Well, I found one in a wrecking yard. They quoted me a good price to do the work: $550 after taxes....or so I thought. They asked if I wanted it back last Friday, but I gave them the extra couple of days and they agreed that it wouyld be done Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. They called me Tuesday noon and said that they misquoted me by using a quote from a 2.0. This was fair, I had seen both, and I would be gaining nothing by taking it to Ford, or so I thought. So I said go ahead.
Well, they didn't finish it on time. In fact, not even close. And they didn't call me. So, when I went to pick it up, I wasted both mine and my girlfriend's time. They dropped it off the next day, and my girlfriend took it for a test. The ABS light came back on, and the pedal was soft, she told me. I tried it when I got back home, and the light went back off, but the pedal was soft.
My take is that they bled the brakes, but didn't properly bleed the ABS system. Meanwhile, it's back at Ford, getting the system bled on the proper equipment. if the unit still doesn't work, I will have to go back to these bozos to get the warranty honoured, but I won't like it one bit.
