Thanks Jon! You're a cornucopia of knowledge lately.
-Josh
<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote:
>
> : What method is used to compute the check digit? Do we know the
algorithm? I
> : have a calculator here that computes the digits for our account numbers
(I'm
> : a programmer at a bank) and perhaps I can modify it so that we can
compute
> : new valid VIN's for people why do the V6-V8 swap.
>
>
> Yep, in fact the VIN decoder on the DML home page will do it for you.
> If you input your vin, and change a digit, it will tell you the check
> digit is wrong, and tell you what the check digit "should" be if all the
> others are correct. Change the check digit to that number, and presto -
> a new "valid" VIN. ;-)
>
> http://www.dakota-truck.net/vin
>
>
> For anyone interested in how the check digit is computed, go to
> the above link and hit the submit button without entering a VIN.
> This will spit out some general VIN info at you, next to the Check
> digit, click on the "more info" link for the algorithm.
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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