bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 13d Gender: Male Posted 04/07/12 01:06 AM Share Posted 04/07/12 01:06 AM I agree if your paying get a built shaft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 19d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 04/07/12 01:29 AM Share Posted 04/07/12 01:29 AM Tailshaft could have well and truly been on its way out buuuuuuuut its a pretty nice coincidence for it to fail in their hands. Don't you wish you had gps tracking in your car for cases like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG50T Member 568 Member For: 20y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/07/12 01:59 AM Share Posted 04/07/12 01:59 AM There is no way the tailshaft can blow on startup! They either test drove it and broke it or he stalled it up heavily. Same case as them crashing it, they pay. You don't just do a tailshaft driving around a workshop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Spooling Member Donating Members 961 Member For: 13y 4d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 04/07/12 08:17 AM Author Share Posted 04/07/12 08:17 AM $1400 later and I have my car back.I had no other choice as I needed it TODAY and could not afford arguing the point as I had no evidence and they were doing it all today with a slightly discounted price as a result of some stern words from someone who is better at being demanding than me, I'm too nice haha.Will definitely not be taking it back to that dealer at all. The service was reasonably good, but the work was terrible and I think we all know that it was probably broken in a way other than how they told me.All in all, I finally get to go on my QLD trip that I have been planning and postponing due to car for so long, and origin is tonight!Relieved, and very thankful for all your help and advice!Cheers, Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 04/07/12 08:28 AM Share Posted 04/07/12 08:28 AM Did you at least see the old shaft or did they bin it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Spooling Member Donating Members 961 Member For: 13y 4d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 04/07/12 09:45 AM Author Share Posted 04/07/12 09:45 AM Asked. Already binned. Obviously on purpose but was fed up at that point and left never to look back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 13d Gender: Male Posted 04/07/12 10:00 AM Share Posted 04/07/12 10:00 AM Mate if your in brisbane on your trip hit me up and il see if I can get the job finished properly under warranty for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 14y 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 07/07/12 11:55 AM Share Posted 07/07/12 11:55 AM I hate hearing stories like this 9000ks and they didn't look after you I work on Allison automatics and I am very sceptical of there repair sounds half assed can you give us a update how the car is going, also tail shafts don't just sh*t themselves they cannot just bin warranty parts I always show the customer the parts I change on warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomT Spooling Member Donating Members 961 Member For: 13y 4d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains, NSW Posted 07/07/12 12:41 PM Author Share Posted 07/07/12 12:41 PM Just completed 1100km trip to qld, car seems to be running fine but I'm pretty paranoid now.The tailshaft wasn't a warranty part, I had to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 07/07/12 10:40 PM Share Posted 07/07/12 10:40 PM Do a search on this and other Ford forums.I believe this has happened before and the failure was due to the tailshaft rusting from the inside out.Unfortunately you have paid already and in reality getting cash back off a dealer........................Nice of them to quickly bin the tailshaft too. They are not known just to fail and the std one can take a fair bit of abuse before it goes. Well and truly after a few sets of bushes and diff hats go first.I Call BullSh1t.... It's just Ford Aus making sure another customer doesn't come back to the Marque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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