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Hello all, I need to re-connect the main ground cable from the battery to the engine, however I am not sure where it bolted to originally. I've heard one of the bolts that hold the starter. If so, any preference of which of the 3? Thanks in advance, F1

Hello, I am putting back the intake manifold after a clutch job on my son's SVTF. I didn't pull the intake originally so I am not sure where the vacuum line connections go to. Does anybody know where the connections circled in red in the picture go to? Thanks in advance...

Hello all, I have been working on my son's Focus SVT clutch. I am done with the clutch replacement and have been putting everything back together. However I don't exactly know what this bracket is for. Not even sure if it is from the Focus SVT (We have a 1988 Merkur in the garage and have been...

Do the bolts have washers? Do they need Loctite?

Hi guys, I am replacing the start motor on our 2004 SVT Focus but don't remember what the fasteners look like. I placed them with a whole bunch of other bolts, etc. and I am having a hard time figuring out which ones they are. Anybody have pics of what the fasteners look like? Dimensions/spec...

Hello all, The clutch went out on my son's Focus SVT, we took out the tranny and the disk has NO splines. Looks like it was machined like that from the factory. See pic. Does anybody know what could of caused this?

Should 1 wheel move the opposite way as in a normal RWD vehicle?

I would have to check. I didn't think of testing that.

The above videos are accompanied by a clunk which is heard and felt where the shafts enter the diff/tranny.

Hey guys, update on the issue. See videos for the play. This is with the front end on jacks. Driver side: Passenger side:

Hi there, My son has a 2004 SVT. I have noticed lately that when accelerating and decelarating in first gear, there is a lot of play in the transmission or at least that's what it feels like. I understand that it being 1st. gear there is more torque and that bucking back an forth is expected...

Hi guys, My son and I noticed his 2004 SVT has been leaking what seemed to be oil. When we replaced the dog bone tranny mount, we noticed the driver side axle seal has been leaking. In cleaning the leak, I also noticed that the axle has some play, not in and out but around. Not much, it barely...