Douglas Jones
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OK, here is my thing.
I own a 1995 F150, 2 wheel drive, with a 5.0 litre motor, automatic with OD that has only 55,000 miles on it. The truck is in very good shape except, I suspect the transmission is going out. It is going to the shop Monday for that and a complete tuneup and service.
I like the truck because of it's general condition, new tires, brakes, and I can get into the dang thing. Being old with a bad back this is an issue for me. I also really like it being a short box with a nice canopy and biggest feature of all, a joey bed.
What I don't like is that it will not tow my travel trailer. It is a 2000, 25ft. fibreglass sided, 6800lbs wet beast.
I'm going to have a tranny cooler installed with whatever care the tranny requires Monday.
My question is: Since I believe that the gear ratio in the rear axle is probably fairly high, do you mechanic types think I can change to 4:10/4:11 (whatever the magic number is for Ford) and achieve a towable solution?
I only drive 3-4000 miles a year anymore and use the trailer to live in full time. I'm moving 250 miles north next month and I just really do not want to buy a new truck just because of these short trips.
What do you all think? Your comments are appreciated.
Doug
I own a 1995 F150, 2 wheel drive, with a 5.0 litre motor, automatic with OD that has only 55,000 miles on it. The truck is in very good shape except, I suspect the transmission is going out. It is going to the shop Monday for that and a complete tuneup and service.
I like the truck because of it's general condition, new tires, brakes, and I can get into the dang thing. Being old with a bad back this is an issue for me. I also really like it being a short box with a nice canopy and biggest feature of all, a joey bed.
What I don't like is that it will not tow my travel trailer. It is a 2000, 25ft. fibreglass sided, 6800lbs wet beast.
I'm going to have a tranny cooler installed with whatever care the tranny requires Monday.
My question is: Since I believe that the gear ratio in the rear axle is probably fairly high, do you mechanic types think I can change to 4:10/4:11 (whatever the magic number is for Ford) and achieve a towable solution?
I only drive 3-4000 miles a year anymore and use the trailer to live in full time. I'm moving 250 miles north next month and I just really do not want to buy a new truck just because of these short trips.
What do you all think? Your comments are appreciated.
Doug