As I already mentione elsewhere, I've got a nice '79 Country Squire Wagon, 302-V8 Automatic C4, A/C. I have to change the motor (I dropped a screw into the carb and blew the Passenger Head) and lucked out finding a nice '78 200 CI, Automatic that has only 20,000 miles since a Dealership rebuild of both the Motor and Trans.
Mine is completely stock from Mexico. It comes with a Bosch Starter, a Distibutor with points, no headrests on the front seats, AND a 3.07 rear-end, not 3.08. The North American tag would say WGX-etc., but mine says 4314 then 3.07. I've driven in snow and always had good tires, but I'm sure its not a Sure-Track type (Posi-Trac?).
My Door Tag is completly different from North American cars, and for the Axle (Eje in Spanish) it says "A", which would be a 3.08. Searching on the web, I found that this axle 4314 3.07 was used in a Checker Cab during 1977.
I've checked the web and this forum for the last 4 days and found lots on rear ends, even a site covering Latin American Door Tags. They don't list the specs equivalent to the Codes.
The rear-ends in both cars are good. The problem may hit me when I need to use the driveshafts or send one to be re-sized. I was hoping I could prepare myself before I got the other car and send mine out to get modified.
The other issue is whether the C4 from my V8 will bolt up to the 78 200 ci engine. I read somewhere that the splines might be grooved differently.
Can anyone point me to the right resources? We're hitting freezing here, and I have to do the swap outside. I can pull the motors and tranies in 2 days (I'm alone) and pop the finished assembly in the next day, but we've only got one or two more weeks above -10C in daytime. We're already hitting -12C at night. So I want to get this done before the -20's come along. Thanks
Mine is completely stock from Mexico. It comes with a Bosch Starter, a Distibutor with points, no headrests on the front seats, AND a 3.07 rear-end, not 3.08. The North American tag would say WGX-etc., but mine says 4314 then 3.07. I've driven in snow and always had good tires, but I'm sure its not a Sure-Track type (Posi-Trac?).
My Door Tag is completly different from North American cars, and for the Axle (Eje in Spanish) it says "A", which would be a 3.08. Searching on the web, I found that this axle 4314 3.07 was used in a Checker Cab during 1977.
I've checked the web and this forum for the last 4 days and found lots on rear ends, even a site covering Latin American Door Tags. They don't list the specs equivalent to the Codes.
The rear-ends in both cars are good. The problem may hit me when I need to use the driveshafts or send one to be re-sized. I was hoping I could prepare myself before I got the other car and send mine out to get modified.
The other issue is whether the C4 from my V8 will bolt up to the 78 200 ci engine. I read somewhere that the splines might be grooved differently.
Can anyone point me to the right resources? We're hitting freezing here, and I have to do the swap outside. I can pull the motors and tranies in 2 days (I'm alone) and pop the finished assembly in the next day, but we've only got one or two more weeks above -10C in daytime. We're already hitting -12C at night. So I want to get this done before the -20's come along. Thanks
