The Samurai tranny remained in the truck. I needed lower gearing, though, and so swapped the t-case for an older pre-Samurai t-case (same case, different gears) that simply woke everything up. It is, indeed, an awesome little truck. I hated to sell it, but love my Mercedes. That Jeep of yours is awesome. I remember back when I was a kid I saw a guy with a cummins-powered CJ and thought to myself that it was the ultimate vehicle, and so later built up my Zuk the way I wanted it to be. Then I got older (notice - "got older," not "grew up"), and this old Mercedes is suiting me just fine.

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1983 300SD, Silver/Blue, 230+K (rebuilt at 196K)