Aus Rock Buggy build

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It's been a long time, but I now have the donor vehicle for my buggy build. I got this '94 F350 SRW from California and shipped it over to Australia. It had to be stripped down to comply with import regulations. It will be a slow build as I don't have much time on my hands these days. We want to build a full tube frame with Hydro steer, 4 link front/rear and coilovers. Any help will be appreciated. Let the fun begin......

It is a 460 Gas with E4OD trans, BW case, Dana 60 front, Sterling 10.25 (big pinion) rear.
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I am not familiar with most of this running gear. Can anyone tell me what this electrical attachment is on the rear diff?. Is the diff a Sterling? Sorry for the noob question.
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Its an abs wheel speed sensor. It reeds a tone ring on the carrier to tell the computer if the front wheels and rear wheels are spinning at the same speed or not. It also detects if the rear wheels lock up under breaking.
 
should also give the tranny input for shifts and such. MUDPRO ran into this to prepare his Ford for a rear axle swap. Deffinately research it before destroying. His auto want work without one.
 
I am not familiar with most of this running gear. Can anyone tell me what this electrical attachment is on the rear diff?. Is the diff a Sterling? Sorry for the noob question.
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It is a sterling, and you will need that sensor to make the E40D shift. It runs the factory speedo, I'm sure you could use it to run an aftermarket one somehow. As far as ABS if the truck is equipped it runs the rear ABS there are no front ABS trucks from this era as far as I know. Or if there is I don't know how the get there front reading as there are no front wheel sensors. I've seen the tone ring a nd sensor moved to the T-case output or adapted to other carriers if you plan on swapping rear axles.
 
chase at east coast gears has helped a few people out on tone ring issues with some axle swaps, the sensor is really not that big of a deal. Leave it intact and run most of the factory harness. Your only out is custom stuff somewhere else on the drive train to send the rotating signal to give the tranny opperating perameters. The simplified option is an older valvebody controlled tranny like a C6 or go for a straight drive.
 
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