Current Classifieds

74 Wagon Interior
Date: 01/22/2017 06:38 pm
72 Pinto parts
Date: 11/14/2019 10:46 pm
1973 Pinto Runabout

Date: 03/25/2019 09:02 pm
'71,'72,or'73 small Ford v8 Pinto
Date: 01/23/2017 07:41 am
Built 2.0
Date: 10/07/2018 05:27 pm
71-73 sway bar
Date: 06/12/2021 10:12 am
1977 Pinto Cruizin Wagon

Date: 08/07/2023 02:52 pm
Need seals Pinto Wagon
Date: 02/16/2017 05:09 pm
1972 Pinto SCCA BS race car

Date: 10/23/2018 04:01 pm
Various Pinto Parts 1971 - 1973

Date: 10/01/2020 02:00 pm
1975 mercury bobcat

Date: 08/14/2018 03:40 pm
1978 PINTO PONY FOR SALE 17,000 ORIGINAL MILES !!!!!!!
Date: 10/10/2019 09:42 pm

Author Topic: Identification  (Read 661 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Canadiandavid

  • Pinto Member
  • **
  • Posts: 11
  • FeedBack: +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Eh

  • Total Badges: 3
    Badges: (View All)
    Signature Topic Starter Mobile User
Identification
« on: April 19, 2021, 10:24:14 PM »
Hey there, so I know my pinto has had the motor and tranny changed and I never really cared until I started looking for parts. I can say that it’s a v6 with a 5speed other than that I couldn’t tell you. When I got a thermostat gasket for a 79 v6 it looked nothing like what I needed. If anyone knows any numbers stamped somewhere without having to rip it apart that would be awesome.

Thanks a bunch
I may be dirty and smelly but  in the dark I’m just smelly

Offline Reeves1

  • Pinto Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 2158
  • FeedBack: +104/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • BAWS302

  • Total Badges: 6
    Badges: (View All)
    Tenth year Anniversary Topic Starter Signature Fifth year Anniversary Windows User 1000 Posts
Re: Identification
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2021, 07:18:35 AM »
If it were me, I'd pull it apart & see what is there first.
No sense buying parts twice.....

Offline PintoTim2

  • Pinto Member
  • **
  • Posts: 71
  • FeedBack: +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • '72 Pinto & '80 Pinto Pickup

  • Total Badges: 3
    Badges: (View All)
    Fifth year Anniversary Topic Starter Mobile User
Re: Identification
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2021, 01:42:09 PM »
What it is....   Well the Pintos had a 2.8L V6 - assuming your car is a '79 that might of been the original engine.  Assuming the engine is a cologne V6 (2.6, 2.8i, U.S. 2.8, 4.0)  The bellhousing for these engines is the same.  That's the good part...  The bad part is the "cologne V6" engine blocks have a partial bellhousing casting extend rearward so that it requires a very long transmission input shaft {or an adapter).   So if the trans is actually a 5 spd (there were none original for a cologne V6 in the US - other than the Sierra & trucks I'm pretty sure....) the question is what the trans is...  Might be a Ranger trans, a Sierra, possible a T5 (with an adapter to move the input shaft pilot bearing past the crank).  You need to pull the trans off to see how many splines on the input shaft and the clutch diameter.  The Mustang II clutches are getting hard to find the last I checked (these are 8-1/2" dia).  I have found places to rebuild them.  You need to measure the clutch disc.  If you have a T5 with a pilot bearing adapter, check this carefully - my first spun in the crank.  My cologne V6 uses a Mustang II bellhousing with 8-1/2" clutch and an early fox body V8 mustang T5.  Ratios are great.  The truck 5spds are too low in the first gear ratio & I don't think these fit without floor mods.  Good luck!