Ford Crewcab

Hey Ben.. jump back across the hi-way and check out IMP's latest offering-now that's a crewcab!

   Ben,
Well I see I did not have any luck attaching a photo of my '77 Ford Crewcab.

   I have not been driving it much and have often thought of repowering to a larger engine like a 429 / 460, but I have been too busy working on repurposing other junk.   I read where you mentioned you are always working on Junk.
   Me too ......... constantly .... maybe it is the challenge of "cracking-the-safe" idea.   
   Hey, restoring the old crewcabs IS worth every minute of attention. I have not been active on the "oldfordcrewcabs" either.
   And I am glad you remember those photos I posted 15-years ago ?
The photos and how-to data files are still there, unless Yahoo has done-away with their Groups aince being sold.

   I was just looking at my front driveline, which is a stock driveline out of a '73 Ford F-150 4x4. The length was perfect for my Dana 60 front axle swap, but I should remove the driveline and clearance the yokes more to eliminate Bind with suspension full-droop. There is not much clearance before bind.

   I installed brand new window channels and horiz. felts and weatherstrips and sliding rear window, all from JCWhitney in 1998, and with keeping the pickup stored inside, the rubbers are still like brand new today.
   The little 300 inline six engine is a bunch small for a pickup of this weight, but with the 4-bbl Holley carb it holds its own pulling a trailer, but just not as fast up the hills as a big-block.

   Years ago, I had the spider-gear Pin come loose in a Dana 44 in the rear of a '71 International Travelall, and it locked-up the rear-end just like what happened to your pickup.

The '66 Ford Crew-Cab that I sold to the guy up in Salem, Oregon, has been painted fire-engine Red, and I don't think he is finished with it.

    Len

That mud truck sounds awesome!

Nice looking truck.

Well, in 600 miles the Trak-Lok will have been broken in...unless you drove 600 miles without making a turn...LOL.

T/L disks will eventually wear enough to need replacement. You will know when that happens when the axle starts acting like a regular open diffy.
No harm will happen if you drive it that way, it just won't have the limited slip feature. You should get somewhere between 50K to 100K miles or more depending on how much turning driving you do and and how tight the turns are. The disks are not a real big deal to change and can even be changed without dropping the diffy out of the axle if you have the right tools, but it is much easier to do it on a bench. Replacement disk packs are available without having to buy a new diffy case, but do remember to add fresh T/L friction modifier.

Yes, the Trak-Lok will make a difference off road in that both tires on that axle will have traction until they both get to the limit of the tire, then they will both spin. Because of this, you may not need the four wheel drive as much as you would under normal circumstances.

However, because both tires will be able to turn under power when you break traction, you need to be very careful on slick pavement or icy conditions. The tendency is for the axle to slide sideways under power so you need to apply power very gently. It will take some getting used to on ice. In soft ground or mud the T/L works great. I wouldn't recommend T/L for both axles used on the highway where you could encounter ice. You will go sideways...

In fact, I raced in the mud for three years using T/L's both front and rear, but that truck was a dedicated mud racer (46 Ford truck body on a 76 Ford F-250 chassis cut to fit the 46 Ford wheel base. 427 Ford with a racing C6 tranny and NP205 TC, Model 60 Dana axles front and rear. 40" tires for one class and rice and cane tires for the other class I raced in. No wheel brakes, only a disc brake mounted to the rear pinion flange. Did I mention Nitrous?) (named the truck "Blue Mule") Cost a bundle to maintain, had to quit. But I was a kid then and it was a way to spend money I didn't really have. I sold the whole rig to an guy who wanted just the motor for his Mustang fastback. Not sure what he did with the rest of the truck.

I've got some money now, but, alas, I'm no longer a kid.



Edited by SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A - 19 Feb. 2018 at 1:29am

Thanks 

SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A wrote: While there is a break in on the Dana Trac-Lok, the instructions I gave my customers was to go to a parking lot that was empty and do about three dozen wide figure eights on the pavement. Voila! You are broke in... I installed dozens of Trac-Loks in the 18 years I owned my shop and never heard of a 600 mile break in, but I have heard of the figure eight break in discussed by a Dana-Spicer engineering rep.

While there is a break in on the Dana Trac-Lok, the instructions I gave my customers was to go to a parking lot that was empty and do about three dozen wide figure eights on the pavement. Voila! You are broke in...

I installed dozens of Trac-Loks in the 18 years I owned my shop and never heard of a 600 mile break in, but I have heard of the figure eight break in discussed by a Dana-Spicer engineering rep.

I had a diesel shop do the rear end rebuild. 

Hey Len