Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Branches California Found out what the ticking was Re: Josh

Well my "mechanicaly inclined" friends seemed pretty sure that the noise permeating from under my hood was an exhaust leak, and I will admit that it did sound like one. So I go to leave the local hangout tonight, start my car, and I **** you not it sounded like a damn 1930's fighter plane. Loud as all hell. So I pop my hood and well lets just say that I could see the spark plug, and it wasn't in the damn head.

I have a spark plug socket, but we couldn't get the right angle without one of those weird angle socket extensions. So looks like I'll be giving Ron a call tomorow, it's not like a monkey opened my hood and decided to unscrew my spark plug.

And FYI, a contour running on five cylinders ain't cool!

James

Question: When will it all end?
Answer: When i sell this ****ing car!

Hmmm Im having a similar problem, but thought it had to do with my broken radiator.
Ill have to check it out.

A mechanic followed me to the car today, fixed it right. Gotta wonder why it wasn't in there in the first place!

James

Are you somehow dissing my mechanic or something? We all know your car sux a$$ so why you trying to pass blame?

hows that intake? I really appreciate the favor!

Not dissing it, just rather strange that I needed to get my car re-aligned one month after getting it aligned from their guy. Then having a spark plug not being put in right The mechanics themselves are very nice, I'm not rude to them or anything like that!

When do i get my stock airbox back, I'm tired of the erratic throttle movements and the damned moose!

James

I just talked to Ron and my engine is expected to be delivered this week and he he is guesstimating a completion time by end of next week. And thats if the engine comes in on time.

I also asked him about your sparkplug and he said that he forgot to mention that the sparkplugs were not put in by him or his shop. They were already in the engine and Ford should have had the engine already to go. Ron can't spend extra hours checking engines that technically should by law be ready to go. That is the 2nd thing (besides the alignment) that has gone wrong because of Ford. So who knows what else Ford forgot to do. And he says your car should be taken to Ford from now on as there is a 2 yr warranty on that engine you have. He felt bad so he sent out a mechanic for you which he doesn't normally do.

Didn't think spark plug came already installed on longblock engines from ford

Let me know when you get your car back. Which engine did you go with?

James

I didn't get a choice. They gave me a used SVT engine with 40k miles on it.