The Pumpkinator
1/2 ton status
Finally landed me a set of tons, and for only $900
, came out of a decommissioned '81 crew cab long bed truck, not sure on the gearing, both diffs are open, however no RPO codes and no VIN?? The rancher was reluctant on parting with it, and it was in his possession before it was stripped, so I assume it wasn't stolen (I suspect that kind of stuff doesn't happen a lot up here, especially in a rural town 50 miles north of I-80).
Anyways, now the for the "fun" rebuild procedure
, came out of a decommissioned '81 crew cab long bed truck, not sure on the gearing, both diffs are open, however no RPO codes and no VIN?? The rancher was reluctant on parting with it, and it was in his possession before it was stripped, so I assume it wasn't stolen (I suspect that kind of stuff doesn't happen a lot up here, especially in a rural town 50 miles north of I-80).Anyways, now the for the "fun" rebuild procedure
, but I figured I would build new ones out of 1/4" plate steel if I couldn't find aftermarket ones, also I had a 2hr time frame to uninstall both axles and load them up before sundown, not including the 4hrs of total driving time. These damn things are retarded heavy.
. Little disappointing info; the ID tag on the 60 shows 3.73s, and I popped off the rear diff cover to find these #s on the ring gear "11 41 8 75" 41/11=3.7272repeat so 3.73s. The truck only had ~156k and the gears showed it, aside from a teeny bit of surface rust on the outer edge of the ring gear where it wasn't submerged, they look great, even the diff fluid is still thin and grey. These aren't going under my truck any time soon though, still need to rebuild the axles, clean and paint, order Xover steering components, 14b disc kit, HD diff covers and now....some really expensive gears
