Just a note for anyone around Colo spgs....

There is an F250 with an 8 lug 44 (disk brakes) in the upull yard down on Las Vegas.

just in case anyone is interested

doug does that 250 stil have the rear d shaft? if so id be hapy to pay ya if you could pull it for me if its an ole highboy.

Don, I will take a run by and check... they also had a couple of 78-79s (with HP44s)

doug i need something from a f250 with a divorced t case for my highboy. I sure do appreciate it bud.

It had a married tcase...

damn, ok, thanks doug I appreciate it bud

Hey Doug, hope all is well.....:beer

Hey, do you know if this yard is reasonable?

I'm just wondering....if these 44 fronts were cheap and were 4.10's offered in 78-79 fronts? If yes, Willec (Matt) might be interested in this, who knows. He's already looking at a couple hundred to change gears for the front, so why not make it a solid front??? Sell his TTB stuff and be set.

4:10's should be standard on an f250 of those yrs

4:10's should be standard on an f250 of those yrs


Yea, but I think Matt would only want 5 lug, if he'd even be open to that (he wants 4.10 gears, and for the cost of those he might not be far off just buying a good used 78-79 front 44 and putting that in. Keep the rear 8.8 just worry about a re-gear for that.

heck who know's I'll pm him, he's never expressed interest in a solid front anyway (unless maybe it's a D60 that falls out of the sky ready to put it and minimal cost, but then again, I'd be all over that too :toothless).

me 2 if that happened
the f250 would have a d60 rear
i dont think the 1/2 tons came with 4:10 gearing in those yrs though

me 2 if that happened
the f250 would have a d60 rear
i dont think the 1/2 tons came with 4:10 gearing in those yrs though

That's what I was asking. and I don't think matt wants to do like me....D44 8 lug and D60 rear. It's not for everyone, but it's my new-old F250 highboy-shortbody setup.:toothless

he mainly wants the gears as cheaply as he can get them.

Mark,
Thanks for thinking of me. Unfortunately I am a broke F&*^ and do not see a SAS being even close to fitting in my itty bitty budget I brought up the 410s because I ran across them on ebay, the pair sold for 59 +20 shipping, I was hoping that if I got the hardware for that cheep I would be able to afford to get them installed. No such luck. I am going to have to live with what I have for a while longer and figure out what to change after I break it.

Besides if I did a SAS I would have to pay someone BIG bucks to convert my garage door to an 8' one. That will have to wait till after the Lotto pays off.

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BTW With my luck if a D60 fell out of the sky it would land on my truck.

Mark,
Thanks for thinking of me. Unfortunately I am a broke F&*^ and do not see a SAS being even close to fitting in my itty bitty budget I brought up the 410s because I ran across them on ebay, the pair sold for 59 +20 shipping, I was hoping that if I got the hardware for that cheep I would be able to afford to get them installed. No such luck. I am going to have to live with what I have for a while longer and figure out what to change after I break it.

Besides if I did a SAS I would have to pay someone BIG bucks to convert my garage door to an 8' one. That will have to wait till after the Lotto pays off.

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BTW With my luck if a D60 fell out of the sky it would land on my truck.

Yea, I drive by the D60 tree almost daily, but there is never anything growing on it.

I hear ya though, we've been real focused on paying off all the fun we've had this year with trips, so I've just had money for maint. only on the bronco.

I saw a '79 FSB at Western on N. Federal. I saw it last night, axles un-touched...so far.

Edit: A junkyard spotter's thread just might make a good sticky?