About 6 months ago a friend of mine sold her '93 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.2 V8 because the 249J t-case was starting to make a bit of a racket. I told her to tell whomever she sold it to to give me a call, and I'd give 'em a good deal on installing a used 242. That's how I met Dave Kinchen. Long story short and a rebuilt 242 later, the factory linkage was leaving a lot to be desired. Along comes Novak Conversions SK2X shifter kit. Well, Dave gave me a call the other day, so I told him to bring it on over. And here's how the story goes.
- It all starts with shiny new parts.
- Replacing the ugly on the right with the beauty on the left.
- First we gotta get it all out.
- Then we gotta bolt up the new mounting bracket.
- Next comes the shifter assembly.
- Then the shifter linkage.
- And now we gotta bend the mockup rod to fit the factory hole in the floor and the factory bezel.
- Time to fire up the torch I got from Kyle after filling up the bottle at Buckeye Welding Supply with Sean today.
- A couple of red-hot bends later and it looks like the mock-up rod.