Pinto Manual

[Guest andycase007]

I'm looking for a Haynes manual for my pinto engine but not sure which one is correct

I know little about them so gather that Ford Pinto is also known as SOHC which seems to also apply to Sierra and Cosworth?

 

I know my RH is a 2ltr rebored to 2.1 on Sierra running gear

 

Can anyone shed anymore light on it?

[Guest peter2b2002]

Haynes manuel shows the pinto engine shame your the other side of the country other wise you could have mine unless you can wait till Stoneleigh

peter-2b

[Guest andycase007]

Hi. Thanks for your offer, that's kind of you.

Am going to tackle a few jobs over the Easter break as i have 2 weeks off from work

I may need to buy online i think

Can you point me in the right direction to which manual it is?

I've checked Haynes website but pinto doesn't even come up!

[kevin the chicken]

I guess it will be a sierra one. If it was me I would look at the engine number and then Google it to find what year it was then buy the manual accordingly. Plenty of second hand ones on eBay when I last looked. I don't suppose there are great differences between different years but it's best to get as close as you can.

[cb750]

The pinto is in the sierra manual. As above, find the year from the engine number (Burton Power has an ID chart) and get the manual to suit. I bought the early and late manuals as the early manual showed a strip down of the type 9 gearbox.

[Longboarder]

There are two Sierra manuals, an early green one and a later blue one. Only difference I could see is the green one shows you how to strip the type 9 gearbox. The green one is a lot thicker. I found a green one in a local charity shop! £1.00. Lots of charity shops do have a few Haynes manuals.

 

Nigel

[maccavvy]

im sure ive got a manual that covers the pinto ... irs a Cortina one iirc.

cover post its yours

[Snapperpaul]

The Ppnto was in Ford cars from Cortina through Escort to Sierra, also found in Capri and Transit.

It's a relatively simple engine with a few idiosyncrasy's such as if you remove the distributor the oil pump stops working.

The early camshaft spraybars got clogged and lunched the cam lobes so these became a service item.

Any Haynes with a Pinto engine in it will be useful, the Sierra one is the most up to date