[Shotimes] St.Joseph '99 on AutoTrader

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Further, a belt has a given life span and the consumer is made aware of it. Cams that have no visible means of holding their sprockets other than gravity are bound to let loose at some point in time. Ad the consumer when he calls ford is told he's the only one and they have never heard of this before. EXCUSE ME, posted #391 Cam FAilure last night. It's a public site, there is no secret handshake to get in there. 
Real problem is simply the manufacturers choice to ignore the obvious and incur another round of litigation. What's even  worse, for the most part the line level Ford Service Tech has no clue still about this problem and will continue to bump the engine trying to get a code - duhh don't you hear something awful coming from under the hood???? From where I sit guy has a right to be p/o'd - but point it in the right direction. 

Larry Eck


n a message dated 4/20/2004 11:10:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kerbyh@netzero.net writes:

> 
> 
> Except this seems to happen much sooner, and more often than a cam belt breaking.  And one is a design choice, the other is a design flaw...
> 
> Kerby
> 
> -- "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org> wrote:
> Yeah, but wonder how he really feels....
> 
> One can empathize with Gen III owners that are forced to deal with
> this issue when they express themselves in this manner.  I suppose
> the surprise of it to people when they learn about it is the biggest
> shock.  From the sounds of this cam weld problem, it's probably no
> worse than owning a car with an overlapping (interference between
> pistons and valves) cam design when the timing belt snaps?
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
> 
> Kevin M. Bisch, Pharm.D. said:
> > That's funny as hell!!!!
> >
> > At least he was honest about it, gotta give him respect for that.
> >
> > --Kevin
> >
> > At 10:44 PM 4/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >>Sells a lot of insurance that way, too!
> >>
> >>Should we just send him a bunch of e-mail that says "Who bought the
> >>American made POS first?"
> >>
> >>Kerby
> >>
> >>At 10:36 PM 4/19/04 -0500, Ron & Dorathy DeReus wrote:
> >>>Somebody in St.Joseph, Missouri, isn't very interested in selling
> >>> their '99,
> >>>it would appear.  And after all that work they went to putting it
> >>> on
> >>>AutoTrader.com, too.
> >>>
> >>>Ron DeReus
> >>>95MTX
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: S.W.S. [mailto:swsigars@yahoo.com]
> >>>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:35 PM
> >>>To:
> >>>Subject: SHO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Name: Ron DeReus
> >>>E-Mail Address:
> >>>Comments: Nice looking car!  I understand that these
> >>>V8's have one weakness that can be taken care of
> >>>before it fails.  Do you know what I'm talking about
> >>>and has it been fixed?  Thank you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>No. it hasn't been fixed. we were hoping some dumb-ass would just
> >>> buy the
> >>>american made piece-o-shit! for 7 grand, I think you can 
> afford to
> >>> fix it if
> >>>it bothers you that much.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>VEHICLE INFORMATION
> >>>Make: Ford
> >>>Model: Taurus
> >>>Year: 1999
> >>>Price: 7000
> >>>Mileage: 82350
> >>>Body Style: Sedan
> >>>Color: Black
> >>>Cylinders: 8 Cylinder Gasoline
> >>>Transmission: 4 Speed Automatic with Overdrive
> >>>Doors: Four Door
> >>>Stereo: Unavailable
> >>>VIN: 1FAFP54N3XA238394
> >>>Description: 1999 Ford Taurus SHO. Lady owned &
> >>>driven for business use only. All highway miles as a
> >>>result of commuting back & forth to
> >>>Topeka/Leavenworth, Kansas and surrounding areas
> >>>from Saint Joseph, MO where my business is based.
> >>>(Licensed Insurance Broker by trade) It has a 90,000
> >>>mile factory extended warranty. Non-Smoker! Uses no
> >>>fluids. Burns no oil. A couple of miniscule
> >>>scratches here & there which I attempted to document
> >>>with the digital camera but they don't show up well
> >>>in the pictures. This is a very fun & relaxing car
> >>>to drive on extended trips. Never been wrecked. Very
> >>>reliable car! Questions: email me at:
> >>>ammiesigars@yahoo.com or call: 816-279-3243
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