fitpays
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o.k., before the "search police" start in on this -save it. i already did a search, and if i found the info i wanted, i would be working not typing. there are a number of mid-to-late 80's broncos around here that are for sale at very good prices. if i were to get one with a good motor, trans, and transfer case, how much trouble would it be to do a complete drive-train swap? i am looking at automatic trucks with 302 motors and auto trannys. my 68 has a 289 with a 3 speed manual in it. i will buy the entire full-size and get all of the working parts with it. i know the motor and trans will bolt it, but there is that whole matter of the adapter to the 68 dana 20. that is why i want to use the transfer case off the newer (donor) truck. would it be fairly easy to buy/fabricate supports and mounts for the tranny and transfer case? i figure if i can buy a whole setup then all i would need is to tow it to a shop and have custom drive shafts made.
i am planning to do the drivetrain this winter and i want to know exactly what i am doing BEFORE i get into it. i posted the other day that my neighbor will give me a newer 289 with a C-4, but when i look into the adapters, they are about 500 bucks and the description clearly states that you may have to re-use some old parts and have a shaft cut etc. i dont know about you guys, but uncertainty is not a good friend of mine. i would rather spend money once than twice. i am sick of all the variables with a motor swap you need to worry about which years and which flywheels/balancers/flexplates. when you swap trannys you need adapters and spud shafts, input shafts cut. i just want to buy a running setup and do what i need to do. that is why i am thinking of going with a whole drivetrain from a running truck.
anyone with knowledge of doing this swap -please help me out. any "search cops" out there, get back to work.
i am planning to do the drivetrain this winter and i want to know exactly what i am doing BEFORE i get into it. i posted the other day that my neighbor will give me a newer 289 with a C-4, but when i look into the adapters, they are about 500 bucks and the description clearly states that you may have to re-use some old parts and have a shaft cut etc. i dont know about you guys, but uncertainty is not a good friend of mine. i would rather spend money once than twice. i am sick of all the variables with a motor swap you need to worry about which years and which flywheels/balancers/flexplates. when you swap trannys you need adapters and spud shafts, input shafts cut. i just want to buy a running setup and do what i need to do. that is why i am thinking of going with a whole drivetrain from a running truck.
anyone with knowledge of doing this swap -please help me out. any "search cops" out there, get back to work.