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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:57 pm 
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a mate of mine has a spare 3.23 ratio diff and he says its an LSD, just wondering how i can tell if it is LSD?? if my memory serve me correctly they have a tag on them dont they?? if there is no tag how else can i tell if it is LSD?? and if i do get it should i take from disc to disc, or do i just need the centre?? at the moment i have a 3.08 single spinner in my falcon...

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:56 am 
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there should be a metallic looking sticker on the diff housing somewhere, which has the ratio written on it, and as far as i kno if its lsd it will say to use lsd oil? at least wat i can remember reading

ive never heard of a 3.23 lsd, at least not a ford one, but then again thats just me 8-) think mines a 3.23 fairmont single spinner

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:09 am 
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thought ef fairmonts were 3.08 :\

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:52 am 
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i was under the impression that the falcon auto i6's (gli, futura etc) got 3.08, manuals, v8s and fairmonts got 3.23, and ghias and xrs got the 3.45 lsd

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:30 am 
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Get a mate to grab the hub on one side, and you grab the opposite side. Now try to turn it a different way to your mate.
I single spinner will do this with ease, an LSD will be next to impossible to do this to.

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:05 pm 
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thanks for that...
the diff is in an EF fairmont, but he took the 3.08 out and put the 3.23 in... from memory the series 1 XH XR6 utes had a 3.23LSD in them.... although i may be wrong there...
also should i take it from disc to disc?? or just the centre?? and how much is it worth?? it is good condition afaik, no clunking or anything...

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:11 pm 
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Well I've never changed diff centres before, so can't comment on ease, but doing a disc-to-disc diff swap isn't as hard as you'd think.
Just do some planning before hand, make sure you got some jacks handy, and away you go.

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:56 pm 
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"ghias and xrs got the 3.45 lsd"

i got au fairlane ghia... i got lsd?
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:57 pm 
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Yep. You got LSD.

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:11 pm 
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dj`emz wrote:
"ghias and xrs got the 3.45 lsd"

i got au fairlane ghia... i got lsd?


sorry i was actually talking ef/els :shock:
but yeah like timmeh said, u got it

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:36 pm 
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EF XR8's got 3.23:1, I think they were LSD from memory.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:47 pm 
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mattronics wrote:
EF XR8's got 3.23:1, I think they were LSD from memory.


is it a manual? i think the manual xr8s actually got the 3.23, maybe they where lsd??

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:17 pm 
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Might be time for someone to make up a chart of what car got what and sticky it!
Ive got a XH p/van single spinner 3.45 :P standard

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:06 am 
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i have an el ghia and i have a 3.23 lsd dunno if the diff is original to the car though
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:28 pm 
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I HAVE A 90 MODEL FAIRLANE AND A 89 MODEL EA GHIA, THE FAIRLANE IS 3.23 LSD. THE OTHER WAY TO CHECK IF IT IS A LSD, JUST GRAB ONE AXEL AND SEE IF THE OTHER AXEL TURNS WHILE U HOLD THE OTHER. IF U CANT TURN EITHER AXEL WHILE HOLING THE OTHER THEN ITS A LSD.
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