Rear end numbers help-Please
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Rear end numbers help-Please
This rear end was in a parts car ,can someone decipher the code. Thanks ! 
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Just found this one under the bench !
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Just found this one under the bench !
Last edited by ...Roger...; Jun 2, 2011 at 06:49 PM.
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here's a link for all the codes but I sure dont see it, only legible character is the K
http://www.corvette-world.com/corvet...tification.php
http://www.corvette-world.com/corvet...tification.php
Last edited by MelWff; Jun 2, 2011 at 03:31 PM.
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I think this is an eye test because Roger could turn the pinion flange and count the number of turns on the side yokes which would give you the ratio and narrow down the possibilities
Last edited by MelWff; Jun 2, 2011 at 03:53 PM.
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Your right about checking the ratio but I just hadn't gotten that far yet.
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My guess would be a 78 3.08.
The code could be "OK", which is a 1978 3.08. Beyond that, the next three digits would be the Julian dating, if it's 0(???)73, it would be the 73rd day of the year. "W" is for the Warren, MI assembly plant. The "8" I believe is 1978, with the "E" indicating a Eaton posi unit installed, and the "1" being the plant shift.
Whatever it is, that thing was surely stamped, before GM had a drug testing policy!
The code could be "OK", which is a 1978 3.08. Beyond that, the next three digits would be the Julian dating, if it's 0(???)73, it would be the 73rd day of the year. "W" is for the Warren, MI assembly plant. The "8" I believe is 1978, with the "E" indicating a Eaton posi unit installed, and the "1" being the plant shift.
Whatever it is, that thing was surely stamped, before GM had a drug testing policy!
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My guess would be a 78 3.08.
The code could be "OK", which is a 1978 3.08. Beyond that, the next three digits would be the Julian dating, if it's 0(???)73, it would be the 73rd day of the year. "W" is for the Warren, MI assembly plant. The "8" I believe is 1978, with the "E" indicating a Eaton posi unit installed, and the "1" being the plant shift.
Whatever it is, that thing was surely stamped, before GM had a drug testing policy!
The code could be "OK", which is a 1978 3.08. Beyond that, the next three digits would be the Julian dating, if it's 0(???)73, it would be the 73rd day of the year. "W" is for the Warren, MI assembly plant. The "8" I believe is 1978, with the "E" indicating a Eaton posi unit installed, and the "1" being the plant shift.
Whatever it is, that thing was surely stamped, before GM had a drug testing policy!
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now I just have to try and reunite it with that ZL1. 
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Why stop there Roger... just be sure to put Exotic, Rare, One of a Kind.. and maybe a good reason it was removed from the car...
[/QUOTE]Why stop there Roger... just be sure to put Exotic, Rare, One of a Kind.. and maybe a good reason it was removed from the car...