offroader461 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 What year cherokees and wranglers did it comes factory in. I am looking to possibly swap out for one in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 2001 cherokee, 2001+ wrangler. EDIT: keep in mind wrangler trannies might require a little bit of floorboard "massaging" but others have been a ble to shoe-horn it in without any mods. and the shifter will be odd-length. but i suppose you could cut/tap it or buy a cherokee one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 2001 cherokee, 2001+ wrangler. Correction. 2000 Cherokee and Wrangler. Please don't try to tell me it wasn't available in the 2000 Cherokee -- I have one parked in my garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 It was introduced mid-year, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 You can pull the shifters apart near where they go into the tranny and put a shorter one on. Thats what I did with my BA-10 shifter when I put my YJ AX-15 in. There is a square fitting they slide on and off of with some work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 yea, i thought about that when posting it... i wasnt sure so i figured id go with 01 just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 It was introduced mid-year, eh? Dunno. As far as I know, all 2000 Wranglers had the NVG3550. Technically, all 2000 XJs with the 4.0L engine have it, too ... but they didn't actually build any of those until the last month of production, so there's really no such thing as a "mid-year change." My 2000 XJ 5-speed sat on order for about 7 months before the factory confirmed that they were going to build it. I think they were hoping I'd get tired of waiting and cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 My sister's '00 TJ had the 3550. If I remember right, the TJ 3550 and the XJ 3550 had different gears inside and the TJ one had a rougher cut to them, making them noisy. Her trans was definitely noisier than any of my Jeep trannys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 idk about different cuts or gears... but i know it is the only FULLY synchromesh jeep transmission in reverse as well as all forward gears. and they should be hellically cut right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 The 3550 is noisier than the BA 10/5 in my '88 XJ but not as noisy as the YJ AX-15 in my '88 MJ. But the 3550 shifts SOOOOOOOOOOO much smoother than either of the other trannies, and the first gear ratio is lower, which is nice for crawl ratio as well as street driving with larger tires. And the noise isn't objectionable -- at least for me. I know I'm driving a manual tranny and I don't expect it to be totally silent. The 3550 has a nice, comforting background whine in the lower gears that tells me that it's doing its job. I wish I could afford to put 3550s in all my XJs and MJs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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