Stu is correct. The Fiesta was only imported for a short period beginning in
1978.
That success with German engineering prompted Ford to come out with the Merkur,
all in all a nice vehicle. Oops, divergence. The model years 78-80 is what you
want. I was under the impression that Bosch alternators were on these cars. Why
do they want to sell a non-Bosch unit? And, why not forget the Bosch/Fiesta
unit
and get a Delco for about the same money? The VTR maintenance pages go into
detail about that conversion.. and when Dan Masters gets out of his garage and
back on the list you'll have expert advice on that subject.
Just my humble $.02 .
Jeff Johnson
Bollen wrote:
> Tim Taylor wrote:
> >
> > I know exactly what you mean. I asked at auto zone and said 'Well can you
> > just look at all the model years and see if it changed?"
> > Answer : "Hungh!"
> > I finnaly gussed and said 1978. They quoted me a $30 price for a non-bosch
> > Ford Fiesta alternator. Sounds like a deal, but does anyone Know if this
> > will fit?
> >
> > > John Wrote .... I went to PepBoys yesterday and the guy got all
> > >pissed off that I didn't know which year car. (how dare I expect him to
> > >help me!) Another parts store said it looked like it would come out of a
> > >91-93 Ford Fiesta. Is this correct?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >JHD IV
> >
> > Tim Taylor 888-800-5904 x1625phone
> > VersaCom Inc. 512-310-9105 fax
> > http://www.versa.com
> I owned a 78 Fiesta. There was no 91-93 sold in the USA as far as I
> know. The Fiesta was the same for 78-80, at which time they came out
> with the vastly inferior Escort.
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