NV5600 or NV4500 mate up to PN205

[JGrefenstette]

I have a freind who asked me to check and see if an NV5600 or an NV4500 would mate up to his NP205 transfer case. Will either one of them? If so, which one is more practical? He has a PowerWagon 350 (i belive its an 86), its got the 4 spd manual with a 360 V8. He had spend years working on the truck perfecting it. the body sits on a military frame, he also has added many other parts from various trucks. (now i aint no gasser fan, but u gotta give it to him, it was a NICE truck,... also somthing funny, the guys last name is Gasser! aint that a coincidence :-laf ) If i remeber right he has a dana 60 up front an a 70 in the rear. this truck was beautiful untill... ... . he had 2 tons of morter in the back and was traveling down a gravel road at about 30, a lexus suv came over the hill he was approching. It was a teenage girl and she was going over 50. hit him head on. no serious injuries suprisinigly, the suv was strewn all over the place. the dodge,... ... . to be honest i didnt even notice it had been hit when i saw it! he had a winch up front with a homeade 1/4 steel bumper surounding it. that was destroyed, but the truck body looked ok. however the frame got tourqed real bad. the motor is cockeyed and the frame is just to bent to bad. I am helping him build a 3 bay 2 level cinderblock garage, so he was in desparate need of a truck. so for 2800 bucks he bought an 86 PowerRam 350 dump 2x4 dually. Its got the same 360, but stock, and the same transmission. this truck has only 170,000 miles on it to. it wernt a bad deal. anyway, he was just wondering the possibility of mating a NV5600/4500 to an NP205.

Thanks for any help

jimbo

 

[Dl5treez]

There may be versions of each that will bolt to each other straight away, but I'm not sure.



At any rate, it can be done---lots of them in Jeeps. Advance Adapters makes all the necessary parts to do it.



Maybe someone will chime in with an easier approach.

 

[Philip]

First thing you need to find out is the spline count on the transfer case input shaft you have. On the 1st gen diesel rigs the auto and manual have different spline counts. On a auto its a 29 spline input and the stick shift is a 23 spline.



Quad 4X4 lists both output shafts spline count for the nv4500. But it is stated the 29 spline is weaker. Being behind a 360 gasser might not pose any problems.



Not sure if you can find a bellhousing for a gasser to a nv4500. Check advanced adapters.

 

[JGrefenstette]

good enough, thanks for the help