sometimes I feel pretty badly for you westcoasters.
you can't just drive up to the pick-n-pull and grab the crap you need with $100 burning a hole in your pocket.
I'd swap in a 231 or 241, either should bolt up, track down a '78ish F-250 HP Dana 44 (eight lug of course) boltt that puppy up SOA on stock springs (it's that easy), or 44044's if you're going big, move the perches out on a GM 14 bolt rear, add front fenders from a J-10 and graft the rear flares from a J-10, lock, gear, and tire to suit, add big pimpin' stereo and you've got a killer tow rig and capable trail rig that's not quite full-size, but big enough for lots of stuff. It isn't a woody by chance? Is it? Woodies rule!
Another reason for the NP208 choice is it has a fixed output yoke instead of the lame ass Slip yoke. Itt is also concidered a Heavy duty Tcase. PFFFFT.
4bangler, gm 14bolt is with 1/2" of perch location on an FSJ. they're pretty much bolt ons
rocktoad, np208 is also bout 7" shorter than a 229. it will bolt up tho. it's a heavy duty Tcase. it's been run on everything from 3/4 ton Jtrucks to 5/4 CUCV K30s.
if you really want to get hardcore with that np208, get a chevy 208, an AMC 208, an AMCth400, and a GMth400. swap the tailshaft off the chevy th400 onto the amc version, swap the AMC 208 tailshaft onto the gm208, and you have a 32 spline input, fixed yoke output xcase.
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