Online folks know me as Vee Dubb, long time VW fanatic. I've temporarily outgrown my tastes for small, underpowered diesels and have moved on to the merc's. Got alot of tech Q's and maybe some simple answers for seemingly complex q's. Currently converting an OM617 w/4spd auto for install in my '88 Jeep MJ 2x4. Yeah, I'm one of those "never happy with the way it came" kinda folks.

-Steven

 

a hybrid jeep.

 

To be sure! Driving donor car today to check tranny action, followed by fabbing motor mounts so I can start getting measurements for the drive shaft.

 

if you can find a 4-matic transmission, it will be 4x4.

 

There's so many bugs to be worked out in this project that 4wd is a waaaay down the road issue.

but.... now that you have opened that can of worms for me, what does the 4-matic tranny come in? I thought they were a fairly recent addition to the family, so did it ever come behind the OM617?

-Steven

 

4Matic has been around since 80's installed on almost all older models in mercedes-benz.

very much similar to subaru.