M50D-r1 variations discussion (not HD versions)

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Okay, I have one Ranger, '90 2.3l and I have a '96 Explorer 4.0.

I'm trying to think of a good way to be able to table test them under a decent load like it's actually in a truck. Like flywheel, clutch and stuff hooked to an electric motor. Kind of like a sim racing rig.

Electric over Hydraulic motor may yield better results since its easier to measure pressure translated to torque via fluid power.

Not a hard bench rig to build. Small pump on a 110v motor, and method of applying resistance to output shaft.

 

[Shran]

Are you replacing the rear bearing retainer with the "upgraded" steel one? I'm curious how that will hold up long term. One of my rebuilds had a bearing retainer failure less than 3000 miles in and the bearing race had started to wear into it. I have seen this damage on a lot of transmissions that I've disassembled. I'm kind of wondering if the input shims have something to do with it, IE if it's shimmed too loose then the race can move around more than it should or something like that.