61-79-list-digest Tuesday, November 10 1998 Volume 02 : Number 517



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In this issue:

FTE 61-79 - JC Whitney window seals.
Re: FTE 61-79 - 351W dieseling
FTE 61-79 - re:fmx, yoke, I-beam
FTE 61-79 - Re: Different ratio geasrs in 4X4

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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 23:26:44 -0600
From: Albert Evitts
Subject: FTE 61-79 - JC Whitney window seals.

Mich. Pot
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 01:11:14 EST
From: JUMPINFORD aol.com
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - 351W dieseling

My dads 75 had an intermittant break in the circuit for the elec. ignition due
to poor weather proofing, it caused the truck to randomly misfire, which
heated up the plugs, and caused dieseling. Also heavily fouled plugs can
retain heat and cause dieseling, but unless your carb is way screwy, or the
plugs weren't changed at rebuild, you shouldn't have that problem.

Darrell Duggan
74 F-350 "Tweety"
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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 22:22:28 PST
From: "bill comstock"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - re:fmx, yoke, I-beam

I replaced the c-4 with a FMX several years ago, in my opinion a much
better built tranny(mine holds a gallon more fluid than c-4), had it in
a '78 t-bird behind a 351w for years, now living happily behind my
trucks 302. When doing this swap, i had to change the yoke on my 9"
(the fmx output shaft was half again the size of the c-4's) the yoke
rides on the pinion shaft retained by nut as Azie has stated. I used a
puller to remove and torqued new yoke to ensure proper pinion to ring
gear mesh (good time to install new seal). The fun part was making the
driveshaft:) The I-beam bushings come out without too much trouble once
you remove the bolts, just put a long piece of conduit above axel and
pry downwards. The radius arm bushings required a proper application of
the torch.

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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 23:51:23 -0800
From: Vogt Family
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Re: Different ratio geasrs in 4X4

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, am14 chrysler.com wrote:
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> Cooter writes: >>I have a question concerning gear ratios in my 4 wheel
> drive. If I put 3.50:1 in the back, and 4.11:1 in the front, will I be
> able to drive it in 4 wheel drive on the road?
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> Not very far. It will bind and its like some one locked your brakes. If
> you have enough horsepower up front, you can break something easily.
> Differences in ratios must be very slight, with the front being the lower
> numerically - (IE 4.10 front 4.11 rear - 3.50 front 3.55 rear. Reason for
> this is that the front takes longer path in in a curve.

Not necessarilly...my '61 F-100 (all stock) has a 9" in the back and a
Dana 44 up front. The 9" is 3.89 and the 44 is 3.92. As far as I can
tell, this is because these are the ratios that are available in this
range, and no other reason.

In my opinion, the 3 tenths of a point spread makes absolutely no
difference. Tire wear and even pressure could make more of a difference
than that.

There is a web site somewhere that lists all the available ratios for
every axle. I can't find it now, it belongs to some parts specialist or
something. Maybe somebody can point me there.

Birken
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