[Tigers] Tigers and Jeep parts?

[Thomas Witt]

Hi Cullen,
  I recall looking at the postal Jeep rearends a number of years ago. My 
Tiger had water in the rearend, shot bearings and a rather sad set of gears. 
My recollection was:
The postal Jeep rearend was too wide
The spring perches were on top of, rather than under the axle tube
It had a 5 lug bolt pattern
The ratios were for the 15" tire I believe they had (mid to high 3:00's)

There is one Jeep item I would like for my Tiger. It is their T-178 
(1980-1986) version of the Toploader. It has 3.01, 2.08, 1.47, 1.00 ratios. 
Running these gears with tall rear tires (for getting to events) would give 
an equivalent of a wide ratio first gear and an overdrive equivalent in 
fourth gear. Basically it is a "wider" ratio that the standard wide ratio 
trans, but does not have the large spread between 2nd and 3rd like 
undesirable the Ford overdrive Toploaders. 8 years and still looking.
Tom


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