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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1992 XLT
Yeah the valve is hollow and the pin slides into it. You have three choices (well 4 actually)...1) buy the sonnax upgrade, it comes with a slightly different pin. 2) Go to a rebuilder and see if they might have a pin to give or sell you. 3) Try the ford dealer. the pin description and number is "Rod (TV control) 7A380." Lastly, failing that I can send you one. I recommend that since you are this far replace it with the sonnax. Get some teflon spray and squirt it in the hole (I know this ain't easy under the vehicle with the trannie installed... find something - a wooden skewer or something (don't laugh I keep wooden BBQ skewers around in my trannie tools for all kind of safe things - they won't scratch a VB or bore) one big enough that you can wedge in the core of the valve and gently work the valve in and out of the lubricated bore until you are confident it slides smoothly. Install pin in TV, install in end of modulator and install asssembly into case, lube the bore well, as well as the O-ring. Vaseline is a good choice here (as well).