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Re: Identifying the rearend rust bucket 53 #548562 06/21/2009 7:58 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 874 Binghamton, NY G Ghostrider 'Bolter
Ghostrider 'Bolter G Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 874 Binghamton, NY	Rich, 3600 didn't come with 4.11 in '53. You must have misread...4.11's were 1/2 tons. What is your axle code?? I never mess around turning shafts and counting revolutions. I just decipher the axle code or pull the cover. You've probably got a 4.57. Steve '49 3800 '52 3600 '57 3100

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/21/2009 6:51 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Ghostrider	06/21/2009 7:24 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/21/2009 7:49 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Ghostrider	06/21/2009 7:58 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/21/2009 8:11 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	tclederman	06/21/2009 9:54 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/22/2009 2:43 AM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Ghostrider	06/22/2009 4:32 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Oilrag	06/23/2009 4:30 AM
Re: Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/23/2009 12:10 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Denny Graham	06/23/2009 12:49 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	rust bucket 53	06/23/2009 10:18 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Denny Graham	06/23/2009 11:21 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	54TOW	06/23/2009 11:35 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	Denny Graham	06/24/2009 12:56 PM
Re: Identifying the rearend	53flatbed	06/25/2009 10:41 AM

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