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Title: I have a Ford Rear end....how to ID it ????
Post by: shooter1 on November 03, 2008, 03:49:36 PM
My new Toy (V8 Pinto Del Wagon)....has a rear end that has 3 Dimples....Smooth Round , 3rd member comes out of the the front.....?????? what type is this...any Help ?
Title: Re: I have a Ford Rear end....how to ID it ????
Post by: TOMMYS on November 03, 2008, 04:07:40 PM
MOST LIKELY IT IS A FORD 8".COULD POSSIBLY BE A 9" BUT PROBABLY NOT.
Title: Re: I have a Ford Rear end....how to ID it ????
Post by: tbucketjack on November 03, 2008, 10:44:25 PM
If you can only get a wrench and not a socket on the two bottom nuts that hold the carrier on, its a 9" rear end.
Title: Re: I have a Ford Rear end....how to ID it ????
Post by: shooter1 on November 04, 2008, 06:15:16 AM
Yea....found that online...a socket will fit....must be 8in...I was told that it was out from under a Mustang ll....The guy that had the car, was a dealer and he was just going on what some one told him...Its my first ford to own...Well I had a 27T  , but it was Chevy powered !!!!