thewarmachine

Hahahahahaha! For installed the wrong driveshaft! No wonder I had a new squawking sound.

HxCGuitars

Jeez, what is it with dealers? The install your driveshaft wrong and pinched another guy's gas line between the bell housing and the engine when they did a clutch job.

Gotta love it. You'd think taking it to the dealer would be a good thing, "Yeah, they work on these cars all the time, they know what's up." Not so much.

thewarmachine

I wonder if Ford is just waiting for me to give up.

The service manager called me today and said they had fixed the driveshaft, again, and they had pinpointed the problem of the chattering noise when I turn. They said it was the plate between the engine and transmission. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????????????? That is obviously not the case. The separator plate does rattle, and it has always rattled due to poor design. However, there is no way a loud chattering noise which is activated while in a turn has anything to do with a stationary plate between the transmission and the engine. "I AM SICK of IT!!!!....'CAUSE I'M SICK OF IT!!!!" -Coach Hines

thewarmachine

Now, we're getting somewhere...after 3 weeks. The dealership replaced my separator plate, but (GASP!) the mechanic said the car was still making a terrible noise. He said to bring it back on Monday and he would (finally) take out the transmission and tear it down. I certainly hope he inspected my clutch while he had the bell housing open. We will see what happens next week.

Lem-06

Grasping at straws every day.
Good luck hope it's fixed.
Btw this is still all under warranty or your gonna sell a kidney :P

thewarmachine

Still under warranty. There is no way I would take it to the dealership if it were not for the free parts and labor of warranty work. There are so many better mechanics out there who would have found the problem the first day.

AJSpags

Glad to hear you still have it under warranty,

thewarmachine

In other news, I am conflicted in whether or not to keep the stock mufflers on or put the MAC Flowpaths back on after the stang is fixed. I really like the smooth, quiet ride with the gentle V8 thump behind the dashboard, but the stang may beg to have the raw, throaty, bold MAC sound again. I will not, however, be putting the Bassani X back on. The way it joins to the over-axle pipes is ridiculous and too much work to reinstall.

thewarmachine

Update:

Ford says they opened my transmission and they will be replacing several synchros as well as a few other parts. I really hope this is the fix. He said there was a TSB about bad synchros. Anyone had a problem with them before?

HxCGuitars

I had mine replaced and they felt exactly the same afterwards, so I guess I just wasn't used to the 3650. A bit notchy sometimes in 2nd but no audible grinding so whatever.

That said I don't think your problem sounds like synchros at all...