It's a toss up right now for me which one to go with. Cat 1 does have more to choose from, since it's way more mainstream than Cat 0. I think it's just a pin size difference between those two and the dimensions were the same correct?Why a Cat 0 3 pt hitch? I had a tractor with that a few years back. It was possible to find implements that could be used, but a Cat 1 would have been much better. I guess if you already have some implements for Cat 0 it would make sense.
That's the plan. Would need one out of a Ranger with the 4.0 or an Explorer/Mountaineer with the 4.0 or 5.0. The smaller engine Rangers (3.0 and 2.3) used the 7.5 rear end. Not that it would matter much, but I think my gear selection would be better with the 8.8. Gear wise I was thinking 4.56 in the rear end.Get a 8.8 out of a Ford Ranger pickup, cheap, solid and readily available. Narrow the long side so you can use a short side shaft in that side. If you get lucky and find one with disc brakes. I would do the dual master cylinders.
That was one option I was looking at last night, however, I'm not sure if it would work on Ford brakes. Something about different piston size on the master cylinder can cause the system not to work.If you're scrounging, older cars before double circuit brakes had single circuit masters. Like 50s-60s VW bugs. Some of those parts are still pretty easy/cheap to find as replacements. Clutch masters are also single circuit (though not all of them are set up to use metal lines).