Posted by Ken See on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:49PM :
In Reply to: Re: WDX winch pto install and brake pedal posted by Mike (Montreal, Quebec) on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 9:20PM :
That's probably the difference. If the shaft is shorter, then the bracket and pedal are probably narrower. The WDX is my brothers at the rally site, my WM is 120 mi away in CT. We're both in the shop measuring everything every which way, but with the brackets installed it's tough to get a good dimension, so we couldn't really see a difference between the early and late brake pedals. It looks like his answer is motor/trans height off the frame. If he lifts the motor/trans/pto up, it will clear the brake pedal bracket with more room. That sounds easier than a lateral move to the right. His motor is at the existing height because of cab height, but who knows if that is correct. Lots of things moved since 1946. Can't compare to my WM because who knows if that cab is in the right place. But then we remembered we had the PW body blueprints on the wall of the barn up there. It shows a cab to frame dimension, and a pto centerline dimension, but there was firewood in the way so now he has to move firewood as well as the motor, cab, brake and who knows what else. A year or so ago he installed and M37 motor and the M37 420 that came with the motor into the WDX. But had to use the bell housing from his truck since the M bh is offset. But that bh was between a 230 and an early crashbox, so I didn't understand what Jonas meant by a 420 bh, what's different. The old motor was not a PW motor, so who knows where the bellhousing came from. If none of that works, he'll need a brake pedal from a later truck. He's installing an mu2, but fabricating extentions and bumper. That project turned out to be a complicated 3 dimensional problem without any reference to work from. Plus his welder buddy is a Chevy guy (sound like someone you know Tim?) so he had to endure his Dodge wise cracks. But all Frank had to say was that if Chevy had the guts to produce a 4wd truck in 1946, then maybe he could relate. I saw the extention/bumper set up and it's real sharp, but Frank sure has spent a few late nights out there figuring this all out. He may need one of those late brake pedals, so hold that thought.