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Originally Posted by cbass
Transmissions are mostly metal.  Something was making the noise and something metallic most likely fell apart, but either way that's not the important part.
Did Ford deny the warranty? Did they not stand behind the transmission? |
Ford "fixed" the trans once. They replaced three of the main bearings even though the whining noise was the gear teeth grinding unevenly (according to my local transmission builders) and they should have just got me a replacement trans. So after a month of them having my car I get it back and haven't had it five minutes and notice that the engine is knocking. I ask them about it and they say "because of your aftermarket parts we can't honor your warranty." After they had just rebuilt the trans. That annoyed me greatly. So my next thought was take the aftermarket intake off and bring it back later for them to fix. All it had done to it was a Boss intake manifold (ford part min you) and a JLT cold air intake with a very mild tune. I made sure the tune wasnt leaning out any where in the rpm band when I had it tuned. Leaning is bad on the 5.0. Makes pistons pop. Well anyway, I was gonna wait til Saturday or Friday night to remove the intake and return the tune to stock. It was on Tuesday when I got the car back btw. So about thursday, I noticed a whine coming back into my gears just from normal driving. I was like WTF. So just to make real sure it was whining and I wasn't just hearing things, I got off the state maintained roads and into a parking lot (that was empty) and did a nice smooth burnout lol. Man those tires smoked good. I held it a few seconds and left the lot, listening for noise. Sure enough, that damn whine was right back there again. I decided that 5.0 was going away from me and in a hurry. How I ended up in a camaro, who knows lol but I'm happy I did. That 5.0 was going to kill me lol
And yeah, before anyway gets smart, yeah I broke the damn mustang and I wanted ford to fix it. So? That's what happens when you give me a weak transmission. I'm gonna break it.