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EFV-8 Club Forum / Light Commercial Truck Discussion / need truck highway friendly

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true1956
04-13-2019 @ 1:43 PM
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48 merc std 3 speed flathead ,all original, need to get thing more highway friendly , change rear end ? just change gears in rear end? ,please help


CharlieStephens
04-13-2019 @ 3:52 PM
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Probably just change the gears in the rear end but I must admit I don't know anything about the truck rear ends. Do you know what gear ratio you have in it now? That would be a good place to start. You should add your general location and email to your profile, you can never tell when it will pay off.

Charlie Stephens

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trjford8
04-13-2019 @ 4:13 PM
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I'm assuming you have a '48 Mercury pickup(Canadian). In the glove box door there should be a metal tag which would show the rear end ratio. Most likely it's a 3.93 or 4.11. Changing the rear gears would be the best way to go. A good highway ratio for your pickup would be 3.56 or near that number. You can change the gears in the existing rear end or an alternative is to put in a later model rear end from another Ford pickup. You can use up to a 1972 Ford pickup rear end and it will be the correct width , will mount right to your existing springs and will have the same wheel bolt pattern..

true1956
04-14-2019 @ 3:26 AM
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any more mods using a late model ? the yoke going to be ok and the drive shsft

trjford8
04-14-2019 @ 6:42 AM
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It's been a while , but I think that you may need to change the rear universal.

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