OK guys be honest.

In all reality roughly how much work and how much money would it take for me to convert my auto 2005 Edge to 4X4. I ask this cause I am tired of getting stuck and am pretty frustrated with the truck at the moment. Spent 4 hours in the middle of the desert digging out of really soft sand. So on that note either the Ranger goes 4x4 or I get a different vehicle.

 

sell your truck, put a DP on a 4x4. its that simple.

 

I am actually thinking something like a 96 cherokee or something like that if I did go that route. I really love the truck though. Any idea what it would cost to do. Looking for a ballpark here as I still owe a good bit on the Ranger and really don't want to get rid of it?

 

I have converted a couple but the cost is hard to nail down. The first one I used a parts truck to install all the 4wd stuff. The second one I swapped the body onto a 4wd frame from a rolled truck. Its not hard too do. A front axle is a bolt in except ford didn't install the rear mount on the frame for the pumpkin, I fabbed one and welded it in on mine. Spindles and half shafts are a bolt in. The way to go with the transfer case is a manual transfer case so you don't have to deal with wiring. If you go automatic transfer case the dash harness will need changed. The trans is a choice between buying a 4wd trans or tearing yours down and changing the output shaft or using a divorced transfer case which would require a custom mount and driveshafts. Depending on what you have to pay for parts it could be anywhere from 500-2000+. The cheap way is to find a rolled truck and get all the parts in one shot.
John

 

Ok thanks. That was the kind of answer I was looking for. Worth the trouble or no? Should I do it or just get an older vehicle with 4x4?

 

go to a junk yard and by a crashed on for 500 and swap it that how much in rhode island they sell the cars out of there junk yard for

 

I would say its well worth it but I would also say that if I owed a bunch on a nice truck I probably would be very cautious 4 wheeling it.

 

PM 04 EDGE, he swapped his 04 2wd Edge to 4x4. Its a pretty straight forward swap you need the axle, transmission, transfer case and depending if you go with a electronic or manual transfer case some other odds and ends.

I plan on swapping mine within the next 3-4 years.

 

i have been looking at doing mine and i figure it would be around $3500 for everything... that includes axle, transfer case, transmission and RCD lift