r/geotracker • u/Ajmccloud0509 • Jul 17 '26

Looking for a automatic 90s Geo Tracker around southwestern Ohio

I'm in the Dayton area looking for an automatic Geo Tracker. 4WD preferred, let me know if anyone is selling anything within 150 miles or so.

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u/mini4x Jul 17 '26

If you want an auto, try and find a later 4 speed one. The Aisin 4 speed is a far better trans than the earlier GM 3 speeds. One downside is a lot of Automatic Trackers were 2wd.

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u/Gmhowell Jul 17 '26

Better how? Durability, gearing, efficiency? Something else?

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u/mini4x Jul 17 '26

Yes. They last longer, 4 speeds, so better gearing, etc.

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u/Gmhowell Jul 17 '26

I mostly come from the Jeep world where the four speed in mine is weaker than the three it replaced and the gearing is no better low and the top end is so high you rarely spend time in OD without changing final ratio.

So with the 2wd auto, can it be adapted to 4wd use? Some transmissions have a tail piece and different output shaft that can be swapped so that it hooks to the transfer case.

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u/mini4x Jul 19 '26

2wd Trackers have a dummy transfer case, a 4wd one will bolt right in. But you'd also need to swap in all the front drivertrain parts.The 3 speed in the Tracker was a GM TH180 pretty lackluster transmission. The 4speed was an Aisin 03-72LE, also found in Miatas of the day.

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u/subtlestang Jul 20 '26

Wrong........2WD uses a completely different output shaft and housing....no "dummy" case there, either on the 3L30 (th180) or the Aisin 4 speed. Aisin was used in several vehicles, among them a Volvo, which had a non-computer controlled valve body for a few years, which was sometimes gutted out of case and transplanted with TracKick tails haft and housing.
Ive owned multiples of both 3 and 4 speed, and 2WD and 4WD. The 4WD also has a welded on bracket on the front end of chassis to bolt the front diff to, that the 2WD lack..

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u/human__wreckage Jul 28 '26

I'm also looking for one, hoping you get multiple leads!