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Old 05-16-2006, 01:17 PM   #2
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on UK cars, there is a letter in the VIN number which denotes diff type, but that doesn't guarantee you'll have one, as they often get swapped for open units if they fail. best way to tell is jack the car up even (on the diff housing) leave handbrake off and turn one of the wheels, if the other turns in the same direction you have an LSD. It's possible that you still have an LSD even if it doesn't turn the same way: it could just be that it's stuck open (which is what tends to happen when they stop working). To be sure, get right under the car with a torch and look up to the floor pan on the right side of the diff. The LSD has a finned aluminum oil cooler. I recently broke a '91 car here in the UK and was pleased to find that it had an LSD, but mine even had the original red and white sticker on the back cover, saying "use LSD oil only" always a good sign.
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