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Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!

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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!


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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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Re: Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!

5JK – 3.73, non-posi
C – Built in Chevys buffalo plant
138 – on the 138th day of the year (may 18th 1983 I think)
1-first shift

Is this an HO car? my 83 HO axle code starts with 5.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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Re: Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!

it isnt HO engine, its an LG4.. Also, I know whatever is in it is original, because I bought it from my uncle and he bought it new in 83 and doesnt know much about cars and hasn't touched it since he bought it other than driving it, regular maintenance and up-keep.

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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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Re: Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!

Originally Posted by wildjeff
5JK – 3.73, non-posi
C – Built in Chevys buffalo plant
138 – on the 138th day of the year (may 18th 1983 I think)
1-first shift

Is this an HO car? my 83 HO axle code starts with 5.

could you post the source for this information? id kinda like to know just out of curiosity..
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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Re: Please decode my axle code!!!!! HELP!

Its in the parts and illustration catalog
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