Ok well I've got the cash and I've talked the man down to $500 for everything including transmission, as well found another tracker sitting in a field I can take anything I need off for $300, just a lot more work.
My question, again, is do I absolutely have to change transmissions? From what I've heard from mikerpm4x4 and Ronin's writeup on zuwharrie, neither of them mentioned changing their transmissions. It would make things a lot simpler if I didn't have to, as well as cheaper.
Does anyone know for sure that the 2wd and 4wd transmissions differ, and there is no way for a 2wd one to mate up with a tcase?