Originally posted by Russell-3L:
i purchased the new style one and used it to plug the hole instead of fabricating a plate. it was cheap anyways. my 97 VSS dropped right in and worked perfect after removing the little plate, held on by 1 bolt IIRC
Russell, you have a universal CDW27 tranny! 
Great info guys, thanks! So I gather.... if we should ever need a tranny, the newer Cougar CD4E will work in a Contour - just re-locate the VSS to the old spot.
This brings up the questions: Is the new VSS similar to the old one so I could just plug into it? Will the signal to the PCM be basically the same with the new setup? Is it some sort of huge benefit to have moved the VSS, or was it just a re-location/manufacturing/access issue?
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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