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I'm curious as to what kind of mileage people have found on good used ZF transmissions.
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I have one that had 120k on it when I got it. Drained the oil cleaned it a little and installed. So far it's good no issues.


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Mine has over 300k on it now, 3rd gear syncro is toast but the rest are good. I'd say most jy trucks have well over 150k.
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Thanks guy's found one with 138K I guess I'll check it out tomorrow. Thanks again for the input.
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Thank again for the input finally was able to get a good working ZF.
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Awesome!! You'll love it!!

If you've done any research here, there's lots of good advice for these. Mine is always "get quality hydraulics!"
1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow.
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What qualifies as quality hydraulics? I'm hoping to get mine in before next spring and am starting to collect parts.
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Justin wrote:What qualifies as quality hydraulics? I'm hoping to get mine in before next spring and am starting to collect parts.


I was wondering the same thing...

And Horseplay-- congrats on finding a ZF!
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Well all I can really say is avoid the chain parts stores. I used one and had to pull the tranny a year later to do it again. Second slave came from BCB.
1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow.
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Good to know, thanks.
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I'd source from a tranny shop or something. Just not a job you want to do more than once in a 5yr period.
1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow.
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I can get sachs clutch slave & T/bearing set the clutch master that my supplier has is doorman not thrilled with doorman but at least that's the master not the slave. Thanks it felt like a never ending search to find. Let me know if I can help with parts.
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There are two (or more) different master/slave cylinder sets and they are designed to work together with matched bore/stroke sizes.
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Sounds like you're on the right track. I remember when my first slave let go. The night before a big run. Took the wind out of my sails for sure! It started to fail while I was waiting on my Atlas to show up, so I babied it along for a little while and replaced it with the BCB one when the Atlas went in.
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