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Help. TK5 to M50d swap with bw1350 ???s


83ranger88

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Jun 1, 2015
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City
Southwest Virginia
Vehicle Year
1983
Transmission
Manual
Hello, I'm new to the ranger station Ive got a 1983 ford ranger 4x4 2.8 v6 it has a Tk5 5 speed the trans has always made a roaring sound. I thought it was the throw out bearing, then one day going to work the shifter started popping out of 4th gear. All others are fine and shifts smooth and tight. Long story short its kinda hard to find another Tk5 so I need to know what I need to swap to a m5od and keep my manual bw1350 transfer case. My truck is reg cab long bed so finding new drive shafts might be tough to find , Sorry for the long first post Ive been searching for awhile now on here and google and I cant find a exact answer.
 
For the front driveshaft, one from a FM146 truck should be what you need. (Hang on to the original though as it'd be right if you wanted to go D35 later!)

On the rear, it should be possible to find something from a 4x4 longbed new enough to have had a FM146, and M5OD, or an A4LD..
 
Thanks for the info, I didn't realize when I posted this question that the TK5 and FM145 are the same length. So I found a swap thread for the FM145 to M5OD r1 http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71203

An I've done some more research and if I can find a M5od and bw1354 manual t-case I would swap both in. So if I can find a everything and start the swap I be sure to take plenty of pics.
 
Ok tomorrow I'm picking up a manual bw 1354 with shifter and boots, and the front drive shaft. An everything is only $100, so now I just need rear drive shaft the transmission and clutch parts.
 

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