Ford Push type Clips

Talldude · 01-02-2011, 11:56 AM

Hey all

Just a word of advice to all who do their own work on the car......

After I changed my shock to ST170 ones I had notice I did a crap job undoing a few clips in the trim.

I have left the trim half done up (yes I am that lazy) for a while but when I was trying to fit a ST170 snorkel I had noticed it was held in by the same push clip.

I rang Ford to find out how much a clip was, because I needed 5. They quoted me $4.54, I thought okay for all 5 then he said no.

EACH! OUCH!!!!

here is the little bastard

So I went on eBay and found 25 clips being sold in a box, with shipping all together came to $21.

I bought it, and lucky I did because I f@@@@d up the push clip for the snorkel hahahaha. If I was to pay Ford for 6 it would of ended up costing me $27.30!!!!!!!

Now I have a fair few spare just "in case", for next time. Seems there are fair few bits held by the same clip.

btw here is a link to the type. I am sure there are many others out there.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...928027&guest=1

So my advice find out the part number from ford and look it up elsewhere to find cheaper alternatives.

Anyone else had similar issues/fixes?

XR5-Boy · 01-02-2011, 12:12 PM

hahaha yes! Those are called scrivets.

Good find on ebay. I have stacks of those on my XR5!

melbzetec · 01-02-2011, 12:15 PM

I've bought them from the Ford dealer before but no where near as expensive. I think he may have quoted you for a bag, because they are not sold individually. They are sold in plastic bags of about 5 or 6

It's been a couple of years since I got some, so maybe things have changed, but I remember thinking one of the cheaper parts from Ford

Talldude · 01-02-2011, 12:58 PM

Yeah I was shocked when they quoted that price.

But he assured me it was just for one.

quote from Ford spare parts dude. "do you really want or need 1 for $4.54?"

BTW that was Ford Spare parts Arncliffe Sydney.

entheos · 01-02-2011, 01:43 PM

Yeah you can pick up a small packet of these (maybe 10 or so) for a few $$$'s at supercheap...from memory they were about $2-$3 for the pack...I noticed them a while back...

FOCUSonTHIS · 01-02-2011, 05:31 PM

I have plenty of those at work

melbzetec · 01-02-2011, 10:18 PM

Here's 25 for $6

http://spedefasteners.com.au/index.aspx?cid=5&scid=33

melbzetec · 01-02-2011, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talldude

Yeah I was shocked when they quoted that price.

But he assured me it was just for one.

quote from Ford spare parts dude. "do you really want or need 1 for $4.54?"

BTW that was Ford Spare parts Arncliffe Sydney.

No offence, but many of the spare parts guys are not the sharpest tools in the shed. He may well have seen "1 unit" on his computer screen, but my understanding is you have to buy a bag of them.....they are not sold as single units. So "1 unit" may mean "1 unit" of a bag of them

Talldude · 01-02-2011, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melbzetec

No offence, but many of the spare parts guys are not the sharpest tools in the shed. He may well have seen "1 unit" on his computer screen, but my understanding is you have to buy a bag of them.....they are not sold as single units. So "1 unit" may mean "1 unit" of a bag of them

Probably..............

I rang in the afternoon got a different dude, same response $4.54 each......

Maybe it is that spare parts department or the water........

Tj-zetec · 02-02-2011, 09:14 AM

Man I hate those damn clips.

I know you can buy em individually at Spectrum Rubber out at St Mary's here in Sydney but knowing those guys, they wont be cheap.

The 25 for $6 sounds like a good buy Steve.

Halfmo Rocks · 02-02-2011, 10:46 AM

they're actually quite easy to remove & re-use...as demonstrated here. i saw think like a while back, doesn't take much to get used to .
once in a while you get one that is just stuck, but not often

Talldude · 02-02-2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Rocks

they're actually quite easy to remove & re-use...as demonstrated here. i saw think like a while back, doesn't take much to get used to .
once in a while you get one that is just stuck, but not often

Bloody hell is that how your suppose to do it!!!!!!!!

entheos · 02-02-2011, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Rocks

they're actually quite easy to remove & re-use...as demonstrated here. i saw think like a while back, doesn't take much to get used to .
once in a while you get one that is just stuck, but not often

Except that guy snapped the split part doing that...

Far easier to use a philips head and 'unscrew' them. Just gotta get the right pressure between downward force and turning and they will screw right out. I haven't ever had an issue getting them out that way...then use fingernail/flathead under the base part of it...

Halfmo Rocks · 04-02-2011, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by entheos

Except that guy snapped the split part doing that...

Far easier to use a philips head and 'unscrew' them. Just gotta get the right pressure between downward force and turning and they will screw right out. I haven't ever had an issue getting them out that way...then use fingernail/flathead under the base part of it...

didn't look split to me, and in any case...i've used this technique many times 100% succesfully, and never made it work unscrewing with a phillips head.

each to their own i guess, as long as we can reuse these stupid things