Re: [ihc] 1 ton stuff, and Rockys trim

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 7:46 PM 10/5/03, John Fleck wrote:
>Rocky, Greg,
>
>I have a 1974 200 camper special that is 2x2 and it has the steel pin
>greasable bushings for the rear shackles. I was able to source new ones
>when i added my new springs. I had springs made that were 2" over stock
>height and added 800 more pounds capacity to them. I just had new coils
>wound with a 10 percent increase in load capacity as well as 2" higher
>heith. So my 2 wheel drive should have a nice stance.
>
>Rocky if you want a RA-15 rear to match the Dana 70 front your ONLY option
>is the 4.88 as the other was 4.30 offered in the D-seried P/U's. IE no Dana
>70s came with 4.30 gears that i am aware of.

John--

It's not terribly relevant, but there are 37 : 6 (6.17) gearsets out there
for both the RA-15 AND the Dana 70.

I have a batch of vehicles that are going to need 70F's sooner or later.
Offered Rocky a trade quite a while back, grown tired of looking for an
_IH_ 70 rear lately. Got a couple of OTHER 70 rears, want one, complete
with the correct springs, from an _IH_ .

Nobody around in yards is stupid enough to scrap a 70F, at least not that
I've seen. Most of them have already disappeared long since--because there
was an outfit in Salt Lake that was doing open knuckle conversions and
putting them under HD Fords up until the Ford factory started doing F-450
and F-550 4x4's.

The guys who were doing that had a guy who was paid, almost full time, to
travel all over at LEAST the western 1/2 of the US looking for them in
yards--and they paid up to $1K each for them.

Greg
>
>Rocky i told ya to come over and look through my vast pile of trim for what
>you need. I have parted out T-alls, PU and still have some around with the
>trim still on. Come on over and have a look. Yes you have asked the digest
>before but you still have not stoped by. I believe what you need will be
>found in my stash.
>
>Greg,

>
>Question: Why are you hoarding Dana 70 fronts? If you have so many why not
>help a digester out with the location of the junk yards that have them if
>you are not going to get them yourself? I mean it makes sense to tell folks
>where they are at before they get scraped and then become available to no
>one at all. I am sure if someone finds a Dana 70 IH rear they will let you
>know. I have a Dana 70 rear in 4.88 but its a Duallie and has no springs,
>not to mention it has had the spring perches whaced off and booger welded
>back on. Its real narrow and i think will make a great crawler rear end. If
>it was full width I would make it available to you. What I do have is a
>Dana 70 rear single wheel rear end still in my 1979 Ford Van trailer (many
>have seen the contraption at the scout shows) in the 4.10 gear variety. Its
>for sale. It would lower the weight of the trailer and make room for a axle
>with electric brakes.