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Title: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 27, 2011, 09:48:31 AM
i just got the hood trim for my 79 and how do you install it? it has like a channel on top and bottem like it slides onto something,am i missing some clips or something? if i am i need some and also on my timing belt cover i need the little rubber plug that goes in about a 1/4 inch hole right above the silver doller size one on my 2.3 i checked hardware stores and auto stores and nothing   thanx for any help
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: RSM on August 27, 2011, 11:09:50 PM
Fred Morgan has the timing cover plug (new).
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: TIGGER on August 28, 2011, 04:35:27 AM
Please post a picture of your hood trim so we can see what you have.
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 28, 2011, 03:30:22 PM
fred has the bigger plug,i need the smaller one. i don;t have a way to post a pic but its the chrome trim that goes accross the front of the hood lip.its the one that was on e-bay last week if anybody saw it
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: RSM on August 28, 2011, 03:31:51 PM
I can't say that I've ever seen a chrome trim across the front of a Pinto hood....
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 29, 2011, 07:54:06 AM
brian just sent me some pics of wagons from 76 that has them,does anybody have 1 from that year with it on?
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 29, 2011, 10:50:08 AM
ok i got a part # for my trim,  D4FZ 16856 A     install hints?
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: JonzWagon on August 29, 2011, 11:37:27 AM
If anyone is interested, i just checked my Ford pinto sales guides. And indeed the 1976 Pintos had a chrome strip across the hood to visually tie the chrome headlight frames together. This is the only year for a chrome strip on the hood. john
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 29, 2011, 11:46:19 AM
thats the piece! it also fits other years.i know it fits my 79 but there must be some clips underneith.   anybody
Title: Re: 79 hood trim timing cover plug
Post by: dmsteen on August 29, 2011, 04:51:54 PM
ok, i figured it out after talking to fred,i need , its a metal strip with studs in it that goes accross the lip and the studs go threw the hood and fasten underneith and the piece i got now goes ontop of the strip