Posted by Eric B. on Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 13:42:53 :
In Reply to: Re: I don't think those axles are strong enough... posted by Steve on Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 13:11:26 :
Did use a Slant 6, but I think the install required a lot of special parts.
As for the axles, as far as I know the first WDX and the last WM300 shared the same basic axles.
Your LU2 is a 1975 date code, that is a pretty late winch!
All the 1957-71 W100-W300 trucks used the PTO on the transfer case to drive a winch in the factory setup. Only the WM300 style Power Wagons used the PTO on the tranny winch drive setups.
Like I said in my other post, you might be better off selling off this truck, and then buying a 61-71 W300 chassis for the Dana 70s, or a 70s W300 for the Dana 60s. The winch PTO needs to be driven off of a NP420, or the dual PTO port NP 435 if you want to use the stock looking winch on a WM300 style Power Wagon, and an upgraded tranny from stock.
There is not much on a 1963 Power Wagon Town Wagon that I would think would work well on a WM300 style Power Wagon.
Eric
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