Looking for info on '79 Powerwagon 150

Posted by Tannon on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 16:00:06 :

Hi, new here...

I've found a '79 Powerwagon 150/360ci that I'm thinking about buying. It's a 727 with a transfer case whose shifter is marked "low lock, low, N, high, and high lock".

I have a '78 "Suppliment" FSM but I don't have a regular truck FSM for this era, so I'm not entirely sure what engages in the various states. I assume that both Lows and both Highs use one or the other ranges, and I figure that the Lock modes on each engage the front hubs, but I'm not sure about "N". Does "N" disengage everything, front and back?

I'm also not entirely sure about how the rear axle and differential is set up. Is it an electrically controlled locker in the differential, or is it a limited slip or permanent locker?

Is there some kind of PTO on this configuration as well, or was that discontinued by the time the D/W series in '72 were manufactured?

Thanks,
Tannon

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• Full time 203 - Caleb (Kansas City) 23:15:01 11/22/2008
• Re: Looking for info on '79 Powerwagon 150 - Ron in Indiana 18:32:07 11/20/2008
  • The front 'crow hops' on pavement in unloc too. - chriscase 19:30:33 11/20/2008
    • Re: The front 'crow hops' on pavement in unloc too. - Allen in CT 21:41:57 11/20/2008
    • Re: The front 'crow hops' on pavement in unloc too. - Tannon 21:40:07 11/20/2008
• Re: Looking for info on '79 Powerwagon 150 - Allen in CT 17:06:37 11/20/2008
  • Re: Looking for info on '79 Powerwagon 150 - axelsteve 17:44:41 11/22/2008

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