2001 mustang cobra

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Eg96

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I’ve been looking at this 01 cobra for sale that has over 100k miles, I want to know what problems these have. I read on some reviews about the transmission being really bad and also that the timing chain tensioner going bad too, but those reviews were from 2001-2003 when the car barely came out so I was wondering if these problems were fixed or it’s still an issue.

 

Noobz347

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mogs01gt

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Both the engine and trans should be fine if they were maintained correctly. 100k is nothing to 4.6 engines. The trannies cant handle a ton of power but they never really had issues other than bent shift forks due to bad shifts.

 

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mogs01gt said:

The trannies cant handle a ton of power but they never really had issues other than bent shift forks due to bad shifts.

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The shift forks were problematic from the factory, not necessarily due to bad shifts. I think there were two TSBs about shift forks from '01 - '03? By now, they should have been been replaced if they were defective or misaligned.

 

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Keep plenty of fresh oil in it and don't bang the limiter, the rods and to a lesser extent the pistons are the weak point if you beat on it. Put a quality shifter in it with adjustable stops to save the shift forks. Adjustable aluminum quadrant with firewall adjuster and an OEM only clutch cable is a necessity I think.