====== Chevy Astro / GMC Safari ======

The Astro is a mid-sized van made from 1985-2005.((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Astro))

===== alternator =====

See [[https://www.astrosafari.com/threads/the-big-3-upgrade-explanation-and-how-to.11974/#post-127299|this thread on upgrdading The Big Three]].
===== all wheel drive =====

> Past '96 (I think) they're all e-clutch t-cases, but they all swap easily to the venerable NP/NV241 found in anything from Jeeps to Cummins RAMs to Silverados.  -- tatertom((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/ek97q6/chevrolet_astro_awd_or_not/fd9m6ss/))

> If you get one you should drain the transfer case fluid and replace it with Dextron-III as there was a service notice from Chevy about this. It originally came with something else in it which would cause binding at low speeds and cause shuddering when turning. -- blahblahsdfsdfsdfsdf((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/ek97q6/chevrolet_astro_awd_or_not/fd7mqys/))