The dead giveaway to be a Texas 300 is that there is no bottom bolt hole in the texas pattern. Super easy to spot. Yes you do need an input gear...
3 cents a pound
These really are one of the best gas motors ever built torque wise.
If you pull cable every weekend, go synthetic. If your cable has been spooled since Carter was president, stick with steel cable.
These really only need about 15 lbs of torque. The caps are actually easy to overtighten causing pre mature failure of the joint.
Not sure if this would actually count as being installed but it does appear to be in backwards too.
There are two different gears for the stock Jeep turbo 400 adapter. Both of them are 26 tooth. So you can run any 26 tooth transfer case behind...
Pin as mentioned above.
Lots of potential there.
It was very common to bore out early 18 cases to the 4" hole so don't get wrapped up there. An fc front bearing cap is easy to spot as the inboard...
Most of the rubbwr end gaskets I remove are actually installed backwards. The slots go to the outside and the continuous side goes in. Not sure...
Rear gas tank and red four way knob so most likely has offset flanged axle.
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