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I am doing a ground up restoration of my 79 F150 am at a loss as to where some brackets go on my truck.
Its been 2 years since I disassembled the truck and I hate having leftover parts lol. Any help would be appreciated.
You guys have been the best help I have found so far on my issues and I hope I can help someone else out in the future. The bottom 2 are the same bracket.
I bet they are for the grill shell area or maybe the insert for the grill shell. Maybe hold offs for the grill shell from the core support. The one in the top pic looks like the (Bracket Radiator Grill Lower Center 8A463).
Other 2 are maybe on the sides, Bracket Radiator Grille Lower Outer 8272
I guessed up front somewhere. You are correct!
Where is the best place to access this kind of info?
I have some heat shields and other items etc that go on the frame I need to figure out as well.
You have been a great help! Thank you!
Where is the best place to access this kind of info?
A PDF version of the 1973-79 Ford Truck Master Parts and Accessories Catalog (100-500 Series) is probably your best bet. If has tons of info but be warned it can be like drinking from a fire hose!! It has info for every 100-500 series Ford trucks plus the vans and broncos. Also be aware that the diagrams do not always show the proper order of parts like I found out recently. It has been a blessing and curse for me... LOL
You can still find paper versions but I went with the electronic version so that I could use the "search" feature. You can also print pages if you need to.
They sell the electronic version on a flash drive but I bought mine online and it was downloadable instantly.
Also, some of the online parts companies have exploded views of certain sections. This can be helpful as well.
Thank you and I downloaded the e-version. It is massive. I appreciate the help!
Also, I have found using quotation marks when searching this site (FTE) is a big help. Also you can select "advanced search" and then select just the specific forums that you want to search. That helps weed out things that may not apply to your year truck.
A fellow FTE members take on figuring out the Mayan calendar "parts manual". "Some part # understanding help if you bought the CD: Question from milkweedgarnder Help comprehending part number(s) I purchased a copy of the Ford parts catalog on CD for 1973/79 pickups. I read up on deciphering the part numbers, and figured I would lookup a part to test that I understood it. On page 3017 of 3100 of the PDF is the tailgate and assembly. The tailgate is listed part number 40700, with a description of "1973/ F100/500" (or something similar) at the bottom, which I interpret to mean these are the same parts for all 1973 through 1979 pickups. So if I had a 1978 F series pickup... would the part number be something like D8TB-40700-A ???? I looked quickly at a few sites for a tailgate, and only found one ( https://www.npdlink.com/store/produc...256-50930.html ) which appears to be some sort of aftermarket replacement. Their description of the part is "Ford Truck TAIL GATE, REPRO, DOES NOT HAVE *FORD* EMBOSSMENT ON TAIL GATE. D7TZ-9940700-A" If the same tailgate fits all pickups in the 1973 to 1979, is the second digit (the year) even relevant? Why is their office code Z instead of B ? Does the 99 refer to the body type?
Answer from mikeo0o0o0 (who is just a much a parts # guru as Number Dummy).
First, when referring to the Ford parts catalog page numbers, it's better to use the actual page number, not the .pdf number. In this case the page you noted as 3017, on my computer is page 869. The actual page is sheetmetal section 400 page 4. These are the numbers at the top of the illustrated page. As you probably know, the "part number" shown in the illustration isn't the complete number but the basic number. For example ALL Ford distributors in the illustrations are listed as 12127. This is the basic number. To get the correct part number you need to look up your specific application in the text section of the catalog and that will get you the full part number with the correct suffix and prefix. As a "general" rule the prefix can be broken down into the first digit denotes decade (A=40's, B=50's, C=60's etc.) the second digit denotes year, the third digit denotes car line (A=passenger car, T=truck, S=Thunderbird, U=Econoline, etc.) The fourth digit is an engineering number. Then you have the basic part number. Last is the suffix this finalizes, so to speak, the complete part number for the particular part. Ford is notorious for changing part numbers (mainly the suffix) when the most minor change takes place, usually involving how the part is packaged! This drives the guys behind the parts counter nuts. Using your tailgate example. The tailgate basic number is 40700, however, there are two different tailgates, one for the styleside bed (body 99) and one for the flareside (body 83). When you go to the 40700 section of the text catalog (sheetmetal section 400, page 2) you'll see there are two part numbers, D8TZ-8340700-A. This is the flareside tailgate. It's noted in the description: 73/ (The "/" basically means up. Read that as 1973 and up). F100/350 (83). The second part number is the correct one for your truck D7TZ-9940700-A The description reads 73/ F100-/350 (99)."
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