Posted by Clint Dixon [172.68.59.69] on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 07:12:29 :
In Reply to: Re: 46' Dodge WF32 transmission gear posted by Vaughn [162.158.255.175] on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 15:29:50 :
"Truck guys". Now we may be finally nailing down where the misconception originated. That is funny.
I wanted to source some of the special hex head conical mounting screws locally - the ones that mount and correctly align our PTO boxes to the Up-To-Type and After-Type transmissions. I went to Sadler Power Train, the largest and one of the most respected power train specialists in our area.
I told them I needed factory conical hex head cap screws to mount my PTO box. After answering the standard 20 questions that included: what is the make of the truck, what is the model, what year is it, V-8 or 6-cylinder, paint color, etc. They asked what model of transmission do you have and what PTO are you mounting to it? I replied that it was all original as delivered from the factory - early New Process Up-To-Type transmission (the non-numbered one) and the Detroit Harvester dual output PTO. They replied that because it was a Dodge it had to have the NP420 transmission and that they had never heard of Detroit Harvester.
I had to give them the cliff note education on Power-Wagons. That, Dodge used two four-speed New Process transmissions before they started assigning them a model number and that Detroit Harvester produced many farm implements including complete sickle bar mowers for Ford tractors - and - PTOs for Power-Wagons.
They looked at me like I was on meth or something. And these guys were all older than me and certainly old enough, and one would think experienced enough, to know better.
That was when I quickly learned that "truck guys" does not equate to Dodge Guys. The oldest an most experienced guy in their division had probably never even seen a Power-Wagon part, much less a complete Power-Wagon on their shop floor because Power-Wagons were typically apparently never taken to those kinds of establishments for service.
;^)
Junior
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