woo hoo my warranty is covering my timing chain replacement so im only out 100 bucks and not 1,100!!!

im so happy


and mark you were wrong :D

 

What is the mileage limit on the warranty??????? I've got it too, worse than a *****.

Are you referring to the TSB for the timing chain rattle?

 

Warranty??? Who has that?

I just shift when it rattles but it stops when the engine reaches normal temp.

 

my warranty ends at 100,000 or 3 years i have 99,550 miles on it LOL

 

lucky s.o.b ive got 96 on my 00 and i need the timing chains done soon.

 

You have one chain and it's way cheaper and easier to do since you have a pushrod 4.0.

 

thank god for warranty work haha, i've had about half my engine replaced thanks to that :)

 

Lucky. My poor 99 hasnt been under warrenty for years now. I dont even qualify for the USFidelis thing. I was disqualified because the poor girl just turned 10.

 

You sure about that, i coulda sworn i had chains front and rear. I did one on an explorer and i dont consider having to pull the motor easier(chain in the rear)

 

What year was the Exploder? They came with SOHC 97+ I think.

 

Only the 01 and up Rangers have the SOHC 4.0. Anything older has a pushrod 4.0 so just the one chain up front.

 

Lucky! My truck is 14 years old and has 127k on it! Mines long gone too

 

Got it back today feels nice to be able to gun it and hear that Intake breath with out a rattle lol


this may be in my head but it feels like it shifts smother now

 

thats good news, well not for me but its still good. i did the stereo mod to fix the chain rattle lol.

 

Well now that I have my stereo back in I can't hear the rattle. I used to use it as a shift point but now I just have to look at the weird faces people make when the rattle happens next to them then I shift.

 

^^lol

 

Freddie, you have the squeal going too? mine kicks on at like 2500 rpms. i need mine done soo bad. i dont think my warranty is still good tho, ill have to look into it.

 

oh ya they also fixed my cruise control

 

thanks for confirming my suspicion.. now I need to line up my priorities for money spending. i need ball joints, the timing chain has been making noise for ever.. and i want an AK before anyone does something stupid.. hmmmm

 

I'm only at 45,000 miles. Still got a long time before i need to change my timing chain.

 

well im sure you have the knowledge to drop the engine and tools and space i had none of that and if your curious the Kit to replace everything from ford is around 180 i think is what he told me.

well i have an 2002 i would of hoped ford fixed this problem in 2004, like i said this thing actually had a recall a 5 year 75k mile one and from what i was told if i would of brought it in at 90,000 miles and below i wouldn't of had to pay anything b/c it was still under the recall notice.