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Oct 12, 2005 | 03:20 AM

Harliquenn

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Basic tranny question

I have an 82 F150, auto trans, 2wd. How do I tell what tranny I have in the truck. It should be stock, so does that mean I should have the C-6?

Oct 12, 2005 | 08:08 AM

Sycostang67

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What engine do you have? I imagine you would only have a C6 if you have a 351 engine. One thing that separates the C6 from the C4 is that the C4 has a removable bell housing where as the C6 bellhousing and gearbox are one solid piece.

Oct 12, 2005 | 06:33 PM

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One easy way to tell is to look at the tranny pan and count the number of bolts and/or look at the shape of the pan. The c6 has an "s" shape at the rear of the pan, the c4 is square. I think the c6 has 16 bolts, and the c4 11. Can't check on my c6 to be sure of the number of bolts--it's raining out tonight--but someone else will hopefully chime in and correct me.

Oct 12, 2005 | 06:46 PM

smiller4597

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inside drivers door I.D. tag: bottom line of tag, trans G=C4, W=C5, K=C6. These letters are also stamped on a metal tag or plate on the tranny case or directly on the case itself

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