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    So you want to turn your old body style Ford Van into a 4x4?

    Hey I'm really interested! What color are they? ...........
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    4x4 Van Resources

    4x4 Sprinters John Bendit from the Sprinter Store has an excellent post about the 4 wheel drive system used in his van and 3 other manufactures systems.Very informative. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/114198-Joined-the-Sprinter-Revolution/page3 Disclaimer: I own the factory...
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    Joined the Sprinter Revolution

    Yeah-$26,000 is a lot of money.Back when I did my conversion it was a little less.The parts to do this are not cheap. John builds his conversion as efficiently as possible which is not the same as-as cheap as possible. I have low range on my van.In fact I just put it into low range the other...
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    Joined the Sprinter Revolution

    My van is an '06 and the only one,to date John has done 2 NCV3 van's. You should look:Astrologist: at this again.http://upscaleauto.com/sprinter_4x4.htm There are two pictures of the 08' 4x4 on that page. May be you didn't notice it because the conversion only lifts the van about 3 inches;) He...
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    Joined the Sprinter Revolution

    As to 4x4,I would suggest taking a look at what John Bendit has done at the Sprinter Store in Oregon. http://upscaleauto.com/sprinter_4x4.htm There are some major differences when compared with the Whitefeather conversion pictured. The Sprinter Store conversion does not need two different tire...
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    SORRY-The van will be in Oregon. Might be at the EXPO in April
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    Adam WAAAIT WAAAAAAAIT! TAKE A DEEP BREATH :coffee:
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    Adam,1st I offer my apology for the tone of my response.I'm more present now:o and will address your questions.Tom My parts are Oberaigner,The same ones that are used on the factory 4x4. My Price?-I don't even want to think about it:Wow1:.Lets just say it continues. Please understand-The Voice...
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    It seems that the voices in your head are louder that mine. Please try and quiet them and reread my post.
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    Riptide We are working on both platforms,as they share many of the same components. As to MB bringing a 4x4 in,here are my thoughts. 1.Mb will have to crash test at least several vans.(destroy) 2.Gov compliance (paper work)will be in the hundreds of thousands! (smb had to destroy 1 van and the...
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    Sportsmobile Sprinter 4x4

    I'll try and clear some of this up.There are two OEM equiped 4x4 NAFTA sprinters in the U.S. One is the red one that smb has for sale and the other is mine:wings:.Both van's parts came from the OEM in Austria.Smb's first then mine.After mine was done MB told the Austrians that they could not...
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    Snorkel pre-cleaner-$20+shipping

    They will if you build the tube. At that price,there half of what I payed!
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    Help IDing a 4wd conversion

    Transfer case is bad, no front driveshaft, rear mainseal leaks, another oil leak up front somewhere, home grown interior (pretty bad), needs new tires, car fax shows 3 accidents. RUN!:eek:
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    My new Sprinter 4X4

    Tyres? Hi there, I'm driving my '06 T1n here in the states with the OEM 4x4 conversion.About your tyre size. What motor? What trans? Full time/part time 4x4? Hi/low range? What diff ratio's? I'm running a dia of 30.7",stock size on my van is 29.3" diff is 3.72 It pulls the larger tyres fine but...
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