Hi all, it's been a while! I haven't been able to work on my car for a while. I broke my hand at work and had surgery on it, and moved to a new house. All is going good again though, and a perk of the new place is I got a bigger garage and I'm finally moved in and getting back to my car!!!  Anyhow, I was wondering if you guys can help me out with a few questions about the rear end I bought?
The stock rear end on my 53' needs some work, but I found a 9" from a 1959 car with an automatic to put in. On the HAMB I read it is supposed to be pretty much a bolt in. The guy I got it from couldn't tell me what model of Ford it came out of, but it was complete, and the right price, so I snatched it up. The housing has the smooth back except for the two dimples and it measures correct 52 1/4, so I'm pretty sure its from a 59'..There is no tag on it, but I read on another site that the 59' cars with 2 speed autos had ratios of 3:56 or 3:70. Does that sound right and likely for the automatic car? Someone had told me it should be 3:00 or 3:10...
Also, there is a drain plug in the bottom of the housing, but I cannot find a fill plug in the usual spot on the pumpkin. In fact, I don't see one on the center section anywhere, and the back is completely smooth except the 2 dimples. It is still pretty muddy and I have lots more cleaning to do but can someone tell me where I fill and check the oil level on this sucker???


-Johnny

Portland, OR