205 xcase speedo cable swap

F100camperspecial · Post by **F100camperspecial** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:37 am

Just in case anybody else swapped out the D21 xcase in their F100 for a 205 and needs a speedometer cable--use Pioneer part #CA-3010. I swapped the 2wd 435 and married D21 for a fwd 435 and married 205. Only problem was my speedo cable was too short-- 68''. The CA-3010 cable is 81"--about a foot longer--it works great. Put in yesterday and now I have speedo!

Schuck's list the cable for a 2wd with manual tranny. Auto zone has it too, they just did not know it-- you need the part #

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:38 pm

I had heard that you needed to change the front Diff to a hi pinion to overcome driveshaft angle problems. how did yours work out?
or do you already have the HP44?

F100camperspecial · Post by **F100camperspecial** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:32 pm

My truck already had the HP 44 in it. The drivelines out of the wrecking yard '77 F150 bolted right up. I used the 351M motor, 4wd 435 4 speed, married 205, exhaust, drivelines, and radiator out of the '77 F150. I'm hoping to use the'77 PS box later on to convert to PS.

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:13 pm

that explains that! LOL
I've been thinking of dropping the 203 (or 205 whatever it is) into my truck. but then I lose my PTO for the Hydraulics I am installing (OK trying to install) LOL

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:25 pm

kind of a little joke here but when some people start talking about married to this and divorce from that. it mean bolted on to or not in a matter of speaking. but sometimes it kind of sounds like a soap opera of some sort. like the days of our ford lives.

F100camperspecial · Post by **F100camperspecial** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:29 am

Hey, on the hydrualics, what about a fan belt pump mounted on the motor? My brother works at a hydraulic shop (HPI), and keeps telling me that I should convert the PTO winch on my Willy's to hydraulic. This way instead of pulling until something snaps or breaks, it hits a release valve at a set value and stops.

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:24 pm

I've thought about that, but haven't seen a pump I can afford that mounts to the engine.
My setup will be the PTO running a pump going to a hyd. motor running the winch thru a driveshaft. I suppose a pressure limiter can be incorporated into this design, but I hadn't seen the need so far.
I figured if tow trucks run directly off the PTO hydraulic motor, it would be OK in my application.

did that make any sense?

F100camperspecial · Post by **F100camperspecial** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:36 pm

Sure, why reinvent the wheel when you don't have to! I understand the low on green thing. I'll seen some pretty cool winch setups on Jeeps that run right off the existing power steering pumps. When working with the mechanical, if a guy has enough bolts, scrap iron, electrical wire, welding rod, duct tape, junkyard parts, coffee and twinkies; it is amazing what can happen!

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 3:11 pm

F100camperspecial wrote: if a guy has enough bolts, scrap iron, electrical wire, welding rod, duct tape, junkyard parts, coffee and twinkies; it is amazing what can happen!

I got lots off everything but the coffee and twinkies!

milemarker makes a winch that works right off the power steering pump, but like everything else, it is spendy. and as I am building this wrecker with a budget of .....well whats less than none??........ I gotta scrounge for what I can. its taken me 6 years to get the parts together for this conglomeration.

BTW
I have to steal that for my signature line!