Disappointed parts run.

[Turbo Zach]

Well I drove two hours Saturday to go look at a nine inch housing and drive two hours back home. Found a g body bare nine inch ford rearend hosing for sale on Craigslist. Talked to the seller and he said 150 dollars and it's a bear housing. Thought it was a good deal so I went after it. When I got there and looked at it, some things didn't jive with me. He said it came out of a older stock car. I asked were the rest of the parts went. He said the previous owner sold everything but the housing. When I looked over the axle tubes, the tubing was pretty thin wall steel. The one tube had a weld all the way down the tube. There was grind marks all over the tubes. The welds for the bearing flanges did not look professional, and the spring perches were missing. The seller said it was a sks rearend. For two hundred dollars more I can get a quick performance rearend housing I know is good. All in all I was bummed, but happy I could walk away. I think I made the right choice. What do you guy's think?

 

[oldsmobile joe]

always trust your gut. good call

 

[pontiacgp]

I hope you enjoyed the drive.....

 

[Turbo Zach]

Was kind of boring. My wife and baby didn't want to go. Not sure I want to invest in a nine inch yet anyways. Flirting with the idea of a 8.8 now.

 

[Ribbedroof]

Sounds like typical dirt-track stuff, at least what I've seen around here.

 

[pontiacgp]

gotta be careful with circle track stuff, alot of it is bent

 

[Turbo Zach]

Is the dirt track rears made lighter? Did not seem like the rearend tubes were heavy enough steel. Was not like qp rearend. I brought a tape measure and a straight edge with me, but never got that far.

 

[Turbo Zach]

Well I did it again! I took off on a two hour drive again to look at a differential. I found a 2004 8.8 ford rearend for 200 bucks. The seller said it came out of a 2004 Mustang and was a posi 373gear. Well first it was not a posi. Second my book was wrong! The book said it was supposed to be about 4 inches wider than a 7.5. It was 10 inches wider. The book also said it had control arms like a 7.5. The rear end had no control arms on top of the pumpkin, they were on the end of the housing like a four link. So I drove two hours back home with nothing. So everyone knows a 2004 mustang 8.8 will not work. Should have had the seller mesure it for me and send some pictures. Lesson learned!

 

[Single_Reel]

Well I did it again! I took off on a two hour drive again to look at a differential. I found a 2004 8.8 ford rearend for 200 bucks. The seller said it came out of a 2004 Mustang and was a posi 373gear. Well first it was not a posi. Second my book was wrong! The book said it was supposed to be about 4 inches wider than a 7.5. It was 10 inches wider. The book also said it had control arms like a 7.5. The rear end had no control arms on top of the pumpkin, they were on the end of the housing like a four link. So I drove two hours back home with nothing. So everyone knows a 2004 mustang 8.8 will not work. Should have had the seller mesure it for me and send some pictures. Lesson learned!

I know that feeling! At the beginning of the summer I was on the lookout to find a complete Tan cutlass interior (or pieces, mainly front bench) that could be an upgrade in condition to what I currently have. I find a classified ad for an 85' cutlass being parted out, I confirm with the seller that the interior is Tan and complete. I tell him my intentions, that I'm looking for an upgrade and they have to be in good condition. He says over the phone the interior is in good condition and he would use it himself if he was restoring it. Catch is the drive is about 2 &1/2 hours each way. So I borrow the company van (in hindsight shouldn't have let the girlfriend come) and when I get there the car is trashed, totally gutted, and I wonder where is the interior? He opens the trunk and there is the interior piled in and in terrible condition. At that point I did not even ask where the seats were and I looked at him and said none of the parts I could use. I guess some people's definition of good condition is far different than others, so I left annoyed, my entire night was gone, the girl was sour about everything, and $60 in gas gone! Lesson Learned indeed!

 

[marcar1993]

An 04 mustang rear will work, but I want to say 2000 and up are about 5-6" wider axle flange to flange than a g body rear, 94-99 are ~2-3" (whats in my car now). Also if it was a mustang rear, it would have ears cast into the top of the housing. I think you were looking at a truck rear or something if the center had no upper control arm ears.