obvious question, but are you running iso's back there?
Common failures on a Mach
- Thread starter cobra916
- Start date
obvious question, but are you running iso's back there?
nobody mentioned the steering wheel creek. and nobody mentioned the noisy shaker. my car doesnt have the shaker problem and my streeing wheel creek isn't that loud but my cosuins 03 mach has a crazy creek when he turns the steering wheels and boy is his shaker noisy. everytime he closes he his door you hear that shaker. if these are tsb's does that mean they should be fixed for free because i was told you still have to pay out of your pocket.
I have this actually, but it only started when the QA1 K-member was installed and it raised the shaker up closer to the hood. That does get quite annoying, almost sounds like a belt sometimes.
i have the shaker rattle too. i hate it but im too lazy most of the time to fix it lol
TOB is the only thing I had a problem with so far, other than that she runs strong.
40k on mine, and I've battled the following demons: seat rub, A/C vent rattle, 1-2 gear clash, a chirping TOB, and a noisy door cup in my drivers door.
I loosened the passenger seat bolts and moved the seat over, elliminating that irritating noise. The TOB chirp went away after I installed the Fiore Quad and FWA. The 1-2 gear clash was fixed by Ford, under warranty. The A/C vent rattle & door cup rattles are still going on, but I'll deal with them in time.
In short, rattles are my only real problem; the powertrain has proven to be reliable thus far.
I loosened the passenger seat bolts and moved the seat over, elliminating that irritating noise. The TOB chirp went away after I installed the Fiore Quad and FWA. The 1-2 gear clash was fixed by Ford, under warranty. The A/C vent rattle & door cup rattles are still going on, but I'll deal with them in time.
In short, rattles are my only real problem; the powertrain has proven to be reliable thus far.
I Snaped my input shaft on the 3650 with stock clutch and the car was N/a. on a 3/4 shift. There is a TSB on the 1-2 grind thier is two much fluid in the tranny from the factory and it will cause a failure, also under the TSB thier is a revised 1-2 synchro.
my tranny does not grind at this moment it only has 22k on it. should I got ahead and do some preventative measures to it? What is the secret sauce....lucas and mobil 1? What is a quadrant and firewall adapter?
noob question here lol
Wth is a tob and a tsb?
Sorry for the noob questions guys :lol:
Wth is a tob and a tsb?
Sorry for the noob questions guys :lol:
haha. TOB = throwout bearing. TSB = Technical Service Bulletin
is the steering creek considered a tsb and if so is it repaired for free or will they charge me if i take it in.
thx
what's the secret sauce for tranny's
my tob whines like a banshee sometimes. new cluth at house waiting to install.
sterring problems, replace the sterring rack bushing w/mm alum ones problem solved
no shaker issues
no head tick
had rear end issues but that was due to doing cams and ported intake
and beating on the car. new cobra 31 spline diff and moser axles in and all good now
my tob whines like a banshee sometimes. new cluth at house waiting to install.
sterring problems, replace the sterring rack bushing w/mm alum ones problem solved
no shaker issues
no head tick
had rear end issues but that was due to doing cams and ported intake
and beating on the car. new cobra 31 spline diff and moser axles in and all good now
The special sauce is 1 bottle lucas tranny fix and the rest is tranny fluid of your choice.
I see you have the fr500 cams....what did you dyno at with your mods? I'm pretty close to buying crower stage II.
+1. I used Valvoline D/M III
When I sold my 04 it had 18k miles. I had been through and had every syncro replaced along with the clutch, fly wheel, and throw out bearing. Like stated lots of grinding in the tranny, which IMO it was a piece. Thats the only real problems I had with mine.
I had the door rattle/squeek really bad too. Popped the window switch panel off and found the rattle. It was the molded part of the door rattling against the sound proofing. I took a paper towel folded it a dozen times and shoved it between the two parts where they vibrated and it is now gone.
Users who are viewing this thread
