pass or pursue?
50's early 60's bus unknown engine/trans, i know it's a4speed something. i have a 534 ford with a 5+2 with wet kit i havea 460 ford 5+2 with wet kit i do have a wset of cement truck axles fo...
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JRscooby wrote:RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
Can you shift a 5&4?
I had a couple 534 5+4 from back in the day when Super Duty meant there would be a 850 in the VIN. IIRC, MT weight on the truck and trailer was about 27,000 lbs. When MT, mostly take off in 2nd and direct and only shifted aux to OD when in 5th. Even grossing over 100,000 low in the aux was never used when on pavement. How heavy will the bus be? Think a 2 speed rear end be better in that weight range.
BTW, my last 5+4 was behind a 1693 Cat. If I was someplace I needed 1+1, I would use right foot on the clutch pedal. If snot don't move at idle, you touch that throttle, something going to break. Hope it's driveshaft, going into the power divider on 56,000 hurts.
I honestly don't know where I might be with weight yet. And I didn't mention 2sp rear end, because I didn't see any laying around in the backyard! Darn it!
And it is an 850 super duty. She's a beast. I think it was a good $450 purchase. Drove it home.
