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Thank you Lindsy! Thats right Spas made me a great deal on this 95 Explorer front Dana 35 IFS center section. Sitting under the back cover is a set of 4.10 ring and pinions. If you notice this center section is also equipped with the Ford 95-96 front passenger side axle disconnect. Those vacuum powered solenoids will disconnect the CV shaft from the differential so when I am in 2wd my front driveshaft will no longer spin.
I am planning to use a factory GEM module and dash mounted 4x4 switch to activate the vacuum solenoids. So to switch into 4x4 you have to put the dash switch into 4x4, then shift the manual transfer case, a simple switch I provide might take th eplace of the Ford 3 position unit found in 95-96's with this setup.
That is of course if my current Gem module wont control it using the inputs the dash lights are already getting from my manual t case.
This should be the first ever 5.0L 96 manual transfer case true 4x4 with an unlocking front axle, or how Ford should have made them if you ask me!
I am keeping IFS since if I ever do raise this truck it will be a long travel A arm front end.
I need to aquire a set of 4.10 ring and pinions for the rear 8.8, install kits for both, and then I plan to do my first gear setup myself. I have a "spare" 8.8 axle I will be building in my garage and then swapping under the Ex.
I also have a factory limited slip unit that was used for 20K miles after a rebuild, so this should be a real nice setup.
Stepping up to 4.10 and a good limited slip rear will really make my 96 drive alot better. I find with 33's and 3.73 it hunts for gears alot on the highway (below 65) a bit and towing the boat could be alot better, 4.10 should do the trick!
Thanks Lindsy!
