Re: [ihc] Re: Goofy Diesel Questions

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Brooks" <rbrooks@domain.elided>
To: "Howard R Pletcher" <n9ads@domain.elided>
Cc: <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 15:44
Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: Goofy Diesel Questions


> Howard;
>
> I know that 80's Ford pickups and vans that used the 6.9 motor used the
> same transmission C6 as the 460.  Did IH manufacture some of the 6.9's
> with a 460 Ford bolt pattern on the block or was adapter used like on
> the 7.3's.  I know the torque converters are also the same and you don't
> use a spacer with it or the flywheel.
>
> FYI I have a C6 in my Dually that originally left the factory behind a
> 6.9.  The trans is built a little stronger for the diesel than for the
> gas motors, and the 460 trans was built stronger than the transmissions
> the smaller engines.  Different clutch packs and baskets.
>
> Bob
>

I've heard that the earlier ones had an adapter from SAE #2 or #3 to 460
Ford with the later ones having the Ford bell pattern cast in...

-Ryan


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