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ksbronco 10-20-2002, 05:42 AM Is a stock ranger T case worth using? Buddy of mine and I are thinking about making his deisel ranger into a rock crawler. The easiest way I can think of for the transfer case is to find a tranny and t case out of a 4x4 ranger and then we were thinking a divorced NP205 behind that? What kind a reputation do those cases have? shons b2 10-20-2002, 08:53 AM i know a few people running em behind 302's. i would say a middle of the road case. check out www.therangerstation.com and www.rrorc.com for alot of tech. the diesel is a 2.3 i believe, so you should be able to use the 2.9 or 4.0 tranny(same bolt pattern i think,maybe just gas burning 2.3) we have a member that made a 1354 double case. shon ksbronco 10-20-2002, 08:14 PM Not sure but some old fart we were looking at buying another deisel said it was a different pattern that the 6s so he said that earlier 4x4s used a bolt on bell housing like the one that is in the truck and a guy would have to find one of those to bolt to our bell housing. Don't know if that is true, but the guy claimed to have tried it. shons b2 10-20-2002, 08:58 PM i believe around 85 they used a c-5 auto. not exactly sure what he's running. but most of the running gears were offered in 2x or 4x versions. shon 4x4junkie 10-21-2002, 05:09 AM There were two different cases used in Rangers. The Borg-Warner 1350 and 1354. The 1350 usually has a female slip-spline front output whereas the 1354 always has regular yokes. They're 26 spline. The 1354 is pretty strong, I would say its considerably stouter than a NP231 as it has a 6 planet lowgear (usually) and an output shaft that is not necked down anywhere along its length. The 1350 is similar internally, but uses a four planet lowgear. I've also seen 'em behind 302s without problems. Although I have the 4.0L still, I've done four-wheel burnouts on pavement repeatedly and it held up fine (long story. Trying to extricate a stuck-in-the-driveway motorhome!:eek: ). | |