plurco

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Someone told me to look for a trans code on stamped on the trans and I could not find one. I just really want to make sure this is the tranny I paid for before I get it installed tomorrow.

plurco

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ok I searched and found that the VIN does not contain the trans code. does anyone know where the trans code is on the trans?

plurco

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found it! 522AZ"V" *sings in his best Cookie Monster vioce* "V is for Vicious, that's good enough for me"

DAREN

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tranny code should be on a metal plate inside the engine bay
i believe it is on the passenger side of the car. the plate will have a the vin # and the the tranny code. if the code ends in "A" you have an open diff. if you see a "V" you have a locking diff. you are looking for a

RS5F5OA=open
RS5F5OV=locking/vlsd

plurco

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well see i am looking on the tranny since it is one I bought to install in my car. and I found it. Hard to see.

Stephen Max

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That does not mean the tranny has a vlsd differential. I found several transmissions at junkyards that had numbers ending in V that were open differential. Only the codes RS5F5OA or RS5F5OV found on the firewall indicate whether or not the differential is open or vlsd.

plurco

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so is there no may to tell by looking at the trans? is the code I found not the correct one?

mzmtg

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If you look into the holes where the axles go (without either axle installed), if you can see through, it's open diff, if you cannot see through, it's VLSD.

Stephen Max

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Yeah, what mzmtg said. Sorry, I should have mentioned this earlier.

plurco

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good cause I see a tube and a gear when I look in the drivers side.

Stephen Max

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Can you see past the tube all the way and out the other side? If not, you have lsd, my friend.

plurco

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past the tube I see a spider gear. can't see past it. So I am in good shape.