well, regardless if we can figure out the manual tranny thing, a friend and i got my wife's bronco running, so, the Sportage is going back in the garage for the winter. first thing i'm gonna do is just take 80% apart. then i'm gonna get me a junkyard Tracker tranny, a Toy t-case, the Inchworm adapter and a set of 4.7 gears from Trail Gear. i'm still debating running 2 Toy cases with stock gears though, so i may go that route, but driveline angle is a bit of an issue, too, so, prolly stick with one. besides, the difference in cost is that if i run one, i pay 350 for gears, but i don't have to pay 300 for the extra adapter. if i run 2, i have to pay for the adapter, but not a set of gears, BUT, i still have to buy the second t-case, so i think the dual case idea will cost me around 100 bucks more, plus more fab time, but less install time, since i won't have to swap any gears, etc. so, anyway, i'm still debating, but i got a few weeks to rack my brain before i dig deep and start turning wrenches and draining fluids.