly: '01 Ebony VXSTLTH
    Now: '08 Saab 9-7x Aero 6.0L

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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverBullet75 View Post
    How hard do you think it would be to piece-meal it?
    It wouldn't be that difficult, off the top of my head the parts list:

    From '98-01 Trooper
    AR5
    ECU
    Flywheel
    Clutch master cylinder
    Clutch hydro line - or new
    Clutch slave - or new
    Fuel line
    Exhaust*
    -optional
    -Shifter boot
    -Fuel level sender unit*

    Rodeo
    Clutch pedal assembly
    -optional
    -brake pedal assembly*

    New
    Clutch assembly



    *not sure the exhaust really needs to be replaced but you may end up with o2 sensors codes popping up it not used. Mine needed replacing anyway so I used the Trooper one. However, if you plan to off-road a lot the crossover should be rerun. The Trooper exhaust crosses under the front prop shaft so it extends downs right after the front cross-member and will be the first thing to hit when dropping off ledges. Eric's (owns BigMeats 5 spd rig, I think we should change his username from Etfren to LittleMeat ) exhaust had this re-routed over the top of the prop shaft to eliminate this problem, although i would wager his passenger floor get pretty hot, maybe Kaylie can chime in. I will be doing this in the near future 'cause I definitely took some hits on the exhaust in Moab. Nobody can say I was treading lightly there but I'm learning.
    Here is a picture of Eric's exhaust.


    *Fuel level sending unit is calibrated in the ECU and I found running the Trooper ECU with the VX sending unit was mis-calibrated and I was empty with 1/4 tank still showing on the guage. Swapped the sending unit and all is well now.

    *If the stock pedal is used it is too close to the clutch pedal and I would hit the brake occasionally when depressing the clutch. I just cut a centimeter off both sides of my stock brake pedal and added some aftermarket pedal covers.

    There's no 'I' in denial.

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