Galpin Ford idoits

[grngt50]

hello all,

I need some information on possible damage done to my car. The back story: My wife and I got a 05 GT five speed last December. For those who aren't aware, the new GT's have a recall on their fuel tanks and CD players. Anyhow, last week I take the car in to have the gas tank swapped and have my wife pick up the car once the swap was complete. When I got home and saw the car I freaked out........my exhaust system was mounted waaaaaaaayyyyyyy crooked.........like the passenger side tip was protruding an extra 1 1/4 inch further than the drivers side. Also, their was a loud grinding noise coming from the rear (Sounded like a bad wheel bearing) and the tranny had gotten noticably louder. My best preliminary guess on the noise was that the driveshaft had been removed and re-installed wrong. So I take the car back to Galpin yesterday to get fixed AGAIN..........and they swore up and down that they had not removed the driveshaft. They kept the car overnight and called my back today...........and sure enough, they finally fessed up to removing the driveshaft and installing it wrong.

Almost done guys, I promise........just needed to vent!!!

My question is: How much damage to the tranny/gears do you guys think was done? The car was probably driven a hundred miles or so with the aforementioned problems. Sorry for the long ramble everyone....

On the plus side, they gave me a spankin' new (Less than 4 miles) GT auto as a loaner! The auto transmissions have come a long way in the last 10 years!

James
94 GT VERT AODE
Ported stock intake, 4.10's, shift kit, Granatelli MAF, BBK 70mm TB, 14*, BBK adj fpr, 2 chamber flows, BBK O/R H pipe, BBK underdrive pulleys, MSD 6A, Walbro 190 pump, k&n with silencer removed, sub-frame connectors, fan switch mod, 160* tstat , weight reduction

 

[donjohn]

take out the damage on the loaner haha

jk man... that sucks. no estimates from me though

 

[bimmertech]

generally on a two piece driveshaft with a saddle type fuel tank, that grinding coming from improper install was probably coming from the center support bearing. this is just from my experience on bmw's which have a very similar setup. most likely they have the center support bering installed upside down. either way i would go in and raise holy cain as this is just unacceptable. if i did something like that at work i would be carting my toolbox out the door!

 

[94-302-vert]

While you are at it get them to give you a free extended warranty, either on the whole car or just the drivetrain....

 

[grngt50]

generally on a two piece driveshaft with a saddle type fuel tank, that grinding coming from improper install was probably coming from the center support bearing. this is just from my experience on bmw's which have a very similar setup. most likely they have the center support bering installed upside down. either way i would go in and raise holy cain as this is just unacceptable. if i did something like that at work i would be carting my toolbox out the door!

thats great info to know, thanks bimmertech.

James
94 GT VERT AODE
Ported stock intake, 4.10's, shift kit, Granatelli MAF, BBK 70mm TB, 14*, BBK adj fpr, 2 chamber flows, BBK O/R H pipe, BBK underdrive pulleys, MSD 6A, Walbro 190 pump, k&n with silencer removed, sub-frame connectors, fan switch mod, 160* tstat , weight reduction