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Throw Out Bearing (TOB) Noise (bad design).
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave07997S" data-source="post: 575034" data-attributes="member: 10915"><p>My dealer says the '03 Cobra TOB, uses 1997 -2003 </p><p>TOB pieces.Says its the same part all these years</p><p></p><p>Actually its the same virtually from 85 on up as this is when the T5 was used in the car with the same issues. Even when they went to the T45 they carried over the same TOB. Its really not the TOB, the TSB replaces the TOB with supposedly a newer design that allows more sufficient lubrication. The 93-95 Cobra used a steel retainer as well as a tapered TOB, and my 93 and 95 Cobra never had this issue. It wasn't until I got the 98 Cobra that at 7.5K,10K and the last one at 13K when I finally ditched the POS that the car comes with and went with a adjustable clutch cable and firewall adjuster. I sold the 98 Cobra when it ha 25K miles on it when I bought my M3 and it didn't make a peep. This was with the Ford TOB. You know its an adjustment issued because why when you just barely rest your foot on the clutch the noise goes away, its because you took up the slack. I have to say this was one of the reasons I sold my Cobra that along with it blowing blue smoke on startup every once in awhile, it would idle high for some strange reason until I shut the car down, then it would be fine. You take it to the dealer and they don't get paid to diagnose so they don't put any time into it. I just sold my M3, and was considering a 04 Competition Orange Cobra and I am starting to reconsider again. I see alot of the same problems on this board as I did when I had my 98 Cobra. Its not as if other makes don't have their problems, they do, but to have the same problems year after year its a little disheartning. The hp is just so tempting. You invest 1200.00 in a M3 exhaust system you at best get 5-7rwhp. You got to shell out 5K in mods to get just 30rwhp. Granted its a already fine tuned 3.2L I6 making 333hp, which is 101.3hp per litre N/A. Man $1200 in mods on a 03+ SVT and you are hauling..: ) Dave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave07997S, post: 575034, member: 10915"] My dealer says the '03 Cobra TOB, uses 1997 -2003 TOB pieces.Says its the same part all these years Actually its the same virtually from 85 on up as this is when the T5 was used in the car with the same issues. Even when they went to the T45 they carried over the same TOB. Its really not the TOB, the TSB replaces the TOB with supposedly a newer design that allows more sufficient lubrication. The 93-95 Cobra used a steel retainer as well as a tapered TOB, and my 93 and 95 Cobra never had this issue. It wasn't until I got the 98 Cobra that at 7.5K,10K and the last one at 13K when I finally ditched the POS that the car comes with and went with a adjustable clutch cable and firewall adjuster. I sold the 98 Cobra when it ha 25K miles on it when I bought my M3 and it didn't make a peep. This was with the Ford TOB. You know its an adjustment issued because why when you just barely rest your foot on the clutch the noise goes away, its because you took up the slack. I have to say this was one of the reasons I sold my Cobra that along with it blowing blue smoke on startup every once in awhile, it would idle high for some strange reason until I shut the car down, then it would be fine. You take it to the dealer and they don't get paid to diagnose so they don't put any time into it. I just sold my M3, and was considering a 04 Competition Orange Cobra and I am starting to reconsider again. I see alot of the same problems on this board as I did when I had my 98 Cobra. Its not as if other makes don't have their problems, they do, but to have the same problems year after year its a little disheartning. The hp is just so tempting. You invest 1200.00 in a M3 exhaust system you at best get 5-7rwhp. You got to shell out 5K in mods to get just 30rwhp. Granted its a already fine tuned 3.2L I6 making 333hp, which is 101.3hp per litre N/A. Man $1200 in mods on a 03+ SVT and you are hauling..: ) Dave. [/QUOTE]
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