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@Jerry Bransford . Will try to hold onto My TJ . My Jeep mechanic is amazing, but not cheap. Now that I have a ballpark parts figure plus $1000+-ish in labor, it seems doable to me. 4 JK payments.....
Family still pushing for new model. Son has an '84 CJ7 and a 2015 JKU Willys Wheeler with lots of aftermarket goodies. Though plush, it certainly still is a Jeep
Don't overlook that if your donor doesn't include the auto specific drive shafts, you will need both. The 32RH is the shortest drivetrain length so it requires the longest of the rear drive shafts with the Dana 35 and the shortest of the front drive shafts with the LP 30. It also requires a small diameter tube on the front shaft to keep it off the side of the oil pan on the 32. The hardest part to find will be the adapter harness from the bypassed NSS connector above the trans to the NSS on the side of the 32. If you want to do the swap, start looking now.
If you have SKIM, you will need some programming done. If you don't have SKIM and you buy a PCM with SKIM activated, you will need some programming done.
In this part of the world, I'd break the costs down for an estimate as follows-
Trans with flex-plate, torque converter, stiffener, and crank bolts- 800-1000 and a bunch of that depends on the trans mileage and whether you want to rebuild it. It would be rare to find a low mileage 32 so I'd look for a core and get it rebuilt which would move the price up to 1500.
Drive shafts if you have a rear CV will run about 500 unless you find a donor rig and can snag the stock ones.
Auto PCMs range from 50 to 500. I was just trying to find one for an 05 and the cheapest I found was 750 to get one reman. I finally found one cheaper but purely through luck.
Shift indicator bezels have gone way up, average is 75 to 100 and new is 250 if you can find it.
Belly skid adapters are 35 and if you haven't changed your tranny mount in awhile, a new OEM is 90ish.
ATF is 10 bucks a quarts x 8-9 quarts and you should put a new filter in with a deep pan, so another 100.
If you can find non rusted lines for the trans cooler and are not beat to crap or cut, at least 75 and if anyone finds them cheaper, post up, I need a set.
OEM radiator if you live where radiators matter is 250ish for the auto version.
Don't forget the t-case linkage changes when the t-case moves forward which is a great time to swap in a cable shifter if you don't have one, 160ish. If you don't want the cable shifter, hopefully your mechanic has some of the 32 specific parts laying around from swaps which makes the cost minor.
Prices have changed since Jerry did his many moons ago.