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Re: Ford 9"?

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ford 9"?
From: Michael Siewert <mdsiewer@ucalgary.ca>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:04:46 -0600
Rule of thumb? If you can't get a deep socket onto the bottom nuts
it's a 9, curse and use a wrench.\

or visit this page for better descriptions 
http://www.enjenjo.com/9inch.html

mike

Dick J wrote:
> 
> I know I've read this a dozen times in old hot rod magazines, but the quick 
>reference index to my 250 pounds of old magazines leaves something to be 
>desired.
> Externally, what is the quick and easy way to tell a Ford 9" from a Ford 8".  
>I've got a rear end from a 1969 Mustang but don't know for sure what it is.  
>The metal tag says "WCZ-VI      9AC" on the top line, and "2.79    8    930A" 
>on the bottom line.  I figure, if nobody has swapped stuff around, it must be 
>a 2.79:1, but the 9AC on the top line, and the 8 on the bottom confuse me as 
>to whether it's a 8" or 9".
> Dick J In East Texas

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