best guess for gears 1974 cj5

[Dayle]

Hi I found an old jeep to be parted out. It is a 1974 6 cyl 3 speed, has the good flanged axles. Tag is missing on housing. What would be any ones best guess to what gear ratio it is. Has a lot of good parts, no title, rotted out body. Also what would be a good price for it. Thanks for the help. Dayle

 

[Only in a Jeep CJ]

most likely has the common to that year range 3.73 gears in a set of 4 wheel drum Dana 30 front and Dana 44 rear, both in the narrow track. With no title and a rotted body, I wouldn't give more than a hundred or so. That was IF I needed or wanted the T-14 Transmission , Dana 20 T case or the 6cyl in either the AMC 232 i6 or AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l flavor. If it had a title and the optional AMC 304 V8, than even with a bad body, the price would be higher. In all reality, when buying an older Jeep, the body and frame along with a clean title are the most important as components can be swapped out. A clean, rust free body and frame are what makes the value. Sometimes hard to find though.

 

[IOPort51]

In reality, the only for sure valuable part of the machine in question would be the rear axle unless you had a 74 that needed the other hardware, nuts/bolts,springs,lights etc.
I hate to write off a CJ but if the frame is toast your pretty well just looking at what ever parts are of value to you.

 

[73CJ]

What would be any ones best guess to what gear ratio it is.

Probably the 3.73 but mine came w/AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l had 4.27 from the factory. Best to rotate and count.

Unfortunately the VIN does not have the axle ratio in it.

 

[LASTCJ786]

Yeah could be 3:73's but people do swap out gears so you never know.