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Originally Posted by To_Be_Announced
Sorry I'm new to the 4x4 and I'll try to add more info in my posts.
Some videos on YouTube where saying if you convert certain vans to 4x4 if they're after a certain year you wouldn't half to replace everything when converting over.
I think maybe less than 20k since I'm looking for a stock vehicle.
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You should be able to find a stock van under $20k easily. Especially a 5.4. Set up a search on cars.com or autotrader.com and you'll have plenty of candidates popping up.
Browse the 4x4 section of this forum for all the info you want on the various conversions available.
Maybe the ease of 4x4 conversion you're thinking of is due to the different transmissions that different vans came with. 2005+ vans with the V10 have the 5R110W, which is the easiest to convert to 4wd as you can simply bolt on a transfer case to the transmission. The 4R100 or 4R75 or whatever (4-speeds) require you to replace the output shaft and/or bolt on an adapter like Quigley (?) does. I'm not an expert, just regurgitating what info I have found on this forum and other resources.
I also believe that the 2008+ vans come with RSC which might make things more challenging? Different wheelspeed and ABS sensors that are tricky to get to play well together. But once again, not an expert.