I am looking for advice on a transmission for my 1985 ford f800 digger Derrick truck, it has a 3208 cat motor and a spicer 5852A 5 speed transmission the transmission had come catastrophic damage to it and I’m looking for advice on if I should try to hunt down a direct replacement or if there is another transmission I could go with that will use a pto to run my hydraulic pump thank you for any advise you can give
Direct replacement.
Do you have any suggestions where to look it seems heavy equipment scrap yards in my area are a thing of the past I am in northwest Arkansas
Long shot--very large salvage yard-a long way from you. Hagerman-{541} 922-6455. Ask for Dwayne.
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Imagine if some of the guys on here could solve crimes on the side.
Looking for parts can be tiresome, the older the piece the less likely of a good outcome. Many yards have been picked clean, because the idea of running older equipment in the last ten years has become the norm because of cost of new & emissions. Plus the major rebuilders like Weller/Jasper have bought up major inventories of salvage yards. The one I deal with is constantly shipping out nation wide, allot of their older stuff is really getting picked over. Between Adleman's, Vander Haggs & Hagerman all three work off each other. Hagerman though has a step up over the other two, they get first dibs on any Freightliner surplus. It's the main yard for new/oem assembly line damaged or discontinued items by Freightliner. They get van loads of new doors, cabs, hoods, steps--just about anything you can imagine, plus they buy up any new/old stock from dealers or independent shops going out of business.
I will have a look at my ‘parts truck’ when I get home. It is a Ford F7000… I will post a picture of the tranny tag when I get home this week. If the correct tranny you could have it for shipping cost…I will never need it!
Not the best pictures but my transmission tag and the carnage that happened
While maybe not a direct bolt in, there are numerous medium duty 5-6 speed transmissions out there that could work. Eaton 5 and 6 speeds were real popular in those trucks and some had Clarke's as well. Down side is if you go with a different transmission you will probably have to get a different PTO to match it. Try to find one out of a dump truck, bucket truck or the like that comes with a PTO already. Hunting down a specific used PTO to fit a specific used transmission is somewhat difficult in my experience. You also want to find one with the same bellhousing pattern, what does a 3208 use? SAE #2?
Not to mention driveshaft work.