wannabe dana 60 front axle

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Re: wannabe dana 60 front axle

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96 jag ranger wrote:The Vin tag says 131 wb color v model f250 body 3 4 trans a axle b4 gvw 6500.151 hp at 4000 dmso code 71.the Vin umber is f26yrn00326.in order to buy a good 4x4 in Norway it cost a minutia of 30.000 .and that is for a vehicle that is 10 years old.

OK, So from your other post you said some shop wanted to charge you 5,000 to convert to a later Dana 60 front axle and power steering and you get disk brakes and open knuckle hubs to boot. and you paid 3,000 for the truck. so for 8,000 you get to keep your highboy and get all the upgrades a guy could want in his highboy truck. front Dana 60 axle ( more than adequate for your snow plow ) disk brakes in front ( a wonderful thing to have) ball joint knuckles, ( much easier to service) and power steering ( I wish I had power steering in my highboys) All for less than 1/3 of the cost of buying something used where your going? Sounds like you should just spend the money and enjoy the piece of mind, And I believe piece of mind is worth a Million dollars. :2cents:
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1973 f350 super c/s 460/c6 22k orig miles
1972 f350 srw crewcab special 390
1972 f250 4x4 sport custom 390fe Red
1972 f250 4x4 custom 360 FE " Ranger Ric"
1972 f250 4x4 custom 84k og miles 390
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Re: wannabe dana 60 front axle

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:yt: ..... :2cents:
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Re: wannabe dana 60 front axle

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The 6,500 GVW of the bump f-250's is barely over what F-150's are now********************
Steve

The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner

"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
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