PhantomACT

I sympathise with your problem and the difficulty you have with dealers here in the ACT. I had the rattle noise on cold start for ages, I took it to Gregorys (both locations) they replaced the alternator first, pulled the head apart to check timing gear secondly and the third time they replaced my power steering pump. NOISE STILL THERE!!! I took the car to McGuiness Motors in Fyshwick, I heard the guys there are all Ex Ford dealer guru's. They opened the bonnet went and got a squiter bottle of lubricant and sprayed it on the Multi V belt and the problem went away!! I have since taken my T to these guys for Diagnoses then taken it to the dealer to tell them how to suck eggs!!!

I have one of the first T's, an 02 model with 60,000ks, I lined up a MKII with 12,000ks so it was run in!!!. After 3 runs my T shat all over his each time the third time I held back from the start and STILL passed the MKII over the 1/4. My car has never been flashed or never taken back to the "apprentices" at a dealer to be serviced. I cant bring myself to get another T based on what I have experienced, A Territory is looking good as a replacement.