VIN Number indicate gearing on a F-450 ???

[Lone Ranger]

OMG... THAT IS TOO MUCH.... I HAVE THE ORIGINAL WINDOW STICKER...

YUP, 430 gears...
and a lot of gear.... (Truck is 2200 kms away, 6 weeks for Conversion and Delivery) Gonna be a LOOOOOOOONG 6 WEEKS....:doh:

And it has all the normal luxury stuff for a King Ranch and some things I don't know about...

Traction Control? Wats dat
Trans Power Take off Provision? Must be for hydraulics or winch or something..
Engine Idle Shutdown exemption? Wats dat
PTC Supplemental heater ? Must be a plug in engine block heater? ????
Tough Bed spray in liner, saw that in pictures, cool...

Thank you, very cool, gonna be a long wait for da twuck!!!

Australian Conversion means new dash, steering, firewall, AC moved, Biiiiiig job.

I am really looking forward to this. WHAT A CHRISSY PRESENT!!!

[jasonmt]

I am guessing that a F-450 is not offered by Ford Australia? Sounds like you get US Spec trucks and convert them? Any issues with parts/service/repairs if so?

[Lone Ranger]

Yea, Ford Australia is dumb and missing the boat...

All they brought in was a dummy spin Brazilian built Ford out of left over parts that became obsolete in America in 2003... Up to 2007 they brought in a low grade basic Ford, assembled in Brazil, no frills, no leather, crap transmission the 4R100 that was not really made for heavy towing we do and it has a 8% failure rate here... All that was good in the whole truck was the 7.3 PSD run outs til 2007...

Anyway, Dealer that converts them handles Warranty, and we also have the PowerStroke Shop, three days by Air Mail...

My truck was built in Kentucky, and F-450 KR CC DRW FX4, Woooo Hooo!!!

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by jasonmt

The VIN I used as an example was the last F-450 we bought, Lone Ranger just needs to (hopefully) paste in the VIN of the truck he is looking at.

Ooops. Wasn't paying attention to who posted what lol

Originally Posted by Lone Ranger

Yea, Ford Australia is dumb and missing the boat...

All they brought in was a dummy spin Brazilian built Ford out of left over parts that became obsolete in America in 2003... Up to 2007 they brought in a low grade basic Ford, assembled in Brazil, no frills, no leather, crap transmission the 4R100 that was not really made for heavy towing we do and it has a 8% failure rate here... All that was good in the whole truck was the 7.3 PSD run outs til 2007...

Anyway, Dealer that converts them handles Warranty, and we also have the PowerStroke Shop, three days by Air Mail...

My truck was built in Kentucky, and F-450 KR CC DRW FX4, Woooo Hooo!!!

Happy for ya! Gonna be a long wait, but worth it in the end Good Luck with it.

[r0guenj]

can someone decode a vin for me?

it doesn't seem to match what was posted above.

this vin is what the dealer gave me today.

1ftww3br5aeb04493

[Southpaw]

Well, looks like

1FT is a USA complete truck

W is 10,001-14,000 GVWR with pass airbags

W3B is supposed to be the cab configuration....the W3 is right, he must have mistaken a 5 or a 0 for a B?? IDK just a guess. what is the cab config of this truck?

R should be the motor of the truck. R isn't even an option?!? Don't know what that could be.

5 is the computer generated check digit....could be anything so that is right.

A should actually be a number not a letter. It should be the last digit of the model year.

E It was made in the Kentucky plant.

B04493 is the build sequence and warranty code.

I would call the dealership and ask for the vin # again and see what you get. Looks like there is three digits that are wrong. Could have been lost in translation somewhere who knows

Good Luck

[r0guenj]

hey thanks for the info and sorry for hijacking the thread.....

i ordered a 2010 6.4 cc 4x4 shortbed

[jasonmt]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Well, looks like

1FT is a USA complete truck

W is 10,001-14,000 GVWR with pass airbags

W3B is supposed to be the cab configuration....the W3 is right, he must have mistaken a 5 or a 0 for a B?? IDK just a guess. what is the cab config of this truck?

R should be the motor of the truck. R isn't even an option?!? Don't know what that could be.

5 is the computer generated check digit....could be anything so that is right.

A should actually be a number not a letter. It should be the last digit of the model year.

E It was made in the Kentucky plant.

B04493 is the build sequence and warranty code.

I would call the dealership and ask for the vin # again and see what you get. Looks like there is three digits that are wrong. Could have been lost in translation somewhere who knows

Good Luck

The 8th digit being R in the VIN means 6.4l Navistar diesel and A in the tenth digit gives 10 as the model year but it looks like some of the other digits are wrong, if it is a F-350 CC SB the 4th, 5th and 6th digits should be W31. If I remember correctly you may have been assigned a VIN when the truck order is confirmed but the window sticker does not show up in the Ford system until a few weeks later. I have not seen a 2010 VIN guide yet so 2009 is the latest: https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenan...fs/VIN2009.pdf

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Last edited by jasonmt : 11-07-2009 at 11:09 AM.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by jasonmt

The 8th digit being R in the VIN means 6.4l Navistar diesel and A in the tenth digit gives 10 as the model year but it looks like some of the other digits are wrong, if it is a F-350 CC SB the 4th, 5th and 6th digits should be W31. If I remember correctly you may have been assigned a VIN when the truck order is confirmed but the window sticker does not show up in the Ford system until a few weeks later. I have not seen a 2010 VIN guide yet so 2009 is the latest: https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenan...fs/VIN2009.pdf

Thanks for updating my info. My stuff is based on older model year trucks. I didn't know the newer info

[r0guenj]

i double checked the vin and it is correct, so i will have to wait until the sticker is posted.

thanks for the help!