1977 rear end needs decoding please

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Jun 1, 2012 | 03:15 PM

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Don't get carried away spending money on it. Sure, it's a good truck, but it is not a collectors item and will never be.

Jun 1, 2012 | 03:46 PM

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The truck means a lot to me. It's one of the few things I can call mine.

Jun 1, 2012 | 05:50 PM

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Put enough money into it and that will always be true. You gotta get past emotional attachments to inanimate objects.

I can tell you with absolute certainty that the truck doesn't give a %^t about you, would kill you given the chance, and would let anyone, even a dirty, sticky stranger, drive it.

Jun 2, 2012 | 01:04 PM

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So you're saying the truck is a trustworthy w*ore? haha. I'd sell it, so I aint that far gone with attachment to it.

Jun 2, 2012 | 06:41 PM

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Aren't they all?

Just enjoy it for what it is, and don't get carried away. Good luck with it.

Jun 3, 2012 | 06:29 PM

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some of are, I don't plan on getting too carried away. Just enough so it might be here for my kids or even grandkids.

Jun 3, 2012 | 09:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 400inatruck

The tag does have a B in 6JB. And thanks for the replies. I am flabbergasted at the info I have found and have been told. I am wanting to restore the truck all the way when I get the money.

I edited my earlier post about the date code, you can see the changes.

Jun 4, 2012 | 01:33 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod

The date code goes "year/month/day" as so:

6 = 1976/ J = September / B = doesn't work. Could it be an "8" for the 8th day of the month?

ON EDIT: Ford uses alpha and numeric codes in the date codes. In this case, the "B" would be for the week of the month, "B" being the second week.

Plant code, don't know.

WDM-BR / 6JB / 2.75 / 9 / 385A

WDM-BR = 1973/79 Ford Light Truck Parts Catalog / Text, Section 40.1, Pages 5-8 = Rear Axle Parts List #88 ~ D6TZ-4234-A .. R/L 31 spline axleshafts.

6JB = Axle assembled the 2nd week (B) of September (J), 1976 (6) / A = January, M = December, the letter I is skipped.

2.75-1 ratio / 9" rear axle / 385 is the plant code / A is the first design.

If the OP wants more info for his F150, he can buy this catalog on a CD from hipoparts.com for about 22 bucks.