I am not 100% sure if this is the right place to post this, so someone please let me know if I have messed up. However, I am working on a 1979 F700 and it needs rear brakes. The drums definitely need replacing and I can't find a part number at all. The drum is 15 inches in diameter, the shoes are 7 inches wide. PLEASE HELP!!!

 

I asked a moderator to move your thread to the LARGE TRUCK forum.

Most members of this forum have F100/350 pickups, won't know much (if anything at all) about F700's...if that's what it actually is.

Some people tend to confuse F500 and larger series trucks with C & L series trucks. First 3 digits of the VIN define which is which.

AFAIK, only one FTE member has the 1973/79 Ford HEAVY Truck Parts Catalog. It's not someone than only posts in the 1973/79 forum. It's different than 1973/79 (F100/350 & Econoline) Light Truck Parts Catalog.

1979 F700 15" x 7" = hydraulic or air brakes? With 17.5M or 18.5M rear axle capacity? Post the AXLE code to determine which is which.

btw: A coupla days ago in the Large Truck forum, a member asked to have his F900 VIN decoded. It decoded as an LT900 .. a totally different truck than an F900!

 

Ok! Thank you! I sent you a PM asking if you would have any idea of a part number for the drums. You have always been so helpful to others on here! Thanks again!

 

You cannot send me a P/M, because I have this feature turned off. Click on my user name...you won't see: Send a personal message to NumberDummy

I'm going to need your VIN and AXLE code and I will also need to know whether your truck has air or hydraulic brakes, to determine which brake drum is correct.

Read the last line (I edited it in) in post 2.

 

Oh, the truck has hydraulic brakes and the axle code is stamped "gh n" on the vin plate. The VIN # is F70BVFA8574. Thanks so much for your replies. This is far more encouraging than the guy that didn't want to be bothered at my local Ford dealer! LOL!

 

Today, all it takes to get all the part numbers, is by typing the specific VIN into FoMoCo's computer system. Looking up part numbers in catalogs, can be a real challenge for some of these clucks.

Plus, most parts clucks in today's world don't know squat about vehicles older than 10-15 years. They LIE saying they have no parts catalogs for them, because they don't want to bother!

I'll get back to you later tonight (PDT) with the info.

 

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

 

F70 = F700 (gas).

B = 370 4V

V = Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant.

FA8574 = 1979.

AXLE GHN: GH = Eaton model 17221 Two Speed Rear Axle / 6.50/8.86 / 18,500 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity / N = Ford 9,000 lbs. Capacity Front Axle with P/S.

One more hurdle:

15" x 7" rear brakes with 18,500 lbs. capacity rear axle: What size are the wheels, and are they disc or spoke?

If the drums are the original, they have a Ford ID number stamped on them. Could be similar to this: C3TA-1126-L or this: C5TA-1126-W

 

Thanks so much for all of the info! The wheels are 22.5 and it would be considered spoke. (It has what they refer to as Dayton type wheels) I will look for a stamping but they are so rusty....BTW are you LDS????

 

Thanks for all of the info! The wheels are 22.5's and would be considered spokes. They are the "Dayton" style wheels. BTW are you LDS???

 

Paraphrased from the Book of Mormon: "By the power of the Holy Ghost and Ford truck parts catalogs, ye may know the truth of all things."

1973/79 Ford HEAVY (600/900) Truck Parts Catalog available on a C/D from hipoparts.com

1973/79 F700 with 22.5" Dayton spoke wheels, 15" x 7" rear drum brakes, 18,500 rear axle capacity:

C5TZ-1126-W .. Rear Brake Drum / Obsolete

GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has 1 = 800-543-4959.

HIGH BUCK! BOB ALLEN FORD in Overland Park KS has 1 = 800-676-0675.

Whatever Green Sales wants for it, will be cheaper than Allen, as this "snake" wants MEGA-BUCKS for obsolete parts!

No other Ford dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.

 

This is GREAT!!! Thank you so much for your time and efforts with all of this! I can clearly see that you were born of goodly parents!

 

I'm a convert.

1985: Attended a gun show at the Salt Palace in SLC. When I took a taxi from the SLC airport, I asked the driver if he could give me a tour.

He was a bishop, gave me the tour, took me everywhere including to "This Is The Place" refused to take any money.

Several hours after returning home Sunday afternoon, the door bell rang, I opened it and there stood two Mormon missionaries.

I didn't give the cab driver my last name or address.

10 or so years later, "She who must be obeyed" and I were touring upstate NY, made a left turn off a rural road, headed south to the NY Turnpike.

She was driving, I was looking at a road map, looked up, we had just passed the Hill Cumorah.

Didn't go back to it, as it was late in the day and she wanted to go to Le Roy to visit the Jello Museum. (sigh)

 

LOL! That is quite a story!!! I love it!!