And the actuator pump.

Even a clean Tracker needs parts... 

Well I might get chastised for this but I believe I have my tire decision. My little Tracker will just be a slightly beefed up vehicle. Slightly taller tire and a slightly taller suspension.
Not mud terrain, not all terrain, but an all season tire. I will have the tires siped also.

Cooper Trendsetter SE in the 225/75-15. This tires spec height is 28.05". A small 225/75-15. Thats it!

More progress on my Tracker. Refurbished actuator pump in and no more flashing 4wd light. Yay
Swaybar links & bushings have been replaced so and no more clunking in the front. 225/75-15 tires have been ordered.
Working with LoRange to get my correct parts...
Guess I'm just documenting for future Trackers searches... 

225/75-15's are on! To the untrained eye not much difference. To me they fill in the wheelwell more. And when the 2" lift goes on, I feel the car will look very close to stock still.
Fine with me - kind of a sleeper and not a second notice.
I hope to not destroy this car with too huge of tires and over lifting it. Sort of like a level on a pickup truck...

Before... (215/70-15, 26.9")



And after (28.05")

For anyone deliberating tire size, the 225/75-15 tires work good! Don't need to hold yourself to 215/75-15. I chose light tires which couldn't hurt.
My speedo is even more accurate than before. FYI YMMV WTF 

21 mpg so far, not bad for slightly larger tires & 160k miles. And thats in hilly and city driving. My lift goes on this Wednesday - seems like I have been waiting forever...

So, whats left... Lift, roof rack (maybe) and a towbar/braking setup for being a tow vehicle. I got it cheap and I would like to keep it on the cheap.

My lift is installed!
For some reason I can't attached pictures on this thread, and, photobucket is down... again.
Pictures soon.

For the record Low Range sourced 2" spacer lift, Doestch struts, Pro Comp shocks, 1" wheel spacers and tame 225/75-15 Cooper tires. The ride is smooth.

Another...

Width with spacers...

One more, at the alignment shop & before I washed it. A fair amount of clearance. 

Looks good!

Well, still around with our Tracker. But the 4x4 didn't last long, even with a new actuation pump. Not even a light (or flashing light) on the dash. Fuses seem to be ok, so I have to look further. Any ideas??
Also, our 2.0 motor rattles excessively when hot. Got to be the cam chain tensioners?
Is PCI still the go to for a tensioners & chain kit?
Thought I would escape big maintenance but not to be.

Regarding the 4WD, start by determining if the pump has power & ground - there are three wires in the harness to the pump - pink, red & black - should be 12v between red & black but it'll only be there for 10 seconds or so, if the controller doesn't see the system engaging.  If you do have 12v, short the red & pink together and see if the 4WD light turns on, could be a bad bulb.

Re-the rattle - fit an oil pressure gauge and see what the pressure is like when the engine is hot.

Thank you FORDEM. Valuable information.
It will be local small shop work, but giving them a head start will help. They have been good techs on a couple of vehicles for us ('78 Camaro especially).
Cheers - I'll tell you how it works out.