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Originally Posted by larry harding
my first auto when i was 16 (along time ago) was a 1945 jeep. it had a willys logo on the body and ford on the hood. i had some tranny problems and found the transfer case had a smaller diameter middle shaft than the willys one. ford must have cut some corners. evedently ford didn't exactly copy the willys design. i suspect the jeep i had was pieced together with war surplus parts. i sure got a lot of mechanic experence trying to keep that thing running.
if anyone is interested there is a documentry on youtube on the history of jeep from early development to later civilian sales. very interesting if you have about an hour to kill.
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The Ford built jeeps transfer case's were made by ford and Dana/Spicer for the Willys made jeeps and the parts are made identical. Gears, intermediate shaft, caged bearings, main shaft and so on were all the same dimensions. The only difference is that most FORD parts had a small script letter "F" stamped on them. As rumor had it, Ford did not want to warranty Willys parts as well as his own so he identified them accordingly. This also applies for the rest of the vehicle. There were some small differences, but parts will interchange.