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From: Somewhere Down in Texas
Welcome to FTE...looks to me like it has a lot of potential and I like those cab mounted lights. What are you plans for it?
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Joined: Dec 2012
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From: poynette, wi
i need to get it running first. it has sat for a few years so new gas and all that. i plan to fix it up and use it as a daily driver for work if that is possible. i think it is, i see a few old trucks that still get used like trucks should be. just need to figure out what i have exactly first then start in on the clean up.
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From: Stanley, VA
Welcome to FTE, nice truck to start with.
Here's what you have:
F26SRCG4665
F26=F250 4WD pick up
S=400 cid 2bbl V8
R=San Jose assy plant
CG4665=1978 consecutive serial number
WB 133= 133" wheel base
Color 8S=(8) light blue (S) bright dark blue metallic
Model F263=pickup F250 4WD 6700 lb GVW
Trim AB4=(AB) Blue all vinyl interior (4) styleside pickup bed
Trans A=New Process 435 4 spd trans.
Axle B4=Dana 60 limited slip 4.10 ratio 5300 lb capacity
GVW 6700=6700 lb gross vehicle weight
1978=1978 model year
DSO 53=Kansas City District sales office
Here's what you have:
F26SRCG4665
F26=F250 4WD pick up
S=400 cid 2bbl V8
R=San Jose assy plant
CG4665=1978 consecutive serial number
WB 133= 133" wheel base
Color 8S=(8) light blue (S) bright dark blue metallic
Model F263=pickup F250 4WD 6700 lb GVW
Trim AB4=(AB) Blue all vinyl interior (4) styleside pickup bed
Trans A=New Process 435 4 spd trans.
Axle B4=Dana 60 limited slip 4.10 ratio 5300 lb capacity
GVW 6700=6700 lb gross vehicle weight
1978=1978 model year
DSO 53=Kansas City District sales office
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Junior User
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: poynette, wi
thanks for the info. that means that is not a true dually axel under it then. it looks like 1 normal rim with 1 really deep dually rim on the outside. do you know what the front axel would be in this truck? and what transfer case?
Hotshot
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Stanley, VA
Your truck is an F250 which means single wheel rear axle. As for the front axle, I don't know. Ford rarely ever put front drive axle info on the warranty plate.
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
If I had to guess. Probably a D44 front and a np205 transfer case. Take a 1/2 and a 9/16 wrench out and check your diff cover bolts. D44= 1/2, D60=9/16. Tell us your transfer case shift pattern if you want to confirm your transfer case.
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Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Plant city florida
That's a nice truck. I've always wondered we're those warranty plates are, are they on the drivers door? I've never had a truck with one until I got my 77 and I think my 73 parts truck has one. Both my 90s, the 76 and 83 lacked it.
