IDing the transfer case
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IDing the transfer case
Hi I am trying to ID the busted transfer case in a 86 F150, 351W (carb), C6, with 9" rear. I just bought the truck and the rear cover is missing. The case looks very simular to the one in an 88 with 5spd but the tail shaft cover is longer.
The truck was wrecked with the drivers side rear tire hitting a pole, and knocking it back 3.5". The rear drive shaft is missing also.
My best guess so far is the ts is a B-W 1345. I need to dig into it deeper on the ID and would like to have an auto OD tranny to help the 351 have better gas manners while crusing if it isn't one there already.
Any ideas, suggestions on what to put back in the truck? I want to use it for towing my 18 ft. car hauler, and going anywhere that I want to. I don't expect to go off roading so giant tires and lifts aren't what I'm looking for.
John
The truck was wrecked with the drivers side rear tire hitting a pole, and knocking it back 3.5". The rear drive shaft is missing also.
My best guess so far is the ts is a B-W 1345. I need to dig into it deeper on the ID and would like to have an auto OD tranny to help the 351 have better gas manners while crusing if it isn't one there already.
Any ideas, suggestions on what to put back in the truck? I want to use it for towing my 18 ft. car hauler, and going anywhere that I want to. I don't expect to go off roading so giant tires and lifts aren't what I'm looking for.
John
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Thanks Robert, but with the rear case cover missing, I can't tell for sure. I feel comfortable that it is a Borg-Warner manual shift, and the 1345 seems to be the model offered. I didn't know if there was any other tag or script on the case for identification.
Do you know if I can use a B-W 1356?
John
Do you know if I can use a B-W 1356?
John
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i don't know
I've been asking this myself in the drivetrain forum and haven't really gotten an answer no one seems to know if you can swap a np208/bw1345/bw1356 in place of each other
anyways, if the front of your transfer case is flat its a np208, if its ribbed, its a borg warner
I've been asking this myself in the drivetrain forum and haven't really gotten an answer no one seems to know if you can swap a np208/bw1345/bw1356 in place of each other
anyways, if the front of your transfer case is flat its a np208, if its ribbed, its a borg warner
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Robert, I am new to 4X4 ownership, but have been on this and other Ford boards for a while.
I don't know why Ford switched from New Process to Borg Warner, but both are excellent transfer cases. The older NPs were bullet proof from what I have heard and read. With more and more 4X4s being sold every day B-W parts should be plentiful, should you need them. IMHO
John :X06
I don't know why Ford switched from New Process to Borg Warner, but both are excellent transfer cases. The older NPs were bullet proof from what I have heard and read. With more and more 4X4s being sold every day B-W parts should be plentiful, should you need them. IMHO
John :X06
