What is that little critter on the dash....a whale? This thread is such an encouraging experience considering the other on here about young adults not "being" into KARZ......and she's smiling all the time .....major scoreboard !!!!
What is that little critter on the dash....a whale? This thread is such an encouraging experience considering the other on here about young adults not "being" into KARZ......and she's smiling all the time .....major scoreboard !!!!
In reply to 759NRNG :
Cat on left, crow on right, whale in center. I have no idea why.
her interest in maintenance is encouraging. :-)
Thanksgiving update: nothing special, just an oil change at 42k. Doing a couple of short-interval changes just to get back to multiples of 5k, because I'm like that. Owners manual says it only takes 4.3 qts with filter.
46.5k, nothing special to report, just another oil change and drivers windshield wiper replacement. Seems to be a pretty good little car.
oh wait! There is something else to report: we will have to find a new brand of oil, as I see Castrol is a BP (British Petroleum) brand. My Aunt Maggie would simultaneously E36 M3 her pants, kick my ass, and roll over in her grave if she knew I bought something from the people who starved our ancestors in Ireland.
LiquiMoly is great in DI turbo engines. So is Elf. I haven't had much luck with M1, Volkswagens tend to use it.
More hands make less work. with AK1 doing half the work, we knocked out the seasonal tire swap on 2 cars in less than 90 minutes. Escape was first, forgot to take pic.
Just another oil and filter change, a little shy of 54k.
Unintentionally went almost 7500 on this change. Oil life monitor said 26% life remaining. IDK if that's condition- or mileage-based. Next change will be at 60k, then I'll keep it on the 5k's after that.
Oh, and it was kind of 2-for-Tuesday on Thursday, did Saab spark plug job while the oil was draining from Escape.
So, what do we know about rear trailing arm bushings exiting the trailing arm? Is this a thing? Because it happened today, at just over 57k miles.
We are out of the 12/12 Gold CPO that is tacked on top of the 3/36 new warranty, so I'll be footing the bill and doing the work.
Is that in single shear?? Shop this one Rock Auto, carefully. Look at all options and shop Ford dealer parts on the web? I don't know if ford does anything like MB where all the dealers sell on the web too. The bushing is probably available as a complete arm assembly with both bushings already installed. Regardless of source don't expect the replacement to be as durable as the original
In reply to TurnerX19 :
It's double shear. The pivot bolts up into the unibody. The arm is shifted inboard, and the bushing has exited its shell to the outboard side, rubber 100% intact. It looks as if the entire circumferential bond was never made. The SQE on this component deserves a cock-punch.
RockAuto has a Dorman for LH and a Mevotech for the RH. Both can indulge Hennessy Honda style IMO. I'll get them from the Ford dealer.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Complete arm is on backorder through Ford.
South Main has a video on replacing the bushing. Rock Auto has bushing for $16. Apparently it is not an uncommon failure.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to TurnerX19 :
It's double shear. The pivot bolts up into the unibody. The arm is shifted inboard, and the bushing has exited its shell to the outboard side, rubber 100% intact. It looks as if the entire circumferential bond was never made. The SQE on this component deserves a cock-punch.
RockAuto has a Dorman for LH and a Mevotech for the RH. Both can indulge Hennessy Honda style IMO. I'll get them from the Ford dealer.
Wonder who OE supplier is, they definitely need to up their bond-checks!! That's horrible
Well, crap. Gonna have a look at the ones on my daughter's car ASAP, then. It has 123k miles on it, and the arms are OEM as far as I know.
classicJackets (FS) said:Wonder who OE supplier is, they definitely need to up their bond-checks!! That's horrible
no E36 M3. anything that comes out this clean and allows unintended dynamic toe change is a courtroom failure IMO.
Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:Well, crap. Gonna have a look at the ones on my daughter's car ASAP, then. It has 123k miles on it, and the arms are OEM as far as I know.
IDK, if it hasn't happened by 123k maybe it never will. This definitely looks like a QC issue at the supplier plant. i'm guessing it started something like "hey, we could save 2 cents per part if we didn't have to apply primer to the shell prior to molding."
UPDATE: I did find a local Ford dealer with 7 of the control arm assemblies in stock. Yes, seven. Sounds like a known issue to me. $64 out the door, so not mad about the price, but still pretty disappointed at the component failure.
Rassa frassa raggle fraggle laying on driveway under car, couldn't get enough of a pull on the breaker bar to get bolts loose. Charged up compressor and my impact wouldn't loosen them at 110 psi. I guess I could have upped the regulator but I didn't think of that. I was mostly wallowing in defeat at that point. Currently on fence, pay dealer vs buy baller impact and try again tomorrow.
Pay the dealer to break the bolt.
Can you figure out a way to lower the car onto the breaker bar to break it loose?? Or get a jack under the bar?
That shiny new battery powered impact pays for itself after the first avoided trip to the dealer. The new lime green ones are just as good as the red ones from 4-5 years ago.
i don't shop much. i can guess who "the red ones" are based on previous comments, but who are "the new lime green ones"?
i already have a couple HF Bauer 20v tools, but i'm leery of spending $120 on another Bauer that might not get me there vs spending $250 (is that even in the ballpark?) for a different brand that punches life in the face and takes it's lunch money.
i should have specified 1/2" drive.
thanks!!!
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
I guess lime green would be ryobi, although I haven't been super impressed with their impacts
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
My apologies, I'm not in that industry anymore but still conditioned to talk in code like that to avoid coming off as a "representative" and potentially getting my pp slapped by HR or sales.
That big dog Bauer should be up to par with the Ryobi if you're already on that battery platform.
1.5....does it have the "wet" timing belt?
The idea of a wet belt sounded stupid when I first heard about Ford switching to it, and to the surprise of no one, it was stupid. Turns out the belt debries (all the dust and shavings...if you've ever done a normal TB you know what I'm talking about) from normal wear fall into the oil pan, where they are sucked up against the oil pickup....where they stay, until enough of them accumulate to starve the engine of oil. And the belts aren't lasting as "expected". If the internet comments are correct, I'd plan on replacing not only the belt,but also dropping the pan to clean the pickup at around 75K miles. Not easy. Not cheap. All Ford.
Oh, and the oil pump is driven by a seperate wet belt.....you know, for another failure mode.
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