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Old 08-04-16, 09:43
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Originally Posted by Lionelgee View Post
Would the trucks of the day have a pull-push switch mounted on the gear stick to select which speed the differential operated at?Kind Regards
Lionel
If the Chevs were the same as the Bedfords the two speed change would be like another choke cable on the dash. The diffs were changed with a vacuum chamber sucking the diff into high and a spring pulling it back into low, making it important to park in low in case of a vacuum leak.
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