Steve B said:
"I've done the 129 to 149 hyd lift swap.......easy and it works 100% , no issues. Swap the whole hydro, or split the hydro and swap the front cover/charge pump onto the existing axial pump/motor.....either way.....works and is a very straightforward upgrade for a wide frame hydro."
Steve - any gotchas in doing the swap? To get the plumbimg, valve etc. moved, did you pull the engine and did you have to pull the tower? I'm looking at doing the swap into the 129 rather than rebuilding the 149, which is pretty rough - as I just told Harry - I'm leaning towards taking the hydraulics off the 149 and
putting them on the 129 - the 149 was pretty well fubarred by the PO. it needs a new wiring harness, driveshaft(all parts from the engine back), the 321 needs rebuilding, the steering
is loose, the brake setup now looks like an 8N Ford, which means they cut into the rear sheet metal) and although this may be heresy, I don't need two of 'em. (tick, tick,tick.....boom!)
BTW - if I do this, I'll take lots of pics like I did on the hydro gasket..