F15 diff swap

[Mike K]

Tim Vibert installed a White scout car diff in his F15 many years ago....and the 302 Windsor .

Mike

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Tim Vibert installed a White scout car diff in his F15 many years ago....and the 302 Windsor .

Mike Cecil did the same with his F15 - sans the Windsor.

[Howard]

I, too, am looking at stretching the legs of the old girl...
I believe that the white scout car centres will fit... but not without a lot of work. From what I have been told, it all sounds a bit hard.
I have obtained a diff out of a jailbar, time will tell if it fits, also if the ratio is more favorable!

[gareth]

white scout car diff, wonder how much one of these costs? would you need the pinion aswell? sounds like it will not be a straight drop in job.
I think I will go with the bigger wheels for now, don't like to modify my vehicles too much, just bought a GPW with a BMC diesel in it, that's gone without my even hearing it run!
So anyone in the UK got a set of 20" rims for sale? I have heard the phrase "war department wheels", does this mean wheels from different vehicles will interchange? will a wheel from a war time bedford fit my Ford? may be easier to track down a set from them, Regards, Gareth.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Do any of our members have a Ford Master Truck Parts Book from the 1940s maybe we could find which years the differential carrier is the same as used on CMPs. Then the leap to what other gear ratio were available.

I have the Mapleleaf Chevy master parts book as well as the US Chevy master parts book and they have help me find what a CMP part might cross over to a civilian truck.

You get sort of tired of walking into a parts store telling them what you have and their response is "you want parts for a what?" then they start laughing.

Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This Ford 218T 4x2 truck was fitted with a "post war Ford 5.14:1 ratio ring and pinion set (...) inside the original 1942 Ford axle case".

HTH,
Hanno