Re: Re: Re: So what's a 'highboy'?

Posted by the tractor vet on March 11, 2005 at 21:59:37 from (4.124.80.187):

In Reply to: Re: Re: So what's a 'highboy'? posted by Don H on March 11, 2005 at 12:58:28:

They started the lower ones in the 77 year model half way thru . They put the transfer case on the transmission and lowered the truck 3 inches fliped the ft diff. over and moved the driveshaft up for better ground clearance then they screwed up the whole works by putting them junk 351-400 M's in a good truck . I bought one of the first new style 73 F250 4X4 and loved every thing but the ft Diff . it was to light and would eat spider gears . Then i bought a 78 with a 400 with a snow plow pkg. with the Dana 60 ft. well that fixed the ft. problem but it sure was a dog went thru 5 400's in two years always the same problem , Mains and rod bearing the blocks were all tweeked and the main saddels were not square with the crank the mains would go then the rods would get the junk off the mains and she was done fixed that problem with a 460 out of a 70 T/Bird now i had a real truck .

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