I"m considering pulling and rebuilding the 304 V8 from Dad"s old "67 IH pickup and putting it in his old Farmall H.I figure I can do MOST of the logistics...I can measure, and I can weld. But what I"m wondering is, where can I get a 2:1 gear reduction unit/transmission I can mount inside the center housing that will handle the torque of the 304, while still keeping the ground speed of the tractor approximately what it originally was with the original engine? [Note: Dad died in "91, so I don"t think he"ll have too many objections; in fact, it kinda sounds like something he would"ve done himself.] I saw pics once where someone put a 2.8 V6 from an S-10 in an H, and then used the 4-speed from the S-10 locked into 2nd geat to get the 2:1 reduction. Just don"t know if it"d hold up with a 304 V8, which is more of a torque motor than the 2.8 V6. Any ideas? Anybody done this already?
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