Hey everyone..

My names Chris and I thought Id say hi sence Im new here..

I live in Modesto CA and have a 96 Contour GL ATX..

Im into all sorts of other cars as well and own a 1984 Dodge Rampage (turbo II swap) and a 2002 Tacoma ext-cab pickup.. Just did a timing belt, head gasket, water pump and all that good stuff.. noticed Ive had some excessive vibration and had to do the brakes recentally and noticed the ATX is resting on the crossmember..

Whats with that? I checked out my Chiltons book and thats the most useless piece of crap ive read and its not worth much more than toilet paper. \

any heads up on this?

Its been a bunch of problems, but im close to having it richious and reliable..

thanks for lookin..

i have a haynes manual and it too has proven utterly useless on more than one occasion. welcome.

I couldnt fix the orignal post..
I just wanted to clear it up, I had the head gasket and all that good stuff done on the Contour, not the Tacoma..
If I could do that sort of stuff, im pretty sure i could figure out the trans setup

My expertise stops at Chrysler 2.2/2.5 turbo engines..
Any info on the ATX sittin to low would be great..
I cant wait to start driving the Contour again.. Ive got an Alpine cd/mp3/ipod dock/xm setup in it and the Tacoma even tho its a 4 banger, averages 24mpg

thanks again..

go to classifieds, see Todra's ad for Ford Service Manuals on cd. they are the shizt! seriously, hundreds of CEGers can't be wrong.

ps whats richious?

"Its been a bunch of problems, but im close to having it richious and reliable.."

I am guessing that the motor mounts are worn and it is causing the engine to sag on the side of the car with the tranny. I would check the front, back , and side motor mounts. It is also possible that the tranny mount bolt broke, that happened to mine.


Have someone sit in the car and rev it up in neutral, then have them put it and take it out of drive. See how much the motor rocks back and forth. Just don't let them do this drunk or you willl get run over.

Originally posted by svt4stv:

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go to classifieds, see Todra's ad for Ford Service Manuals on cd. they are the shizt! seriously, hundreds of CEGers can't be wrong.

ps whats richious?

"Its been a bunch of problems, but im close to having it richious and reliable.."

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oops late night typo..

"righteous" Im assuming you truely didnt know what im talkin about? Its not all too far off really.. either that or your one of those spelling and grammer people? Cant quite peg ya tho?

which one are ya
thanks