[Shotimes] Misc related to subframe bushings and rant

[Ron Porter]

Just having done the "hole drilling" on the '95,I don't see ANY reason why
the clutch pedal needs to be touched!! I was able to easily get my Ryobi
cordless with the hole cutter to the right spot between the pedals. The hole
is not that critical, it has about a 1/2" of flexibility either way when you
drill it. If my hole-cutter was newer and sharper, the whole "hole drilling"
exercise could have taken 5 minutes.....including pulling up putting down
the carpet and insulation pad.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 5:15 PM
To: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
Cc: 'Shotimes'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Misc related to subframe bushings and rant


Carl,

I have to admit that I have not done the recall to my '89. 
If you will remember, when that recall first came out, 
several people, including my son, had their clutchs or 
clutch mechanisms messed up by Ford dealers.  What they were 
doing is forcing the pedal to the floor with a broom handle 
or something similar so they could drill the hold under that 
area.  Then they popped the handle out, and clutches do not 
like to be snapped (or side-stepped) like that!

In my son's case, Mike Murphy Ford in Morton, IL caused the 
tension spring on the adjuster to pop off.  They would at 
first not admit to the problem (we had receipts for $1200+ 
in new clutch work at Performance Plus just the week before, 
and the car was perfect when they drove it into their 
service bay) then they called us names, thinking we wanted 
something for nothing.  I should have sued the idiots for 
defamation of character.  Once they realized it was just a 
minor problem, they STILL would not fix it.  SO my son and I 
fixed it in about 20 minutes at home.  I knew the dealer 
(Mike Murphy) pretty well, and went to ask him for an 
appology in public by him and his service writer for calling 
us names in public.  And I wanted nothing other than that. 
Not a penny.

He could not even look me in the face, so I send him a 
letter each year telling him how many sales I have cost him 
since that time (about 20 and counting).  Reminding him a 
simple appology would have done the trick years ago.

So just to repeat...don't do business with Mike Murphy Ford 
in Morton, IL.  I don't hold many grudges, but the ones that 
I do hold, deserve it and will get my best ticked off 
customer routine till I die.  Understand I don't let it eat 
on me, I just remember, like an elephant or Vulcan.

"Remember" Spock to Bones before Spoke dies in the engine 
room.  :)

I may get the recall done sometime, but Carl is right, the 
stock (and aluminum/delron) bushings will hold water around 
the bolts by design, so check them often if driven in the 
wet a lot.

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:
> Two comments on this.  First, I don't know why you wouldn't have the
recall
> work done, especially based on where you live.  You should be entitled to
> that work even if you are not the original owner.  Second, the bolts can
> corrode.  I believe that the rear bolts have a tendenncy to be trapped in
> water.  IIRC, Don M had recommended removing and inspecting them every so
> often.
> 
> When I got my AL SFBs, Doug insisted I buy new galavinized bolts.  On my
92,
> these bolts are also holding up very well.
> 
> Carl P.
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