can anyone help me out with my vin im tryin to find out what the heck im really workin with if anyone can help let me know ill get the vin for tomarrow

 

The VIN may or may not contain what you're looking for. For some reason, people are under the impression that it contain axle & tranny info. All you can get out of a VIN is probably what you already know - body style, engine, and year.

 

i got the tranny info and ill get the rear end info as soon as i get off my butt and go look at it.. i know what body style it is and engine not so much my engine code is y and that could be the 300 or the 302 carb or efi one... i belive not sure gotta recheck that

 

The 8th digit in the VIN is the engine size. The VIN doesn't contain codes for transmission or rear axle. Those and other numbers are listed by themselves on the Warranty Plate.

Y = 4.9 EFI

 

Well for one thing the Vin's changed in 1981 but you didn't note which year truck you have so it could have an 11 (1980) or 17 digit Vin# (1981+)

Please more info

Just posting the vin number and rating plate info in your post would have been a huge help and it would have be decoded for you.

If it is newer than a 80..then go to this page for decoding

https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenan...ls/default.asp

 

o well heck............... seenin that the vin code y means its a 4.9 efi... ouch hmm ok i got a front clip off a 302 f 150 hmm ok so and its a 85 f 150 that i got i have a carb 4.9 in it right now or... some one switched it over to a carb can that even be done?

 

An '85 300 will have a carb from the factory.

 

I don't wanna argue..(for once )....but the 1980/89 Ford Light Truck Parts Catalog~General Information Section~Page 21~Certification Label~Engine Codes says: Y 1983/ 4.9 EFI

 

hmm so y dont only mean the efi? is this what u are saying? i got a book my self im takin auto classes at metro college in omaha ne we have alldata and books out our @$$ on all kinds of stuff from block numbers heads ya name it we almost probley got it ill get my vin tonight and post it on the fourms

 

The "Y" code was used from 1983 to 1997 for trucks equipped with the 300. The 300 received EFI in 1987 and retained the same VIN code.

 

So did you punch your Vin# in that Decoder I linked to in post #5 ?

 

AndyM is correct....

 

the link will not open for me i have tryed everything... ok but here is the
vin# 1FTEF14Y3FPA26330
i know the 8th number is for engine y = 4.9 efi and the 10th is they year f = 85

 

If you can repost that link to get it to work, I would really appreciate it.

 

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im so freakin happy but now... i dont know if its a lx or a lxt or a ford custom.. i got the wrong dash pannles in this thing.. some one had the pannle off a custom over the radio and it was covering the clock up. when i hit my turn signles my freakin break light blinks.. hmm and the cover for the guages was coverin up 2 heater ducts.

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