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Mail From: "Chris Hill" <(email redacted)>

Listers,
Walking by an old hulk today and noticed it was a Jeep mail truck. Guy
said he thought it was a '75, but didn't know much more about it. I looked
underneath the back and it appeared to my undereducated eye to be a Dana 44.
Remembering the old CAT shop note about that, I wondered if I could get cheap
posi out of it. The shop note was written by none other than our own Dave
Johnson (Hi Dave!) and I wondered (since I know NOTHING about rear ends) if
this was indeed an option. Did all mail truck 44's come with posi's? I'd be
using 2.88's or 3.07's. Would they fit with the carrier that would have been
used. Are spline counts an issue. Would the eventual cost (this would be
very cheap, but I'd have to get it out myself) be worth the trouble?
That should be enough. Thanks!

Chris Hill

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Mail From: Steve Laifman <(email redacted)>

Chris,

I can only answer part of your question. IF there is a Dana 44 in that
mail truck the bolt holes that the attach bolts go through are smaller
than the 2.88 bolts/ring gear threads. That's O.K. as long as you have
the machined (note I didn't say hand drilled) out to fit the original
bolts. The Jag Mk II also uses the Dana 44, made by Dana's Salisbury
plant in England. Salisbury also makes the Tiger rear axles.

If you ever decide to go to an American Ford ratio, a step bolt is
available to fill the larger hole.

With a lower than stock first gear, as in a wide ratio 4 spd. top
loader, or a T-5, you will find the 2.88's just fine.

Steve

Chris Hill wrote:

>Listers,
> Walking by an old hulk today and noticed it was a Jeep mail truck. Guy
>said he thought it was a '75, but didn't know much more about it. I looked
>underneath the back and it appeared to my undereducated eye to be a Dana 44.
>Remembering the old CAT shop note about that, I wondered if I could get cheap
>posi out of it. The shop note was written by none other than our own Dave
>Johnson (Hi Dave!) and I wondered (since I know NOTHING about rear ends) if
>this was indeed an option. Did all mail truck 44's come with posi's? I'd be
>using 2.88's or 3.07's. Would they fit with the carrier that would have been
>used. Are spline counts an issue. Would the eventual cost (this would be
>very cheap, but I'd have to get it out myself) be worth the trouble?
> That should be enough. Thanks!
>
> Chris Hill
>
>
>

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Steve Laifman
Editor
TigersUnited.com

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Mail From: (email redacted)

Not to take the fame from the other Dave Johnson
but the Jeep mail truck tip wasn't mine. But I
do understand that while the mail truck uses a
Dana 44, it uses coarse spine rear axles of
different length that the Tiger. But the gizzards
are the same. All that's involved is pulling the
axles out of your Tiger (A simple easy to process
as others on the list have opined) and replacing
with a coarse spine axle.

Best look for a MK II Jaguar Sedan. Its
Dana 44 uses fine spine axles and might even be a
positraction.

The handsome Dave Johnson not the ugly one.