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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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2 speed T-case

Can anyone give me some info on my cousins truck. It's a 86 250 ex cab 2wd 8'bed 6.9 4speed but it has a 2 speed T-case behind the trans. The 2 speed started clunking yesterday so he hasn't been running it. Is the 2 speed a chain drive or gear on gear? Any other ford trucks come with the same case if his is junk?
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I've been doing some more searching and all I can figure is maybe it's a gear vendor....
 

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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Have you figured out why it has a transfer case, but it's only 2wd? Transfer cases were only used on 4wd. Does it have a spot on the front to hook another driveshaft? If it doesn't, then it's not a transfer case.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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I've never seen a 2wd with a transfer case before.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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Being a diesel, I'd venture to say that it's probably an aftermarket over or underdrive under there, and not a transfer case.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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Unless someone needed a trans and had a 4x4 unit and swapped it in... Verify that it does or does not have a front yolk.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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Nope no front yoke, I was just calling it a T-case for the lack of a better word. Couldn't remeber gear vendor till after I did the inital post.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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It probably is an aftermarket overdrive unit, Ford never offered one. I believe they are a planetary gear system like an automatic tranny has. They are supposed to be bullet proof. I wonder how much oil it has in it?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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Update:

Talked to my cousin tonight and he's been dealing with the local ford dealer. It seems that in 86 they did have a 2 speed t-case for on the 2wd diesel... They even had the info on file, just no info on wether parts were still available.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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What would be the use of something like that?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Weird, I have never heard of such a thing. Get us some pics if you could.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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wtf
this thread makes no sense at all


Blame it on the 30 year old whiskey I am sippin

there is no point at all of a tcase on a 2wd the rwd driveshaft is a direct connection, no gearing at all, right?

i just was looking at one like 30 mins ago, but again with the whiskey...
 
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 05:48 AM
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I don't see how it would be much different than a 2 speed rear end, or using a GV over/under. I for an example put your 4x4 t case in 4 low but leave the front hubs out. You still get a gear reduction to the rear end (granted the front is spinning but with the hubs out that's all it's doing). I don't know what the reduction is thru the case (i'll try to find out) but any reduction would help when pulling something heavy in hilly areas...even with a 2wd
I know in my 75 Ford 800 dump truck w/out the 2 speed rear I'd take for ever going up hills loaded.
 
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