Ford's 'better' idea, NOT
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Topic: Ford's 'better' idea, NOT
Posted By: jaybmiller
Subject: Ford's 'better' idea, NOT
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2025 at 7:58am
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Seems back in '97ish Ford decided to save 2 cents per truck and NOT locktite 2 bolts. The bolts that hold connect the shift lever to the cable that goes to the tranny. Seems after awhile, they get loose. The warning signs are wonky shifting and won't-start-in-park. In my case it was the 'wonder where this T30 Torx bolt head came from' ?? Turns out it's the head from the right side bolt that has been sheared off from using the shift lever for the past 1/4 century....... Going to be 'fun' getting the 'headless bolt' out of the hole, cause if you remove the left bolt, there's a spring under that plate that'll fall out. This would be a 10 minute job IF I didn't have to crawl under the dash, bend arms into unnatural positions , try to see with bifocals and best of all ,tossed my back out big time.More 'fun', the left side has a fishing line attached that goes to the PRNDL on the dash ! I did manage to tighten the left bolt, shifts great, starts in park ! so I figure I've bought myself some time.  ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
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Posted By: sho-man1
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2025 at 8:04am
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I had that on my 97 F150, then the 99 F250 started exhibiting same sloppy shift lever. Red loc-tite since 2017 on the F250.
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2025 at 8:30am
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wonder if they fixed that a couple years later ?? ... I had a 2001 and a 2002 with 250K miles each and not a problem.... ? ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2025 at 9:05am
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my 95 F-350 did that crap, had to lay in a parking lot in about 2” of water in a rainstorm to get my truck to crank, wasn’t my best day at work!, damn sure got a drop of blue on them that night when I got home ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2025 at 1:58pm
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So this is a surprise to you?? Ford has been cutting corners and pinching pennies since the early 1900s ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2025 at 6:27am
...and the other manufacturers haven't been? Maybe that's why Ford was able to pay back all their government loans when the others didn't?
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PaulB wrote: