Originally Posted by
MadDogHauling
The truck is a 1959 Ford F350 with the dually rear axle
and a stake bed. It has a 1975 300 cid straight 6, four on the floor and a 5.14 Timken rear axle.
The bad: Its 2wheel drive (bad in my terrain) It currently doesn't have a working speedometer, and a marginally functioning fuel gauge.
Help with the speedometer; the gauge works, the cable is good. The problem is the gear. I cannot find out which driven gear I should use. Surprise surprise, there isnt an online calculator that factors in the 16x7.5 tires and the 5:14 rear axle. I just bought one on a whim and stuck it in the port. Only problem is, I cant get it to stay in contact with the drive gear. From about 0-20mph it will read alright then it starts bouncing up and down.
Welcome to FTE
No such thing as a rear axle for DRW's only. What makes the difference is the rear hubs and brake drums.
Number of teeth of driven gear determined by type of trans, tire size and rear axle ratio.
When the engine was swapped, the original T-98 4 speed was also swapped as it won't bolt to a 240/300 bell housing.
So, your truck either has a Warner T-18 or New Process 435 4 speed. The problem is...finding a driven gear with the correct number of teeth with either of these trans' and a 5.14 axle ratio.
Both the drive and driven gears are probably nylon. The originals would have been cast iron or steel w/a fiber gear (driven), steel drive gear.
1963: FoMoCo replaced Timken with a Spicer/Dana 70. Factory installed 4WD first offered for F350's in 1979, previous F350's with 4WD were all conversions, usually performed by Marmon-Herrington.
Driving the low slung Karmann Ghia on the roads in the wilds of Alaska must have been an adventure in itself.
I was in Anchorage last May, rented a 4WD Bronco because, one never knows what the weather may be. This was the 4th time I've vacationed in Alaska, all began as cruises.