thx for confirming and being the voice of reason @Ducati1098 - if I'm being honest I knew that already but I was hoping for something more. My head has not forgotten the repair for the synchro grinding issue and my trans had to be pulled out after the repair as it was not properly...
truck passed the inspection yesterday - I asked what they looked for and the tech said gaps on the mating surfaces and loose bolts. That part makes sense, but I do wonder is assuming no excessive wear on the splines a solid way to detect this, just by a visual inspection looking for gaps? I...
Do the 2.7 and 3.0 share the same engine mounts? They are basically the same block I believe. Either way I will check & see if anything pops up for a new engine mount on the frame, but if the mounts are common there would be no change there. Same goes for the trans mount, probably no change...
from the pictures posted it appears the wire concern is closer towards the firewall. Any speculation/confirmation there are issues around the air filter box? Curious about those with aftermarket intakes, some are harder to remove than others and some dealers may not remove non factory parts.
Ford really needs to do some serious lessons learned groups during these painful high recall years. Only thing worse than fucking up is not learning from said fuck up