Was going through all my car's receipts from the original owner (only been her and me) to see if i needed new 02 sensors to put in with the build and saw that in late 00 the orig. owner had the intake manifold crack and steam/overheating. In fact all the check-up/tune ups before note .1 labor hours allocated to check for a crack on it - so they obviously knew about it by around 97/98. Well they replaced the intake manifold and everything accompanying it with a "ok-inspected new manifold". You can bet that this was also plastic so that when i bought the car in early 03 i have the same problem almost a year later when my car's not covered by the recall lawsuit or warranty. This was before i knew squat about mustangs, so i ended up spending like $900
On a side note it looks like the owner had rear end noise and spent $740 for a new u-joint, rear end seals/bearings and all with new fluid. And i bought the car about 2k miles after that, explains why 15k miles after that when i put gears it the bearings looked brand new. All the receipts show the owners were a tune-up/check-up nazi too and replaced anything that made noise as well - so thats a nice feeling.
Bad note tho, motorcraft 02's are like $108 for a pair
thought i'd fill you guys in
On a side note it looks like the owner had rear end noise and spent $740 for a new u-joint, rear end seals/bearings and all with new fluid. And i bought the car about 2k miles after that, explains why 15k miles after that when i put gears it the bearings looked brand new. All the receipts show the owners were a tune-up/check-up nazi too and replaced anything that made noise as well - so thats a nice feeling.
Bad note tho, motorcraft 02's are like $108 for a pair
thought i'd fill you guys in