The electric shift transfer case option for all Ford Excursion and 1999-2010 Ford Super Duty® F-250, F-350, F450, F550 4x4 trucks is a NV273F. When Ford first started using the NV273F, it was built at the Chrysler owned New Process Gear Plant (NPG) in East Syracuse, New York which was then operated by New Venture Gear (NVG) a joint venture controlled by Chrysler and General Motors. (The model designation NV273F was shorthand for New Venture 273 Ford.) The case castings usually had the New Venture Logo, but the assembly tag had the New Process Name. When NVG dissolved a short time later, Chrysler continued building the NV273F for Ford at the New Process factory. After a couple of years, Chrysler sold the New Process production rights to Canada's Magna Corporation. Under Magna, NV273F transfer cases were still built at the NPG plant through the end of the 2010 model year. In 2010-2011 Magna phased out the Syracuse NPG factory and moved transfer case production to Mexico so new replacement assemblies are now imported. The important thing to know is despite all these name changes and plant relocations, many of the parts in a NV273F are the same from 1999-2010.
