Hogibear

Cheers I’ll be begin the hunt for a crown wheel and pinion

I messaged her before she put a price on it and gave her an offer but she said she will wait and see, I paid $1800 for mine so struggle to entertain the idea of paying the $1200 she wants for a dereg rusty one just for parts

Correct, iv wanted one for years but she was a good price. As for the diff iv learnt the mk3 zodiac or some mk3 zephyr crown wheel and pinion fit the transit square diffs and will give me a 3.5 ratio which should be better than the 5.6 that I believe I have. Failing that its just an axle on leaf springs so I’ll measure flange to flange and find a whole rear axle to fit. These vans have the diff under the leaf springs so I’ll have to cut off the spring perches and flip them for the axle to go above to lower it more, at this point a whole axle out of something better might be the better option. anyway maybe it’s time to start a build thread

It’s been a while since iv posted on here. I used to have a different user name but can’t get into that profile. anyway I have bought a mk1 transit and know nothing about them, iv heard there may be a couple people hiding on here that know a bit more. I feel I’m going to have a lot of questions as I get deeper into it. first question is diff rations, it has been pinto swapped but had a factory diff. At 100kph sounds like the poor engine is nearly valve bouncing. What are the common diff swaps for these?

I forgot how to log in here, so made a new account. this van has been revived for show duties and is still a sketchy death trap