swarthyfellow

So i had transmision built for me (4r70w) and it was supposed to be in the car on tuesday. However, my mechinic pulls it and realizes that shifter linkage is different. Not that big of a deal, he just swap it out with my old trans shifter. He then goes to put it in the car and realizes that the torque converter doesn't match up with the flywheel. The transmission company says there was no way of know either. I now have to hope that the right torque convert comes in tomorrow and my mechinic can get it done so i can leave school for winter break. Are they just dumb or is ford really that inconsistant in production.

J_Rod

Well sorry to hear about your luck. Ford is just inconsistant with their prouct. I couldnt find certain things in my haynes manual. Latemodel Cars=PITA. I snapped a 1/2 drive breaker bar breaking my last bellhousing bolt loose. Good luck with the auto.

Bullitt2theHead

I wouldnt say ford is inconsistant, its usually the partsman who is inconsistant. Ford 95% of the time sends the part that is ordered. So beside that five percent(which is usually window regulators...) its the guy at the counter ordering the wrong thing.

I wouldnt say late models are hard, id say oldies are easy!

swarthyfellow

Well i mean the transmission guy said that there was no way to tell what flywheel i had on the car. Something like that seems like it should be the same on all 96 gt cars. My vote is they transmission guys are idiots or to lazy to research and get it right. I just hope they knew what the were doing with the trans. I do agree working on late model can be tricky, I broke 5 tools doing the PI swap this summer, STUBERN bolts!

cliffyk

That's a crock of "stuff", the VIN (and resources that a good shop should have) would tell them exactly what parts were needed.

jwarner0297

What i have seen with trans shops is scary. For me it has always been hit or miss. Trans can be so radically different between cars across the board with the continuos drives and clutchless manuals. Trans shops have to really stay up on their research to be good.

Yours should not have been that difficult for them, i would have tried to find a mustang performance shop if could next time.
They sound like retards