Marked with Clark ID number: 222964 = Ford part number: B9T-7006-C .. Transmission Case ~ Medium Duty Clark 5 Speed Direct.

Original 1959 applications: F600/750 & T700/750 with either 292 or 302 (Lincoln derived Y block) V8 engines.

Parking Brake works off driveshaft. Inside the drum are either (2) 9 x 2 or 9 x 3 brake shoes.

 

Not much time to work on it, my last final is wed then the fun will start!
I got the 292 running, cleaned the carb and put the dizzy back together with some junkyard parts. Two plug wires were in the wrong firing order, and half the plugs were over tightened and half were cranked on by Thor, gap ranged from .03 to .07!

The crappy universal ignition switch doesn't work right and keeps the starter engaged, so I bypassed for a push button and she started up first crank!.
Running a little rough, but a new dizzy, and wires are on the way, I need to set the timing too.

I found a 59 in the Junkyard, it has been picked pretty dry, but I got the steering column and some fender mounts i've been missing. The junkyard lady likes me and let it go for $0



anyone know were I can get some side glass and pedal rubber?

 

LMC is great for both of those things!

 

Since the glass is flat, any autoglass shop can cut new glass from glass stock. So there's no reason to buy glass in KS (LMC) and then pay a fat shipping charge to Arid-Zone-a.

There is also no reason to buy the pedal pads in KS, cuz they are still available from Ford.

B7C-2457-A .. Brake & Clutch Pedal Pad / MSRP each: $14.58 / FTE sponsor partsguyed.com (Horizon Ford in Seattle) price each: $10.50.

Applications: 1957/63 F100/1100 / 1963/69 N/NT/T500/1000 / 1964/65 F100/250 4WD / 1964/66 F350/1100 / 1966 F250 4WD / 1967/69 F800/1000.

No Ford Dealer in AZ has any, but Jones-West Ford in Reno NV has 260 of the little charmers: 800-323-2223 / There are some available at CA/NM dealers.

 

I have owned at least a dozen highboys from the 60s and 70s and every single one of them had a slip joint in the center driveshaft. It is definitely necessary.

If you keep the 292 and want to get rid of those valve covers for some correct ones. I'd trade and pay cash for the finned ones.

Back on the highboy issues. It really isn't a very good set up for serious off roading. The front driveline angle is horrible and the front driveline badly exposed for damage, I can't tell you how many of those I replaced. The divorced T-case is nice for engine swaps but again, it hangs low and hits a lot of things you don't want it to, like stumps and rocks. I'd find a 78-79 F-250 (or even better F-350 D60) high pinion front axle and go with a drivetrain that had a married T-case. If off roading just means a few logging trails and an occasional romp in the mud, then what you have will work fine

 

Billy you got my curiosity up. My experience Is just with my 59, originally it came with 3 on the tree and since then a C6 and now 4R70W which all had the slip at the output shaft of the transmission not in the drive shaft. However after a little research I see where the 4 speeds and any other trans with a fixed yolk would need a slip in the shaft. Thanks for the heads up.

 

No prob, I don't know everything, just what I've seen and sometimes I remember that wrong. Plus I have never owned one from the 50s but I think they are basically the same system through 1976 with just different venmdors on the parts and the normal upgrades. I would say nearly all Ford pickups I have owned or worked on had the slip yoke in the drive line, not into the back of the transmission, and that includes 2wd. That makes a bit of a problem when swapping car transmissions into pickups or vice a versa. I have seen some real goofed up messes there
Those divorced T-cases move around a lot, especially fore and aft. Even with healthy rubbers they can move several inches on a hard take off. The very last year, well less than half a year, that Ford made the highboy with the divorced T-case, the actually put a strut rod brace off the lower rear of the T-case.

 

Just thought Id throw a parts breakdown up for you to take a gander at. Just incase there is still some question.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vic-63-65/6774307807/http://www.flickr.com/photos/vic-63-65/6774307807/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/vic-63-65/, on Flickr

 

Thanks for that blow up. Apparently they did have some combination with the slip yoke in the back of the transmission. I have been under a lot of divorced T-case Fords and never seen that.
Kinda like my friend who bought a brand new GMC 4x4 in 1970 with a 3 speed on the column. I've been called a liar and worse on that one, haha. Ford offered an automatic transmission on the F-250 4x4 starting in 1969 and I have only ever seen one bumpside highboy in my life with that option, so yeah, there can be some obscure stuff out there.

 

1969 'High Boy' had a swapped in A/T, because Ford didn't offer A/T with 4WD until 1973 in either F100's or F250's, C6 only.

There isn't any specific A/T 4WD engine or trans parts listed in Ford truck parts catalogs until 1973.

 

I actually have the factory brochure for the 1969 F-250 4x4 automatic transmission option. Here is the link to it on another forum, hope it's ok to post this.
http://www.fordification.com/library...?g2_itemId=988
The one truck I knew of was a crippled Norwegian fisherman in Fairbanks Alaska who had a 71 he had bought new and "special" ordered.

 

Some good news

I got a shaft for the steering column, some ujoints, orignal **** benzels, drivers glass, hydroboost from an astro van, windsheild and cowl trim only missing a steering wheel, seat and tailgate

bad news
I got the engine running, but it ran like crap so I put pertronix on there, new plugs, wires, set timing etc.. but it still ran bad
so I ran a compression test and 5 out of the 8 cylenders had compression
pulled the valve covers and found some bent pushrods and some missing.



Found the missing ones inside, but some already seriously bent one's too.

I find it amazing this engine ran

 

sounds like sticking valves

 

You were right, some brand new pushrods and I found two stuck intake valves. Some MMO and a soft hammer freed them up; all the valves are closing/opening now, valve lash was stupid tight so some valves were open so I readjusted them to .019, and now all cyls have compression! good to go!

 

Well now that the engine is working good I turned my attention to steering, decided to stick with the original stuff.

I ordered a repop steering wheel and dropped the headlight trim off at the chrome shop.

Then I got an original steering column/gear/linkage of craigslist, seemed ok little play but I couldent get it perfect; the guy swore it was ok.
Sandblasted it at work then took it home, and found some bad news.
The worm gear is shot! damn...

Going back to that 59 in a yard so i'am going to try and grab it's steering gear tomorrow. hopefully it's still there!

I also flipped the shackles back to factory, they were upside down for more lift I would presume. With the shackles back to normal I can take the bodylift off.

The new tires, cant beat the price of free! 235/85/16