Re: [ihc] Tcases 201, 202, 205

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 4:00 PM 8/6/04, mark stegmann wrote:
>Joel, you're right, the NP205 does have the round
>plate w/ 3 bolts. And it's a very very stout case.

It is stout. but it's only about 50% as stout as a 201 is in 4x4 HI !!!!

Greg

 Now
>that being said, you get an older one that's been
>through hell & not properly maintained, and you can
>very likely have problems. Beka had a junkyard 205
>blow up in her 1999 Chevy crew cab. That's a hell of a
>nice 2wd conversion!!!! 454, auto, dana 60 front &
>rear, 38" tires, but she put a junkyard 205 in it. And
>it went out. But she does take that truck offroad.
>It's a super nice rig, but it ain't no trailer
>queen!!!
>
>Mark
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>--- Joel M Brodsky <jmbrodsky@domain.elided> wrote:
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>> Okay Smartypants!
>> Now, how do I tell the difference?
>> I know the shift pattern in the 205 is the same as
>> the 20/300, front to
>> back: 4L-N-2H-4H.
>> I thought I remember the way to tell a 205 from the
>> others is the 3-bolt
>> cover on the intermediate shaft
>> between the large round cover and the output shaft?
>> So the earlier trucks
>> that had a great big
>> transfercase, are those just as good or what?  If a
>> friend is trying to
>> convert a 2wd to 4wd would one be better than
>> another?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> JoelB
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:12:28 -0700
>> From: "Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@domain.elided>
>> Subject: [ihc] RE: IH T-case chronologizing
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>> >Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:46:19 -0700
>> >From: Joel M Brodsky <jmbrodsky@domain.elided>
>> >Subject: [ihc] Tcases in PU/TAs?
>>
>> >My friend has a 69/70 D series Travelall and the
>> shift pattern is
>> different
>> >than my two other 74 and 75 Travelalls with NP205s,
>> so is his Tcase a
>> >different unit divorced behind his BW auto trans
>> than my 4spd/727 TAs with
>> >NP205s?  Also, I remember seeing NP205s in the
>> earlier trucks, so did IH
>> >use some other tcase for a few years or what?
>>
>> '55 'til the early '60's - NP201
>> Early '60's 'til '70-ish - NP202
>> After that - NP205
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