CJ T-18A Transmission Swap

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After several trail runs with my 78 CJ-5 equipped with a T-150 3 speed trans it became obvious that a gear change was essential. My CJ has 3.54 rears, a Dana 20 transfer case (2:1 low range), and low a gear in the T-150 that is only 2.99:1. This equates to approximately 21:1, this is rather pathetic, I found I spent a lot of time having to slow down to prevent running into the Jeep in front of me and having to do the old bump-bounce-stop over rocks. Not exactly rock crawling if you ask me.
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