Posted by Joe Divito on September 18, 1998 at 17:03:14:
In Reply to: Re: Power Cylinder hoses for a '76 posted by Brandon on September 15, 1998 at 23:51:39:
I think the difference is that '76 was a changeover year for Ford. When I bought the power steering pump, the parts person had to ask if the car was made before a specific date in '76 (something like 4/6/76). I foolishly assumed that since my car was made before the cutover date, all of the hoses were the same type throughout the system.
I've run into production glitches like this before. I used to own a '90 Festiva. In '91 the distributor cap was redesigned. I had a devil of a time until one parts shop took out the cap for the '91, which fit perfectly.
I decided to try the regular O-ring fitting hose for the one side. Looks like Ford must have had some kind of phase in going on....