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Dobie Gillis · 06-09-2020, 06:49 AM

Check the stamping on the pumpkin. It could be a Dana 45, not a 44. The 45s were used mainly under light trucks of the era, but some cars also had them. That's what's under my Merc and it is original. Parts are pretty much made of unobtainium but some 44 parts will interchange with some creative shimming.

06-09-2020, 06:49 AM	#8
Dobie Gillis Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Middle TN Posts: 1,060	Re: My t-Bird had a noise in rear end? Check the stamping on the pumpkin. It could be a Dana 45, not a 44. The 45s were used mainly under light trucks of the era, but some cars also had them. That's what's under my Merc and it is original. Parts are pretty much made of unobtainium but some 44 parts will interchange with some creative shimming. __________________ Often wrong but never in doubt.