igsta Member 371 Member For: 21y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 13/08/06 09:02 AM Share Posted 13/08/06 09:02 AM A week after I had a service done by Ford I found two bolts missing as I was done on power. I took it back told them and they fixed everything up for free. I bet you there are heaps of cars running around with loose or no bolts at all without even knowing and are being robbed of power. Ford need to rectify this as its a bad common problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROLMDL role model Member 1,111 Member For: 18y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne,S.E Posted 13/08/06 10:33 AM Share Posted 13/08/06 10:33 AM can anyone recomaned the right tool to get the bolts of the heat shield as I can not get them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinT Donating Members 372 Member For: 19y 11m 13d Posted 13/08/06 11:40 AM Share Posted 13/08/06 11:40 AM If you look in your warranty/service schedules you will see that it's not a standard service item, and they will add time on to do this. It shouldn't be an extra hunge, but I would expect about $40 for labour.←It lists the time as a total of 54mins to carry out the additional service of tightening the inlet and exhaust manifold bolts. Page 43 of the service book. I thinf Ford dealers are around the $65-70 per hour mark.According to Ford this must be done with every scheduled service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi_skyline Member 3 Member For: 18y 5m 4d Posted 13/08/06 12:37 PM Share Posted 13/08/06 12:37 PM can anyone recomaned the right tool to get the bolts of the heat shield as I can not get them off.←a thirteen mm socket, a ten mm socket, a rachet and extension bar. there are three bolts on top and two ten mm on bottem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROLMDL role model Member 1,111 Member For: 18y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne,S.E Posted 13/08/06 12:49 PM Share Posted 13/08/06 12:49 PM Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poida97 Member 124 Member For: 20y 10m 16d Location: Bossley Park, NSW Posted 13/10/06 11:49 AM Share Posted 13/10/06 11:49 AM okay, where to now...one of the shared manifold-heat sheild bolts going into the head was too tight to remove all the way, so I had decided to leave it as is... and then my old man comes along and has a go - and the bolt goes "SNAP". any ideas what ford are going to charge to fix this?Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 18y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 26/10/06 10:16 AM Share Posted 26/10/06 10:16 AM I have never taken my car to ford and never will unless I need warranty.my tuner can do all the handbook serviceing and I trust him more than a ford apprentace who has to do 9 hours work in 8 and I have peace of mind knowing that my car wont be thrashed by an 18 year old.bolts tightened free ←And pay half the price of a Ford service.Got a rattle around the muffler each time I hit bumps, is this the loose bolts you talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 26/10/06 10:32 AM Share Posted 26/10/06 10:32 AM Exhaust manifold bolts - doubt that's the rattle you're hearing buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 26/10/06 10:52 AM Share Posted 26/10/06 10:52 AM the rear noise is the backing plate on the handbrake thingy.I had one ford warrenty fix and now they will never see it again now I pay for all fixes. u play u pay.pullys plastic from ford now steel. glue on outer trims. the clunks are free and standard on a 50,000 dollar sportscar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 18y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 27/10/06 07:57 AM Share Posted 27/10/06 07:57 AM the rear noise is the backing plate on the handbrake thingy.I had one ford warrenty fix and now they will never see it again now I pay for all fixes. u play u pay.pullys plastic from ford now steel. glue on outer trims. the clunks are free and standard on a 50,000 dollar sportscar ←Yeah your absolutely right. I went in there telling them it was something to do with the muffler rattling each time I hit bumps and after all day on it, including flooding the back seat (long story) they found it and fixed it.Now its all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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