Well, I got in contact with Terry and it turns out that this is a new modification that he is doing and I now remember him talking to me about before approving the work. I wasn't sure what the job involved, thus it didn't ring a bell to me when I saw it.

It's a reinforcement mod to stiffen the diff carrier area of the trans to reduce diff flex that can occur. If you look at the "new" Focus MTX-75 transmissions, this "span" is now filled for this exact reason. We all know FORD wouldn't do this for no reason as it ads costs to have an engineer figure out why it needs it and to retool the assembly line.


Last edited by fastcougar; 02/06/06 05:32 PM.
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