MK 3 axle

[Gunslinger]

by all means you can say that, just dont complain to us when you buy one and find its slower, got less pulling power, locks the rear wheels at the slightest opportunity, seems to have been built from second grade plastic everywhere, generally starts falling to pieces inside, and the only way you'll get one with good rear doors is to buy a new one

that said, they do make a good source for donor parts for a transit ... mine has the rivet in side windows from an LDV 400 and the spare wheel carrier from one mounted under the rear end

and i guess you could argue they are cheaper for spares as there are soooooo many of them in the breakers yards

[daddy cool]

That's a much better argument than mine GS.
I was just going to say they're pig ugly in the flesh

[snakemaster]

Those Leyland buses look smarter than Transits.
they are made from papermashy and plastic fire gards the crapest of the crap but still beter than some transits (not meny) am i aloud to say that , Those Leyland buses look smarter than Transits. i dont no what transits you have seen? O well some people will never learn
Rolo have you got some crapy pics of vans from OZ non ford ? you would like to post so we can get a laff

[FredTransit]

Thanks.

Those Leyland buses look smarter than Transits.

Am I allowed to say that in this forum?

No.

[Gunslinger]

oh dear .... fred's getting the whip out again

[100ps_drw_hicube]

That's a much better argument than mine GS.
I was just going to say they're pig ugly in the flesh

and there suspension is non existent a real back breaker if you go over the slightest of bumps and dont buy a hi top there roofs are c**p i went thru one once yet saying that i can walk on my roof ok

[snakemaster]

Hey we have sort of lost the axle thread has any body got any more info on axles and what can be swaped over

[Rolo]

Hey we have sort of lost the axle thread

Not necessarily.

Somebody could very well tell us anytime soon which Leyland van has an axle that will fit a Transit.

[Sundowner]

Rolo
A friend of mine has a mk1 twin wheel and has had a 2.78 falcon center fitted

They just cut the axle tubes off the transit diff and weld them to the falc center

[Rolo]

Rolo
A friend of mine has a mk1 twin wheel and has had a 2.78 falcon center fitted

I was told those jobs are nowhere near as strong as original Transit axles (something to do with 2 and 4 "spiders"? as well) and wear out very quickly, they charge a lot of money for those conversions and keep in mind my Transit is a 3 ton camper and that's the minimum weight it carries all the time.

[Sundowner]

Rolo
A friend of mine has a mk1 twin wheel and has had a 2.78 falcon center fitted

I was told those jobs are nowhere near as strong as original Transit axles (something to do with 2 and 4 "spiders"? as well) and wear out very quickly, they charge a lot of money for those conversions and keep in mind my Transit is a 3 ton camper and that's the minimum weight it carries all the time.

The 4 pinion falcon diff will take 600 odd hp so it wont matter if your van weighs 10 ton your engine will never have enough power to hurt it

As for the method used to join the tubes to the housing it is the same as ford use with the transit housing and the factory transit axles are still used

You also have a choice of ratios from 2.78 to 4.11

My friends diff cost $1200

[Rolo]

My friends diff cost $1200

With or without a limited slip diff?

[Rolo]

The 4 pinion falcon diff

"4 pinion"?

I thought all diffs had just one pinion and crown.

will take 600 odd hp so it wont matter if your van weighs 10 ton your engine will never have enough power to hurt it

Is that the one they call a 9" diff?

[Sundowner]

without LSD

no diffs are either 2 or 4 pinion, not the main drive pinion gear but the so called "spider" gears

Like if you where to pick up your factory ford transit repair manual and look up the decription for the 175 diff it will say that its a 4 pinion split differential case

The Borg Warner or BTR 78 series diff found in every thing from xy falcs to the current model BF ute is the diff im talking about
the later diffs are extremly strong

a 9" will take 1000+ hp

[Rolo]

Is an engineer's certificate needed to make those alterations?