stupid metal rattling noise at 3k rpm! EDIT: SOLUTION FOUND 9/7/07
09-16-2007, 08:19 AM
#35
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Plant City FL
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RE: Solution found!!!!
ORIGINAL: MTAS
Thanks for the tip! I'll be doing this first http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showpo...mp;postcount=7 , before dropping the transmission. My car is out of warranty so I'm on my own. Also, on the invoice you have, it says "remove plate and off metal section that was making contact". It looks like there might be some words missing - "remove plate and off metal"?
ORIGINAL: imyy4u
So, I FINALLY got the problem fixed! My normal Ford dealership was closed, so I had to take it to Woodfield Ford in Schaumburg, IL. Luckily, they had seen the problem before - and they're trying to get Ford to issue a TSB about this as it is common. So, here is the solution - and if anyone else has a problem, tell them to call Woodfield Ford in IL - 847 882 5031 - they've fixed the problem before, and did it again with me!
EDIT: the problem was the spacer plate between engine and transmission contacting the back of the engine - print the following out and give it to your dealer if need be!
[IMG]local://upfiles/44457/50CF3B92AD2F47B29EA2C9419A316316.jpg[/IMG]
So, I FINALLY got the problem fixed! My normal Ford dealership was closed, so I had to take it to Woodfield Ford in Schaumburg, IL. Luckily, they had seen the problem before - and they're trying to get Ford to issue a TSB about this as it is common. So, here is the solution - and if anyone else has a problem, tell them to call Woodfield Ford in IL - 847 882 5031 - they've fixed the problem before, and did it again with me!
EDIT: the problem was the spacer plate between engine and transmission contacting the back of the engine - print the following out and give it to your dealer if need be!
[IMG]local://upfiles/44457/50CF3B92AD2F47B29EA2C9419A316316.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]local://upfiles/57663/0AAE721B6BAD4218AC6DB92019502E60.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]local://upfiles/57663/F54F50285B144867AFB68A317FC9EA31.jpg[/IMG]
09-16-2007, 11:33 AM
#36
Join Date: Aug 2007
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RE: Solution found!!!!
This sound promising! I'm hoping this is the problem onmy 05too. The dealer suggested this last week, now they are waiting for the plate to come in from Ford. They had already replaced the cats,been though the rest of the exhaust system and it definitely wasn't a ping noise. Anyway I gotthis in under the warranty expiring so I'm going to let them keep working on it, on thier dime,till they fix it. It goes in next weekI'll let you know how it goes.
09-17-2007, 11:33 AM
#39
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NC
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RE: Solution found!!!!
This may explain the pinging issues I thought I was having with my tunes. Can anyone post a picture or drawing that's not quite so zoomed in as the ones above? Also, MTAS, was it difficult to get to those bolts with a socket? What did you use?
09-17-2007, 12:28 PM
#40
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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RE: Solution found!!!!
oh holy ****....i thought i was pinging too....this is great....can we somehow let ford know so they make it a recall or a tsb or something?Its seems like a lot of us are having this same problem.