Trans decoder?
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You might get a decode here, or looky at yours, then looky at these:
Automatic, from the Articles/Specs section up above where you are looking right now:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ers_Guide.html
Manuals:
Domestic Truck Tranny Guide
Automatic, from the Articles/Specs section up above where you are looking right now:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ers_Guide.html
Manuals:
Domestic Truck Tranny Guide
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You might get a decode here, or looky at yours, then looky at these:
Automatic, from the Articles/Specs section up above where you are looking right now:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ers_Guide.html
Manuals:
Domestic Truck Tranny Guide
Automatic, from the Articles/Specs section up above where you are looking right now:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ers_Guide.html
Manuals:
Domestic Truck Tranny Guide
Thing is, it's not the original engine/trans combo to the truck so can't match it up.
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So when you look at the trans, you can't match it to the descriptions or the pics?
What is it anyway, I think you might have posted once, but I forget. Auto, stick, 3 speed, 4, OD, what?
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3 spd auto, integral bellhousing, oil cooler pipes exiting on the pass. side to the rad?
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All aluminum integral bell 3 speed auto trans from Ford would be the C6.
C4 and C5 are aluminum, but separate bell.
Look at the pan and see how many bolts, shape etc, and you can match from there via the trans spotters guide.
C4 and C5 are aluminum, but separate bell.
Look at the pan and see how many bolts, shape etc, and you can match from there via the trans spotters guide.
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Damn lol I was hoping on hope it would turn out to be a C4 - C6's suck up a lot of power on its way from the crank to the wheels, from what I've read.
thanks for the info
thanks for the info
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Where's the post that has the Ford parts tag info?
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it. There nothing fishy about that label at all. It's not a Ford parts label, either.
It's the frame manufacturer's ID label, as Ford did not make their own frames. Prolly American Frame & Axle, as Ford used this company for decades to make all their frames.
These ID tags were usually installed on the passenger side outer frame rail, about a foot or so to the rear of the front frame horn on every car/truck beginning in the 1930's.
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Actual Ford part numbers do not appear on any parts after 1956. Only ID numbers can be found on parts.
If you do find a stenciled part number or parts tag/label on a part, it wasn't installed at the factory.
The specific labeled part was purchased from a dealer and installed later. Usually this is seen on body parts replaced due to damage.
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N.D, you are a legend. Thank you for the info and dishing out the facts reagrding the frame numbers. 
Blimey, the 250'sw/350's had I6's? Would there be a likely difference in the gearing between a C6 I6 trans and a C6 for the V8's?
Blimey, the 250'sw/350's had I6's? Would there be a likely difference in the gearing between a C6 I6 trans and a C6 for the V8's?
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C6 ratios are the same at 2.46, 1.46 and 1:1.
Shift points might be different, but could have been adjusted when installed in your truck. Will it rev out when you stand on it? Does the automatic downshift work properly?
Shift points might be different, but could have been adjusted when installed in your truck. Will it rev out when you stand on it? Does the automatic downshift work properly?
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