Silver 03 Cobra
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I guess most have read my TOB post. I have my car scheduled at another non-SVT dealer tomorrow. I had heard the 03 had an inspection plate on the bell housing. I wanted to look before I took it to the dealer. I got under it and it has a thin sheet metal cover over the opening in the bell housing. Remove one screw and it slides out of small notches on the housing. My yoke moves radially and will strike the bell housing slot on either side. I can see my TOB moving radially over .25 inches. I really do not believe this is normal. It looks like it will not run concentric with the clutch and I think this is the clicking noise in that it gyrates the yoke up and down and it's the yoke I hear hitting the slot in the bell housing. I really believe they've done something wrong.
As you probably read in my other posts the problems I have had with this dealer, what I found this morning really burned me up. I had a bad rattle in my exhaust after I picked the car up after they replaced the TOB. I have JBA headers so I wanted to see if everything was tightened. The driver'side was fine. When I looked at the passenger side I flipped out. JBA does not use studs. I was smart enough to drop the supplied bolts through the flanges. The passenger side is hell to tighten. I took a combination end wrench and bent it 90 degrees so I could hold the head of the bolt. I also had to grind off part of the box because the bolt head is so close to the collector. They had removed one of the bolts and tried to put it in from the bottom. I do not know how they could have gotten a nut on top. I think it would be impossible. The bolt is caught between the x-pipe flange and the header flange. I really believe all they did was screw it in the misaligned plates and could care less how it turned out. I can't believe I don't have a bad exhaust leak. Then I found two large circular dings in my inspection plate that looks like they drove it on the bell housing with a small hammer. Damn, it slides easy as hell.
When i take it to the other dealer I going to have them document everything they find. Then I am going to stick my foot up someone's ass at the other dealer. It pisses me off that they would not even attempt to put a nut on my header bolt. That is the biggest mickey mouse piss poor thing I ever seen. Then I found some film on the rear of my car especially on the window. Since it sat at the dealer for a week, it looks like they cleaned or painted something next to my car. You can actually see where they layed a tarp or cloth over my rear and the border where they didn't cover up the car enough and the crap got on my window. It won't wash out. I hope Bar Keeper will get it off. What the hell is wrong with people today. They don't give a shit about nothing. I really thought about going over to the dealer and confronting the mechanic but I guess it's not worth going top jail over. I'd really like to get the car on a lift and have him look at it just before I inserted my foot in his ass. I'm sure they will say I did all the damage. Ass holes.
As you probably read in my other posts the problems I have had with this dealer, what I found this morning really burned me up. I had a bad rattle in my exhaust after I picked the car up after they replaced the TOB. I have JBA headers so I wanted to see if everything was tightened. The driver'side was fine. When I looked at the passenger side I flipped out. JBA does not use studs. I was smart enough to drop the supplied bolts through the flanges. The passenger side is hell to tighten. I took a combination end wrench and bent it 90 degrees so I could hold the head of the bolt. I also had to grind off part of the box because the bolt head is so close to the collector. They had removed one of the bolts and tried to put it in from the bottom. I do not know how they could have gotten a nut on top. I think it would be impossible. The bolt is caught between the x-pipe flange and the header flange. I really believe all they did was screw it in the misaligned plates and could care less how it turned out. I can't believe I don't have a bad exhaust leak. Then I found two large circular dings in my inspection plate that looks like they drove it on the bell housing with a small hammer. Damn, it slides easy as hell.
When i take it to the other dealer I going to have them document everything they find. Then I am going to stick my foot up someone's ass at the other dealer. It pisses me off that they would not even attempt to put a nut on my header bolt. That is the biggest mickey mouse piss poor thing I ever seen. Then I found some film on the rear of my car especially on the window. Since it sat at the dealer for a week, it looks like they cleaned or painted something next to my car. You can actually see where they layed a tarp or cloth over my rear and the border where they didn't cover up the car enough and the crap got on my window. It won't wash out. I hope Bar Keeper will get it off. What the hell is wrong with people today. They don't give a shit about nothing. I really thought about going over to the dealer and confronting the mechanic but I guess it's not worth going top jail over. I'd really like to get the car on a lift and have him look at it just before I inserted my foot in his ass. I'm sure they will say I did all the damage. Ass holes.
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