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In cruisin thru the junkyard thread last night I ran across the aluminum driveshaft out of a Aerostar portion. Being intriqued, today I went to my local Pull-A-Part and I found a 1994 Aerostar with a perfect driveshaft. First question is, the badge said 4WD, same thing as AWD? And the second is the shaft I got has a part number F79Z-4602-AA, does anyone know if this is the one I should have pulled? The cost was negligible, 13.99 plus a 3.99 core so I won't be out much if it's the wrong one. I haven't raised the Mustang up to compare yet, I figured I would ask the question before I went thru the trouble of 4 jackstands and a foot off the floor. Thank you.
 

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Should work!

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/557136-who-has-done-awd-aerostar-aluminum-driveshaft.html
 

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Wow, something else to look into doing for a cheap upgrade. Thanks for the link.
 

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Aluminum driveshaft: (courtesy of shawn13) It needs to be from a 92-93-94 Aerostar AWD. It measures 45 ½” center of the front U-joint to center of the rear U-joint. You will need the U-joint, part #PUJ353 from NAPA. The Canadian NAPA pat number is 1-0134BF. It should bolt right up after the U-joint swap.

Note: This driveshaft is not an exact duplicate of the Ford Racing part. It is 3” in diameter while the Ford Racing part is 3.5” in diameter. There is no guarantee that the balance will be any better than the stock part.

Use a piece of string and wrap it around the driveshaft. Make a mark on the string where the ends overlap. Measure the length of the string:
On the 3" AeroStar driveshaft the string will be 9.42" or about 9 7/16" long.
On the Ford Racing 3.5" driveshaft the string will be 10.99" or about 11" long
 
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