Price: $1.00
Pros: 2WD Full time
Cons: there is not a lot of aftermarket parts
Recommended? Yes

Comments: Good and strong transfer case. I rather than NP231

Price: $1.00
Pros: For a DD vehicle the full-time option is great
Cons: aftermarket support
Recommended? Yes

Comments: No real problems out of my 242, I had to replace the chain after 130k miles and rebuild the linkage but I have not really had any problems out of it.

Price: $1.00
Pros: No more Viscous Coupler issues! 80,000 miles on 242
Cons: Unknown
Recommended? Yes

Comments: Had a stock 249 with a bad VC. The shope recommeneded swapping for a 242 as it does not have the VC issues as the 249. Went with their recommendation.

Price: $1.00
Pros: It works. It has 4 full time option
Cons: None
Recommended? Yes

Comments: It came with my jeep... So yeah.

Price: $130.00
Pros: .
Cons: .
Recommended? Yes

Comments: Good and strong.

Price: $275.00
Pros: I love having a two wheel drive option, on of the best mods I have done. Simple insulation from 249 to 242.
Cons: None
Recommended? Yes

Comments: It has so many different options too chose from, 2 wd, 4 part time, 4 full time, neutral, 4 Lo. Better gas milage, front end dosen't ware out as fast.

Price: $75.00
Pros: all around better than the blown vc 249. pricless peace of mind for me when the wife uses it in bad weather no thinking needed for her.
Cons: having a hard time finding rear output seal
Recommended? Yes

Comments: ok my 249 like all the rest locked the vc. this is our dd mostly my wifes. so if it was just mine i would have gone with the 231. but she is not a gear head at all. the ease of the 242 is a perfect fit for her. and i do not need to worry about it at all.

Price: $10,000.00
Pros: good t case, part time ftw
Cons: none
Recommended? Yes

Comments: love my 4wd part time. Have never needed low to get out of anything.

Price: $750.00
Pros: Full time (wife approved) transfer case, also has part time, and low range
Cons: not so many aftermarket options for it. Expensive to replace if needed.
Recommended? Yes

Comments: Very happy with the NP242. I know my wife can just put it in full time during the winter and I don't have to worry about her binding the gears.

Advanced Adapters has a SYE kit but you have to call them.

Price: $1.00
Pros: great for a stock or mildly lifted Jeep. Especially good for winter driving
Cons: none
Recommended? Yes

Comments: this was/is the stock t-case in my ZJ, I've got no complaints.

Price: $200.00
Pros: many options
Cons: none yet
Recommended? Yes

Comments: i havent completely hooked up the linkage but its great to have 2wd after having the 249

Price: $250.00
Pros: Direct bolt on
Cons: Used
Recommended? Yes

Comments: I love having 2 wheel drive back. Had a WJ with a 242, then I got one with a 247.....I like the 242

Price: $280.00
Pros: It was easy to install and works like a dream.
Cons: I had to get the rear driveshaft shortened by 2 inches
Recommended? Yes

Comments: great tfr case. If you have a 249, get rid of it and swap in the 242.

Price: $100.00
Pros: hell of alot better than the stock 249 in my 5.9L
Cons: none so far
Recommended? Yes

Comments: good t-case, bolted right up to the trans, only con i had to shorten the drive shaft about an inch.. came out of a 2000 cherokee

Price: $-10.00
Pros: Full time 4WD capable
Cons: cannot have fulltime front locker, bad linkage control
Recommended? Yes

Comments: came with the beast and lemme tell ya. it is worth it to have full time out in Moreno Valley...easier to mall crawl haha

Price: $120.00
Recommended? Yes

Comments: guys i actually got this case on the cheap from a jeep shop, i gave the guy 100 bucks, he said it was a useless case, ha i proved him wrong!!!

Price: $100.00
Recommended? Yes

Comments: Nice to have 2wd option with the choice of 4 full time would do it again in a heart beat was no big deal got lucky enough that it just bolted right in

Recommended? Yes

Comments: Love it, by far the best Jeep transfer case out there. Highly reccomend to anybody. Fun shifting between 2 and 4 and being able to do 2wd burnouts

Price: $350.00
Recommended? Yes

Comments: It gets the job done, but the swap was hard. good luck to anyone attempting it.

Price: $200.00
Recommended? Yes

Comments: the jeep came stock with 249 so i went to the junkyard and got a 242 outta a 98 grand that just had it rebuilt