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CGarbee Sez: Thanks for the info. Good vendors are a valuable asset. There are a lot of highly talented professional mechanics that visit and contribute to this site that have no problem whatsoever installing 489s and lockers. There are others like me that aren't too terribly shabby when it...

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After installing 489s and a locker in the rear last year I finallty got around to doing the same in the front last week. The front axle assembly was the only thing I hadn't crawled all through so I decided to completly rebuild a spare assembly and swap it out as a complete assembly. In...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: M37 Gear change What kind of fuel mileage are you getting with your 318? Are you running the standard New Process M37 Transmission?

I question whether it's possible to get over 10 MPG on a 230 flathead. I've got a completely rebuilt (but broke in) 230 in a modified M37 that refuses better than 10 MPH. The truck doesn't have a top or troop seats or canvas, has highway friendly Denman tires, electric fan and 489 gearing and...

By the time you change a bearing here and there (seems like one always gets torn up), and you replace front end parts, seals and gaskets you're going to spend more than $1,000.00. IMHO I'm not concerned about using the drum brakes as long as you keep the mud out of them and keep them in good...