Spring pad width
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Spring pad width
I found a 3.54 dana 60 in a 75 at the junkyard and I got to thinking it might make my 240 a bit more drivable than the 4.10 it now has. Does anyone know if the spring pad widths are the same on the 67-72s and the 73-39s? I know the frames are wider.
This could be a poor man's version of overdrive; 3.54 gears with some 33 inch tall tires. Then stick a manual tranny like a T-18 or maybe a 3 speed behind my C/4. A friend of mine did this with a chevy. He had a 454 turbo 400 in a dually that he drug these humongous loads around with and it had a muncie pickup 4 speed behind the turbo 400. We had a local guy with a driveline shop and I think he got the connecting shaft made for under $100.
So anyway you could use second or third for around town and on the jobsite or towing and shift the manual into high when you got up to highway speed.
This could be a poor man's version of overdrive; 3.54 gears with some 33 inch tall tires. Then stick a manual tranny like a T-18 or maybe a 3 speed behind my C/4. A friend of mine did this with a chevy. He had a 454 turbo 400 in a dually that he drug these humongous loads around with and it had a muncie pickup 4 speed behind the turbo 400. We had a local guy with a driveline shop and I think he got the connecting shaft made for under $100.
So anyway you could use second or third for around town and on the jobsite or towing and shift the manual into high when you got up to highway speed.
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