Re: Limited slip

[n9ads@domain.elided (Howard R Pletcher)]

On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:36:08 -0800 Grant Cunningham <grantc@domain.elided>
writes:
>I have just recently joined the IH fraternity, having purchased a very
>nice '78 Scout II.
>
>When I picked it up, he mentioned that the vehicle did not have
>limited-slip differentials.  I thought that ALL Scouts were so 
>equipped from the factory, but he indicates that they were a
special-order 
>item. 
>I might mention that I know (99+% certainty, since I bought it from 
>the original owner) the differentials in my machine have not been
changed.
>
>Is he right?
>-- 
He's right--almost.  The Trac-Loc limited slip in the rear was an option
with the open diff the standard.  My figures show that approximately 65%
were the open diff, based on 1977 data.  And no Scout after 1966 had
limited slip differentialS (plural) from the factory.  Handling concerns
with a limited slip in the front axle caused that option to be dropped
sometime around the introduction of the Model 800.

Howard Pletcher
Howteron Products Scout Parts