L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:DH%Ib.188119$8y1.600304@attbi_s52...
> Roughly 1/1/04 11:10, Jerry Bransford's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > "L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
> > news:8d_Ib.92811$VB2.205962@attbi_s51...
> >> Roughly 1/1/04 09:25, Greg's monkeys randomly typed:
> >>
> >> > Hi ----,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your reply,
> >> > I "think" when you get the 4.7 and the 5speed automatic you get the
> > 3.73
> >> > dana 44.
> >> > but I'll have to check.
> >>
> >> Granted this may only be the jeep website, but it looks like with
> >> the 5 speed auto and the 4.7, you get the 3.55 rear even with the
> >> trailer package.
> >
> > I don't think Jeep has shipped a 3.55 since 1997. To the best of my
> > knowledge, it comes with a 3.73. Both of my wife's JGCs came with a
3.73
> > with their towing packages.
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.

All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
some
website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
delivery.

Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:DH%Ib.188119$8y1.600304@attbi_s52...
> Roughly 1/1/04 11:10, Jerry Bransford's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > "L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
> > news:8d_Ib.92811$VB2.205962@attbi_s51...
> >> Roughly 1/1/04 09:25, Greg's monkeys randomly typed:
> >>
> >> > Hi ----,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your reply,
> >> > I "think" when you get the 4.7 and the 5speed automatic you get the
> > 3.73
> >> > dana 44.
> >> > but I'll have to check.
> >>
> >> Granted this may only be the jeep website, but it looks like with
> >> the 5 speed auto and the 4.7, you get the 3.55 rear even with the
> >> trailer package.
> >
> > I don't think Jeep has shipped a 3.55 since 1997. To the best of my
> > knowledge, it comes with a 3.73. Both of my wife's JGCs came with a
3.73
> > with their towing packages.
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.

All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
some
website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
delivery.

Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:DH%Ib.188119$8y1.600304@attbi_s52...
> Roughly 1/1/04 11:10, Jerry Bransford's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > "L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
> > news:8d_Ib.92811$VB2.205962@attbi_s51...
> >> Roughly 1/1/04 09:25, Greg's monkeys randomly typed:
> >>
> >> > Hi ----,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your reply,
> >> > I "think" when you get the 4.7 and the 5speed automatic you get the
> > 3.73
> >> > dana 44.
> >> > but I'll have to check.
> >>
> >> Granted this may only be the jeep website, but it looks like with
> >> the 5 speed auto and the 4.7, you get the 3.55 rear even with the
> >> trailer package.
> >
> > I don't think Jeep has shipped a 3.55 since 1997. To the best of my
> > knowledge, it comes with a 3.73. Both of my wife's JGCs came with a
3.73
> > with their towing packages.
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.

All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
some
website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
delivery.

Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

I'll request the build order on this '04 Cherokee V8 that has a
hitch in the picture:
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=&cardist=2243
It will take a couple of days from:
http://www.jeep.com/universal/J/inde...r=wccs&prefix=
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote:
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.
>
> --
> Fan of the dumbest team in America.

 

I'll request the build order on this '04 Cherokee V8 that has a
hitch in the picture:
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=&cardist=2243
It will take a couple of days from:
http://www.jeep.com/universal/J/inde...r=wccs&prefix=
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote:
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.
>
> --
> Fan of the dumbest team in America.

 

I'll request the build order on this '04 Cherokee V8 that has a
hitch in the picture:
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=&cardist=2243
It will take a couple of days from:
http://www.jeep.com/universal/J/inde...r=wccs&prefix=
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote:
>
> See if you can make the vehicle builder app at www.jeep.com
> admit this. Select a GC 4x4 with the 4.7 and it appears to
> set the 3.55 rear with the 5 speed auto. The 4.0 with 4speed
> will admit to there being a 3.73, but the 4.7 and 5speed
> are pretty stubborn.
>
> --
> Fan of the dumbest team in America.

 

That's true IF you order the towing package. The question was what is
the axle ratio without the towing package? If you go to www.jeep.com
and look at GVWR, Towing, Suspension for the 4X4 it shows clearly that
the standard axle ratio for the Laredo, Freedom, Special and Limited
is 3.55. The 3.73 comes with the trailer towing package.

However, with that said, I am aware that in earlier years the 3.73 was
optional with the I-6, but standard on the V-8. I guess the only way
to easily find out is to look at the window sticker on a 2004 V-8
without either the trailer towing package OR the trailer towing prep
package and see what it says.

----

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:54:27 -0800, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote:

>All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
>2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
>what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
>some
>website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
>them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
>underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
>delivery.
>
>Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
>in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.
>
>Jerry

 

That's true IF you order the towing package. The question was what is
the axle ratio without the towing package? If you go to www.jeep.com
and look at GVWR, Towing, Suspension for the 4X4 it shows clearly that
the standard axle ratio for the Laredo, Freedom, Special and Limited
is 3.55. The 3.73 comes with the trailer towing package.

However, with that said, I am aware that in earlier years the 3.73 was
optional with the I-6, but standard on the V-8. I guess the only way
to easily find out is to look at the window sticker on a 2004 V-8
without either the trailer towing package OR the trailer towing prep
package and see what it says.

----

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:54:27 -0800, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote:

>All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
>2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
>what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
>some
>website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
>them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
>underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
>delivery.
>
>Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
>in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.
>
>Jerry

 

That's true IF you order the towing package. The question was what is
the axle ratio without the towing package? If you go to www.jeep.com
and look at GVWR, Towing, Suspension for the 4X4 it shows clearly that
the standard axle ratio for the Laredo, Freedom, Special and Limited
is 3.55. The 3.73 comes with the trailer towing package.

However, with that said, I am aware that in earlier years the 3.73 was
optional with the I-6, but standard on the V-8. I guess the only way
to easily find out is to look at the window sticker on a 2004 V-8
without either the trailer towing package OR the trailer towing prep
package and see what it says.

----

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:54:27 -0800, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote:

>All I can say is that both my wife's 1999 4.7L JGC and her current
>2002 4.7L equipped JGC both came with a 3.73 axle ratio and that ratio is
>what comes standard if you ordered the towing package. I can't help what
>some
>website says, I just know what options were available when we bought both of
>them... and I know for a fact hers were both 3.73 because I crawled
>underneath to verify the axle ratios on both JGCs before we accepted
>delivery.
>
>Again... I don't believe Jeep has shipped a 3.55 axle ratio, at least here
>in the U.S., since the 1997 model year.
>
>Jerry

 

To put the conjecture to rest:

I own a 2003 Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4 V-8 with trailer package, the GC version
of the Dana 44, and 3.73 gears.

Robert Bills
KG6LMV
Orange County CA

http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
http://www.RobertBills.com